On the same day in 2015, our hypothetical characters, George and Nancy, living on opposite sides of McHenry, each purchased the same car. As this is a representative story, let’s say that they both purchased a Chevy Malibu. It doesn’t matter, but let’s also say that George’s Malibu was beige and Nancy’s was blue. Otherwise, they were identical 4-door, LS sedans. As it happened, they

Reggie’s attitude is ‘If it’s not broken, don’t fix it.’ In terms of how he applies this principle to his 2003 Honda Accord, this means that, if the car starts, goes into gear, has some air in the tires and will eventually stop before he runs into the intersection at Route 31, not far from his McHenry home, he figures everything is just fine. Of course, even with Reggie’s overly optimistic

Spring made an appearance a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately, winter made a repeat performance and beat spring back for a while. For many of us here in McHenry County, that was discouraging news. We were ready for spring. We were even eager for spring.Many mothers and fathers here in McHenry County have a very good reason for welcoming the arrival of spring; they’ve noticed that their children