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M-S School Board Agenda 10.15.2018
The Mahomet-Seymour School Board will meet on 10.15.2018 at 7 p.m. in the Middletown Prairie Board Room. [gview file="https://mahometnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Meeting_Packet-1.pdf%22]M
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Village Board Agendas for week of 10.15.2018
The Village of Mahomet will be busy in the upcoming week as several meetings are scheduled: Tuesday, Oct. 16th Village of Mahomet Study Session 6:00 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18th Building Code and Review Committee – 6:45 a.m. – 7:45 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 18th – Police Pension – 7:00 a.m. held at the Police Station Thursday,…
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Classic Plumbing PLUMBER(S) of October: Trinity Reeves and Preston Hodges
Each Classic Plumbing Plumber of the Month winner receives over $100 in prizes from the following sponsors: David Wickboldt at Legal Shield, Tim Culver at Classic Plumbing, Felipe and Carmen Rebollo at Los Zarapes and Dani Tietz at the Mahomet Daily. Trinity Reeves and Preston Hodges have a friendship built on fun. It is also…
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A walk in their shoes: Seven women from East Central Illinois share stories of sexual violence
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com There is an idiom that encourages people to not pass judgment until they have walked in the other person’s shoes. The sentiment is as valid today as it was centuries ago. For more than a year, we have heard from women throughout the country coming forward to share charges of sexual…
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Bulldog girls’ cross country Apollo Conference Champs, soccer wins consecutive matches
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s boys’ soccer team continued its torrid late-season streak, winning matches on consecutive nights to start the week. The Bulldogs, 10-1-3 in their last 14 matches, edged Lincoln 3-2 in Monday’s rescheduled Senior Night match and then handled Effingham, 7-1 on Tuesday. Austin Carr and Kadyn Jones each put up three…
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Places to view fall foliage near East Central Illinois
When the sky bursts into the colors of fire, it’s time to get outside. Whether you are looking to just stare at the magnificent display or feel the leaves crunch beneath your feet, Illinois has several stops that won’t disappoint. Near Mahomet With fields to the north, south, east and west, some of East Central…
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Walk for Water Saturday
Chances are it just took a short walk to the faucet to get clean water today. But for many people around the world, it takes walking a few miles both ways to get unclean water. Mahomet community members can help change that, though. On Saturday morning New Beginnings Lutheran Church, located at 304 E. Dunbar Street, will…
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MSYF Varsity advances to CIYFL Championship game
The Mahomet-Seymour Youth Football seventh and eighth grade team has advanced to the CIYFL Championship game, which will be played on Sunday at Memorial Stadium at 4:30 p.m.
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MSJHS to participate in the IESA State meet
The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High cross country teams will participate in the IESA State meet at Normal Parkside on Saturday. After finishing second out of 13 teams, the MSJHS boys’ team was led by eighth-grade student-athlete Gabe Difanis, who finished fourth overall at 11:11. Gage Williams, Mitchell McAnally, Tyler Clark, Finn Randolph, Kai Jones and Hayden…
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Palazzolo creates memories through camera
It’s more than just a picture for Mic Palazzolo. A Mahomet native and 2012 graduate of St. Thomas More High School, Palazzolo went to school to become a counselor. That is until he picked up a camera. “I really started viewing photography in a psychological state,” he said. “When we see photos that are based…