Mercer County Illinois Communities

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Nation-Wide Ron Paul Sign Wave

October 10, 2011

4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Local time

Local ice cream makers face shutdown by state

August 05, 2011|By Monica Eng and Chris Borrelli | Tribune reporters

A few years ago, Kris Swanberg, having been laid-off from her job as a Chicago Public School teacher, remembered she received an ice cream maker as a wedding gift. TheChicago mom fished it out of her kitchen cabinet and eventually started a new career.

Today Swanberg’s Nice Cream — on offer at local Whole Foods and farmers markets — is considered a star of Chicago’s rich and beloved artisanal ice cream scene, one that could be shut down entirely by state rules, she recently learned.

New Boston will be celebrating their 90th Annual Fish Fry on Aug 27th, with a full weekend of events planned. The first New Boston Fish Fry was held in August, 1921, when the farmers of Bay Island district joined the town’s merchants to host the event. A flood that previous spring had brought everyone from town and country together to help sandbag and patrol the levees. The Fish Fry Celebration originated as a thank you celebration for the town working tirelessly to help protect Bay Island and remains an annual tradition.

There will be a special meeting held on Friday, July 22 @ 10am for New Boston's annual Fish Fry. Volunteers are needed - if you cannot make the meeting, but would like to help, there are volunteer sign up sheets in the City Hall and at The Barn.

When the corruption in the so-called reputable media stoops to blatant lies to mislead, then we have a major problem with our media. That is exactly what CNN has done with their Poll Position report - they blatantly lied.