Restaurant seeks to separate ground floor from upper levels Uccello’s Restaurant is working to purchase the restaurant portion of the Sam’s Joint building on Main Street in downtown Rockford. According to a report by City Manager Michael Young, Uccello’s would like to change the eatery into one of their traditional sports bars. Uccello’s has [...]
Lot-size variance in two developments linked to action on Town Square Village PUD by BETH ALTENA The Cannon Township Planning Commission approved a recommendation to the regular Board of Trustees to approve an unusual proposal regarding three bankrupt developments in the township. Mr. Scott, of Pendulum Real Estate, owns two developments in the township that [...]
Secrets of the past are hidden in plain sight By BETH ALTENA Not only does the past never leave, its evidence is all around if only we know what we are looking at. This was more or less the premise for a very interesting and informative talk by Jerry DeMaagd at a recent Rockford Historical [...]
Event focuses on local producers By BETH ALTENA Expect some twenty-five mostly Michigan based food producers, live holiday music, carriage rides and Santa in a party atmosphere at Ric’s Food Center, 6767 Belding Road Saturday, December 8 from noon to 3 p.m. Ric’s is offering their annual Holiday Taste of Ric’s with lots of free [...]
Cannonsburg Village invites all to once-in-a-lifetime adventure By BETH ALTENA “What was here thirty years ago?” asked Don Kurlyowicz of the now bustling Village of Cannonsburg. Kurlyowicz described the reason he has for planning a most ambitious celebration of the anniversary of the rebirth of the village. “The mill was abandoned, the bar [...]
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