"The flags and poles are pictured rolled together prior to opening ceremonies. Photo by STACY NIEDZWIECKI
Photo by STACY NIEDZWIECKI
People walking among the flags appear as specks in a photo taken above Healing Fields. Many thanks to Jon Stotz of Turfs are Us for flying Squire Editor Beth Altena over the fields. Photo by BETH ALTENA
The Squire has been Rockford’s free weekly newspaper since 1871. Our loyal readership includes over fifteen thousand homes in the Rockford area, including the affluent Lakes area of Lake Bella Vista, Bostwick Lake and Silver Lake; Belmont, Blythefield, as well as Algoma, Courtland, Cannon and Plainfield Townships. The Squire is distributed through the U.S. Post Office every Thursday. We also deliver to in-town businesses and homes with paper carriers and news stands in our grocery stores and over thirty local shops.