Sunday, February 17, 2013

Northwest Herald | Poverty creeps into county

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By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO

Nearly 10,300 more McHenry County residents now live in poverty than four years ago,

Recent poverty estimates put 28.5 percent of Harvard's population below the poverty line. (Sarah Nader - snader@shawmedia.com)

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Poplar Grove votes 4-2 to ban video gaming machines | Belvidere Daily Republican

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Written by Bob Balgemann

Bravo’s, Mortimer’s Roadhouse and Bar and Timber Pointe Golf Club all applied for state licenses so they could have video gaming machines at their establishments.

recent survey by the Chicago Tribune that showed 48 percent of the municipalities in the suburbs had voted to allow the machines, with 45 percent banning them. The remaining 7 percent was unknown.

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