Dear Editor:  Jill Adams is an art teacher at Conley Elementary School in Algonquin.  Last summer, Jill was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. The friends and family of Ms. Adams are asking for the community's support this Thursday, May 3, when they will be hosting and all day fundraiser at Buffalo Wild Wings on Randall Road.   15% of all proceeds that day (dine in and carry out) will go to help with some of Ms. Adam's medical expenses.  Jill is and always has been a loving, caring, giving person. She has touched the lives of every student that has gone through Conley Elementary.  Her love…

To the editor: I have worked for The Riverview for nearly two decades now.  In my early years, at the original location across from Port Edward, we were accustomed to lines of people waiting on Thursday nights for our Prime Rib, Friday nights for our fish fry and Saturday nights for our Beef Ribs.  We were always involved in and very crowded during the Founders Days Celebrations, primarily due to our loyal customers and our central downtown location.  As the town grew and the traffic became nightmarish, the village decided to tear down our building and install a turn lane to ease traffic …

Dear Editor, What did we see today? And more importantly, what did our children see today? Kids today spend upwards of 10 hours a day engaged in recreational media, and with the advent of laptops, smart phones, tablet computers, and online learning, there is a growing, urgent need to examine what they think about what they see. And that’s exactly what Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois has partnered with the Girl Scout Research Institute (GSRI) to do.  Reality TV has become staple entertainment for young people and adults alike. According to Real to Me: Girls and Reality TV, a national survey …

My daughter is vegetarian and a junior at Jacobs High School in Algonquin. Last week I found out that our children are being forced to eat unhealthy, high-carb foods over more healthy choices, like raw vegetables and fruits. A tray lunch consists of one entrée, two sides and milk. When my daughter tried to take french fries and cucumbers as her sides, she was told she must put one vegetable back and take a pudding cup. She explained that being a vegetarian she does not eat pudding, as it contains animal byproducts, and that she would just throw the pudding out. The cashier’s response was that…

Four separate parent/taxpayers from Algonquin and Carpentersville were preliminarily denied access to documents responsive to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests filed last week with the village of Hoffman Estates, related to the establishment, administration and renewal  of the Sears Economic Development Area (EDA) currently pending in the State Senate.  “I filed my FOIAs because as a parent and taxpayer in District 300, I would like to know how the property tax dollars were spent by Sears and Hoffman Estates, Hoffman Estates in particular, over the past 21 years,” said Kathleen …