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Take Me Fishing July 29 at Lake of the Woods
Take Me Fishing will make its eighth appearance at Lake of the Woods this Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Boathouse Peninsula. The Champaign County Forest Preserve puts on three Take Me Fishing Events throughout parks within Champaign County each year to promote the park system and to encourage children to be active.…
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Mahomet Public Library Flash Mob logs over 50 hours of reading
Photo (by Fred Kroner): Zaidah Balbuena, 10, left, and Journey Alexander, soon to be 8, participate in the Flashmob Reading on Friday, July 14 at Yo Yo’s Frozen Yogurt. This was one marathon which allowed participants to turn the page and move ahead at their own speed. No one finished out of breath or sweating,…
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Food Truck Friday considered a hit among attendees
Photo: Mahomet’s Erin Arends and her daughter, Maggie, 1, share a blanket and some food at the first Food Truck Friday on July 14 at Barber Park. The lament of residents in small communities is often that there’s nothing to do. Sometimes, what appeals to the older generation is considered “lame” by the younger generation. Mahomet’s first…
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Village of Mahomet Parent Network provides new way for parents to connect
For many mothers, especially those with young children, the days at home can be very lonely. That’s where Merry McKeown found herself in 2016 when she moved to Mahomet. McKeown, whose husband was in the military, moved to Mahomet after living in Atlanta, GA where she found connection through a group called “Grant Park Network”…
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Mahomet-Seymour School Registration Information Provided by Dr. Hall
Below you will find information about registration (for both new and returning students), residency requirements, orientations, open houses and back to school nights. Goal of Online Registration We are in our second year of utilizing on-line registration. Convenience for our families is the main focus for the online process. Long lines in warm buildings have…
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MSJHS provides fall try-out information
Before tryouts, please register your athlete on the 8 to 18 athletic website prior to any tryouts/clinic/practice. The website is https://mahometseymourjh.8to18.com. You will also need to have a current sports physical in the office prior to tryouts/clinics/practice. Here are the sports and dates: 7th/8th Girls Softball: Tryouts will be held on Monday, July 24th and Tuesday, July 25th. Tryouts will…
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Mahomet Daily partners with Mahomet Citizen
Community. For me, everything goes back to this one word that holds so many meanings. From the time we moved to Mahomet in 2002, this Mahomet community has grown and changed immensely. And the definition of community within the framework of who we are and where we are going has taken on many different definitions…
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MAYC provides maps of road closures for Mahomet Half Marathon, 10K and 5K
As the Mahomet Area Youth Club gears up for the annual Mahomet Half Marathon, 10K and 5K on August 5, they also want to inform community members that the race will affect several roads throughout Mahomet. The half marathon and 10 K start at 7:00am and will be completed by 10:15am. The half marathon runners follow…
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M-S Quick Board Summary 7.17.2017
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Sangamon Valley Water District responds to hard water concerns
In a social media post today, some Mahomet residents who receive their water from the Sangamon Valley Water District (north of I-74 and east of IL-47) voiced their concerns about the quality of water they receive from the system. “…It’s been awful the last few months. It’s extremely hard and we have had sediment, leaves…