Hampshire News

BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP – A Hampshire man was killed Friday night after being partially ejected from his 1991 Chevrolet Suburban in a rollover accident south of Burlington.

Towns often grow up around transportation routes, and few local villages illustrate that better than Hampshire.

Once upon a time, Genoa was a transportation hub in northern Illinois. The quaint little town, just 30 minutes west of Elgin, was the halfway point on the Galena-to-Chicago stagecoach route in the 1800s.

Above the fireplace and behind a giant framed mirror that swings open for access is a large flat-panel TV and surround-sound system.

This centrally located town is the perfect place for an Amtrak station, officials said this week as they begin making a pitch to lure Amtrak.

The Canadian National freight train that derailed and burst into flame in Rockford on June 19 could have worked its mischief in Genoa, or Burlington, or Plato Center, or the south edges of South Elgin or Bartlett.

A Hampshire man died after his car struck a utility pole on Big Timber Road in Hampshire Township on Wednesday evening, according to police.

Hampshire paramedics were called to the scene at 9:23 a.m. and extricated two people, a mother and daughter, from the car.

Heavy smoke had been reported coming from the two-story townhome, reports stated.

Since at least the days of the 1950s TV series "Leave it to Beaver," the white picket fence has been a heart-warming symbol of the quiet, peaceful suburb and small town.

When developer Arthur Zwemke and Village Administrator Eric Palm were unable to reach an agreement over money involved in the proposed Hampshire Grove active-adult development, Zwemke and Palm took the issue to a higher power: They went before the village board with their disagreements on Thursday.

The Pingree Grove Police Department invites the community to an open house at its 1-year-old police station from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday.

When Hampshire's board voted last week to give about $3,5000 each to the buyers of newly ordered homes over the next 18 months, the village in effect was giving away other people's money.

The emerald ash borer beetle has invaded a rising number of ash trees in Hampshire, and the village is mounting a counterattack.

Brittney Misialek and Anthony Venetucci moved into their first home, a townhouse, in the Lakewood Crossing subdivision of Hampshire last year.

Eighteen Hampshire High School students traveled this week from the classroom to a construction site for hands-on electrical work experience.

With 3,000 vacant lots targeted for housing -- but only two new building permits issued all year -- the village will start paying people to buy a new home here.

With this summer starting so cold and rainy, the feeling of tropical island sunshine will be welcome as the Hampshire Area Chamber of Commerce's street dance adopts a Hawaiian luau theme this year.

Sysco Asian Foods in Hampshire is in the process of closing and about half of its employees will be laid off.

A graduate is silhouetted by the evening sky prior to Hampshire High School's graduation ceremony in Hampshire, Friday, June 5, 2009.