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I haven’t had a Pepsi in a week: My workout at Mahomet Curves
*Mahomet Curves purchases advertising space on the sidebar of the Mahomet Daily. My decision to workout at and talk about my experiences at Mahomet Curves was not influenced by the advertisement on the Mahomet Daily. Instead, I chose to make a decision for my body and to be with my friend, Jan Smith, owner of…
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More than what’s in the mirror: My journey at Curves Part 3
*Mahomet Curves purchases advertising space on the sidebar of the Mahomet Daily. My decision to workout at and talk about my experiences at Mahomet Curves was not influenced by the advertisement on the Mahomet Daily. Instead, I chose to make a decision for my body and to be with my friend, Jan Smith, owner of…
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MSJHS Library Renovation Yields Brighter Space, Increased Circulation
Brighter. More functional. Better access. These are words that describe the newly renovated Mahomet Seymour Junior High School library, and the result has been higher circulation numbers. Students came back from Winter break to find their library had new colored shelves and a new layout, according to Amanda McFarlane, MSJH media specialist/librarian. The students were…
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Two homes removed along Franklin Street as Cornbelt prepares to build apparatus station
The Corn Belt Fire Department began the process of removing a few houses along Franklin Street Friday morning as they prepare to build a new, seven-bay apparatus station along Franklin Street this year. Plans for the new station have been in the making for a couple years as the Department assessed its ability to serve…
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More than what’s in the mirror: My journey at Mahomet Curves Part 2
*Mahomet Curves purchases advertising space on the sidebar of the Mahomet Daily. My decision to workout at and talk about my experiences at Mahomet Curves was not influenced by the advertisement on the Mahomet Daily. Instead, I chose to make a decision for my body and to be with my friend, Jan Smith, owner of…
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Mahomet ranked #3 in rebootillinois.com places to raise a family
Mahomet has been ranked 3rd on a list of 37 best Illinois towns to raise a family by rebootillinois.com. Schaumburg and Evanston were ranked numbers 1 and 2, respectively. Monticello was ranked sixth. The Reboot Illinois ranking took into consideration a study by niche.com where 4,264 “towns” with populations under 100,000 were judged on crime…
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More than what’s in the mirror: my journey at Mahomet Curves Part 1
*Mahomet Curves purchases advertising space on the sidebar of the Mahomet Daily. My decision to workout at and talk about my experiences at Mahomet Curves was not influenced by the advertisement on the Mahomet Daily. Instead, I chose to make a decision for my body and to be with my friend, Jan Smith, owner of…
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First Baptist Church to offer Financial Peace University
Finances and peace may not be words paired together often. But Pastor Brian Romanowski has seen people break free of the bondage of debt by offering Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University at the First Baptist Church. “I’ve seen people who had $9,000 of debt paid off in 13 weeks,” Romanowski said. According to Dave Ramsey’s…
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New Vintage Store open in Mahomet–Daydreaming Vintage
Valerie Jesswein and Sara Terry say “they are not running a museum” rather, they are hoping to give their customers an experience at their newly opened store Daydreaming Vintage. Jesswein and Terry’s daydream of having their own shop went from a thought to reality in roughly six weeks time. They toyed around with the idea…
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Learning about peace in 2015, looking to be in 2016
Here we are on the last day of 2015 and I can’t help but raise my hands to the heavens and say, “Thank you, God!” In my mind, 2015 will go down as a year of heartache and struggle. And with excitement I will wave goodbye to the last 365 days. I began 2015 searching…