PAXTON — Paxton aldermen agreed Monday night to meet again sometime after the Thanksgiving holiday to further discuss a proposed 3% “amusement tax” that would be added to the price of admission to concerts and other so-called for-profit “amusements” hosted at local venues like The Cadillac. The proposed tax, which is expected to be up for approval at either December […]
Paxton businesses
Market Street Grill here to provide ‘a great experience and a great meal’
PAXTON — As general manager of the newly opened Market Street Grill in downtown Paxton, Ryan Galey takes a lot of pride in providing excellent food and service to his clientele, with the goal that doing so will bring people back again and again. Having spent the bulk of his adult life working in food service management, the 53-year-old Galey […]
Paxton Progress chosen as name of community-planning group
PAXTON — Paxton Progress is the new name of the community-planning group participating in the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs’ MAPPING the Future of Your Community program. Via online voting that concluded Wednesday, Nov. 8, the group selected its name from among four finalists, with Paxton Progress receiving 45 percent of the vote compared with 30 percent for Progress in […]
Call it what you want, new group focusing on Paxton’s progress
PAXTON — The community-planning group participating in the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs’ MAPPING the Future of Your Community program is choosing a name for itself this week — and “Paxton Progress” was the overwhelming favorite two days ahead of the deadline to vote. As of Monday, the leading choice among the four finalists was Paxton Progress (43.8%), followed by […]
Free wi-fi goes live in downtown Paxton
PAXTON — Free public wi-fi is now available throughout a four-block area of downtown Paxton. The nonprofit group Paxton Main Street — which secured a nearly $30,000 grant from T-Mobile through its Hometown Grant program earlier this year to help fund the downtown wi-fi project — announced in a Facebook post Friday, Oct. 27, that the wi-fi network had gone […]
Star Gymnastics relocates to downtown Paxton
PAXTON — On a pleasantly cool Wednesday night in downtown Paxton, Christine Morgan decided to leave the front door open to Star Gymnastics, allowing some fresh air into the small first-floor storefront at 106 S. Market St. that she and business partner Chandler Marshall have converted into a makeshift gym. The modest space was bustling that night as Star Gymnastics’ […]
Going to see Gina Miles? We’ve got your questions answered …
The Cadillac co-owner Alan Meyer sat down Monday morning for a brief Q&A with Ford County Chronicle Publisher Will Brumleve, during which they discussed topics related to Gina Miles’ upcoming concerts at Meyer’s newly opened warehouse-style music venue at 108 W. State St. in downtown Paxton, including … How big of a crowd is expected for each show? Meyer said […]
When worlds collide: Gina Miles coming to The Cadillac
PAXTON — Alan Meyer can’t help but smile these days. Not only is Meyer living his dream of hosting concerts in downtown Paxton as co-owner of The Cadillac — a newly opened live music and entertainment venue at 108 W. State St. — but the longtime Paxton resident is also seeing the dreams of family friends fulfilled — most notably, […]
Downtown Paxton wi-fi project nearing completion
PAXTON — The installation of public wi-fi throughout a four-block area of downtown Paxton is nearing completion. The nonprofit group Paxton Main Street secured a nearly $30,000 grant from T-Mobile through its Hometown Grant program earlier this year to help fund the downtown wi-fi project, which was publicly announced during a live broadcast from the downtown as part of WCIA […]
At 81, Carl Hudson Jr. still working at Paxton pharmacy: ‘It’s part of your life’
PAXTON — Carl Hudson Jr.’s path to becoming a pharmacist — and not a rocket scientist — was laid during his junior year of high school, when he and his friend Jim Fratia decided to experiment with mixing rocket fuel in the Hudson family’s newly remodeled kitchen. The experiment did not go so well. Several decades later, the memory still […]
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