Final haunt for a good cause

For the past five years, the Zarrillo family of Carpentersville has transformed their very normal-looking home in the Kimball Farm subdivision into a haunted house that they open to the public for six nights during Halloween.

This is going to be the final year of their haunted house.

Admission into the house is free with a nonperishable donation that the Zarrillo’s deliver to the F.I.S.H. Food Pantry in Carpentersville.

The Zarrillos’ Haunted House is at 5726 Breezeland Road in the Kimball Farm subdivision next to Liberty Elementary School. It will be open today through Sunday and Oct. 26, 27, and 28. Hours are 6 to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 6 to 8 p.m. Sundays.

The Haunted House will not be open on Oct. 31 because the cast wants to go trick-or-treating.

[Read more of the story at the DailyHerald.com: Zarrillo’s haunt their house for last time this year to aid food pantry]

 

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Because I have received rebuttal information from certain individuals to Mr. Reece’s letter, I have taken it down. I am still waiting for additional “proof” from both sides. While I make no judgment about the information provided by either side, I have not yet received additional proof that Mr. Reece promised, and therefore I do not believe it is fair to make comments without the ability to back them up.

This site is not here to damage people’s reputation. That is just the opposite of the purpose that it was started.

Longmeadow Task Force to meet, Village to plan

The Longmeadow Parkway Bridge Corridor Task Force is scheduled to meet for the first time on Thursday, October 25th at 7:00 p.m. at the Public Safety Center II, 100 Carrington Drive, West Dundee, IL.

In order to adequately prepare for the Task Force proceedings, KDOT staff and Jan Carlson, Chair, Kane County Transportation Committee, decided that the team should first host one or more staff level coordination meeting(s) with all participating municipalities and McHenry County. The agenda for this meeting(s) will focus on shaping a Task Force process that 1) maximizes participation and coordination of all local government stakeholders, 2) explore financial options and logistical project elements in a methodical, comprehensive fashion, and 3) produce findings and recommendations for the Kane County board in a timely manner.

The meeting is open to the public and the media.

Task Force members are as listed below (those representing Carpentersville are bolded).

Somewhat coinciding with this, it was reported in the Daily Herald yesterday that the Village will begin planning for areas along the Longmeadow corridor. One important parcel of land for Carpentersville is the Brunner property on the West side, between Rt 31 and the Fox River. A letter was received by the Village from the Kane County Forest Preserve District, declaring that they are interested in purchasing the entire parcel of land. Carpentersville’s Comprehensive Plan calls for that land to be developed with estate style homes, light industrial/commercial and retail along the corridor. In fact, the Comprehensive Plan envisions that some businesses operating along Main Street in the Old Town district would move to this area, so that the Main Street area could be redeveloped to become a quaint restaurant and entertainment district. The Brunner family has long said that they desired the area to be open space, yet numerous times in the past Carpentersville officials have expressed it to be a key component in an economic development plan for the Village.

The Village hopes, by putting together a plan, that it can be used in the planning for the Longmeadow Bridge itself, to ensure that access is available to the areas that may benefit from the bridge and parkway use.

TASK FORCE MEMBERS

Kane County

Jan Carlson, Task Force Chair

John Noverini, Kane County Board

Hollie Kissane, Kane County Board

John Fahy, Kane County Board

Phil Bus, Executive Director, Development & Transportation Group

Carl Schoedel, Kane County Engineer/Director of Transportation

McHenry County

Dan Shea, McHenry County Board (Trans. Comm. Chair)

Joe Korpalski, County Engineer/Director of Transportation

Ed Dvorak (Alternate for Mr. Shea)

Jeff Young (Alternate for Mr. Korpalski)

Municipalities

President Bill Sarto, Village of Carpentersville

Craig Anderson, Village Manager of Carpentersville

President John Schmidt, Village of Algonquin

Bill Ganek, Village Manager of Algonquin

President Dan O’Leary, Village of East Dundee

Frank Koehler, Village Administrator of East Dundee

President Larry Keller, Village of West Dundee

Joe Cavallaro, Village Manager of West Dundee