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Lifelong Friends end time together playing for Champaign Recruits
By DIRK VELDMAN Here is a story of four newly graduated boys (’19) from Mahomet Seymour High School, that have been friends since their days in pee-wee football, basketball, soccer and baseball. Ben Greenberger, Kyle Kinney, Jordan Veldman & Dawson Finch have been competing and or teammates for the last 11-12 years. These life long…
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Mahomet native Onoleigh Pommier to take the stage at Mahomet Music Festival
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Mahomet Music Festival will have a hometown flavor this weekend. When Onoleigh Pommier takes the stage on Saturday at 6:10 p.m., it will serve as a homecoming for the 2015 Mahomet-Seymour High School graduate. “Growing up in Mahomet, the River Festival was always a very vivid weekend of the year,…
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2019 Dawgapalooza scheduled for August 30
Dawgapalooza, an annual celebration to kick-off the football season will take place on August 30. The event, which runs from 4:30 to 7:15 p.m. features inflatables, a tailgate cookout, and Bulldog apparel. The Mahomet-Seymour marching band and cheerleaders lead the crowd in pre-game cheers at 6:45 p.m. The Bulldogs will kick-off their 2019 football season…
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Bulldogs prepare for fall sport preview on August 22
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Mahomet-Seymour football program is on the move. There is no sauntering to reach the practice field. “That’s part of their conditioning,” first-year head coach Jon Adkins said. “As soon as their stuff is on, they jog out there.” Adkins is among the joggers. “I wouldn’t ask them to do something…
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Harlem Wizards to play against Band of Bulldogs
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com It’s showtime. The Mahomet-Seymour Music Boosters are bringing the Harlem Wizards to town for a show unlike anything Mahomet has ever seen before. Game time, scheduled for Sept. 29, at 3 p.m., is a fundraiser to support the Mahomet-Seymour Marching Band as they march into the Fiesta Bowl Parade on Dec.…
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Mahomet-Seymour Finance Committee gets first look at proposed budget
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour Policy Committee: We have not had a chance to write about this policy meeting. This meeting happened on August 12, 2019. Mahomet-Seymour Finance Committee The Mahomet-Seymour Finance committee, board members Ken Keefe and Merle Giles, heard a preliminary outline of the FY 2020 budget from Chief School Business Official Trent…
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Mahomet-Seymour Board of Education Meeting Agenda 8.19.2019
The Mahomet-Seymour Board of Education will meet on August 19, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. at Middletown Prairie Elementary. The meeting will begin with a closed session at 6:30 p.m. with an open session to follow at 7 p.m. [pdf-embedder url="https://mahometnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Meeting-Packet-8-19-19-1.pdf" title="Meeting Packet 8-19-19 (1)"]
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Portion of Prairieview Road closed August 19
Prairieview Road will be closed Monday, August 19, 2019 from 6 a.m. until 5 p.m. between County Highway 54 (Tincup Road or 2175N) and County Road 2250N (Golf Dr) for underground pipe replacement. This will be open to local traffic only, however within this closure; between Wayne and Jefferson will be closed and impassable. There…
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2019 Mahomet Music Festival Schedule
The 2019 Mahomet Music Festival with headliners Southern Accents, Building 429 and Joe Nichols will be held in downtown Mahomet, IL on August 23 and 24. Mahomet Music Festival Schedule Line-up for Friday, August 23 5 p.m. Festival opens 5 to 10 p.m. Carnival Rides 6:15 p.m. Nickel and Dimes 7:30 p.m. Blooze Brothers 9:30…
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Classic Plumbing PLUMBER of the Month: Mackenzie Bonham named Little Miss Illinois
[adrotate group=”3″] BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Mahomet’s Mackenzie Bonham just had the year of her life. But it may be nothing compared this upcoming year. Nine-year-old Mackenzie was named Little Miss Illinois for 2019-2020. “I was about to cry,” she said. “She’s been known through the (Little Miss Fisher Fair) for her community involvement,” Mackenzie’s…