CAMBRIDGE—Residents of the community gathered Monday, May 25, for Memorial Day ceremonies at the Cambridge Community Hall and on the lawn of the Henry County Courthouse.

CAMBRIDGE—Thirty-seven members of the Cambridge High School Class of 2009 received diplomas during the 135th annual commencement program on Saturday evening, May 16.

CAMBRIDGE— School district voters elected Chad Humphry, Breanna Leander and Dianne Jeffries to the school board.

CAMBRIDGE—The Cambridge Fire Protection District's new station will be built on a donated acre of land, donated by the Winter family, off Route 82, just south of Route 81 on the east edge of town. Two additional acres of land have been donated to the district by the village.

CAMBRIDGE—On Tuesday, April 7, county residents rejected a sales tax of 25 cents on $100 to go into a restricted fund for the 1880 courthouse repairs. The tax would have gone into effect Jan. 1, 2010.

CAMBRIDGE— The village may hear from Congressman Bill Foster’s office this month whether the Court Street water line replacement project will be funded through the federal stimulus project, according to village administrator Dwaine Van Meenen.

URBANA—Cambridge High School dancers placed third at state Saturday, March 14, at Champaign-Urbana in single A pom dance.  

CAMBRIDGE—Residents lined the streets as a processional made its way through Cambridge Thursday afternoon, March 5, carrying the remains of Sgt. Schuyler Brent Patch, 25, of Galva. Assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Battalion, 106th Cavalry, based in Kewanee, he was killed in action Tuesday, Feb. 24, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, by an improvised explosive device. Two other coalition members and an Afghan civilian working with the coalition also were killed. They were on a joint patrol with Afghan National Security Forces. Patch, a 2002 graduate of Wethersfield High School, was in his third deployment. 

CAMBRIDGE—Whoever’s doing that rain dance out there needs to stop. The Cambridge area received 2 1/2 to 3 inches of rain over the weekend and more on Monday eve­ning, March 9. Several residents voiced their frustrations to village administrator Dwaine VanMeenen. “There’s really not anything we can do about Mother Nature,” stated Jim Crouch, village president. “The pumps throughout town were running all weekend, trying to alleviate as many problems as possible.” Two more inches of rain was expected Tuesday, March 10, but then the sun should make an appearance.

CAMBRIDGE—Cambridge Elementary School is the recipient of a CATCH (Coordinated Approach to Child Health) grant according to Carrie Titus, community health educator at Henry County Health Department. The grant from the Illinois Department of Public Health was originally for $7,000, but has been cut to $5,500.

CAMBRIDGE—Students at Cambridge High School celebrate National FFA Week.

CAMBRIDGE—The United States Census Bureau is looking for some Cambridge residents to be part of the 2010 Census Team. “The Census Bureau is looking to hire some residents to work on a short-term parttime basis,” according to Jim Crouch, Cambridge mayor. “These will be good paying jobs for someone who might be struggling in today’s economy.”

ANDOVER—An emergency siren will go up in Andover sometime this spring. Trustees voted 6-0 to approve the $14,505 purchase as well as a supplemental budget appropriation. 

 

CAMBRIDGE—Members of the Cambridge High School dance team will compete in the state dance competition Saturday, March 14, after taking first place with their pom dance at the North Sectional in Downers Grove Saturday, Feb. 28.