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Project 350, a city initiative to plant 350 trees in Galesburg parks and city terraces, wrapped up its work for 2022 Nov. 4 at Lincoln Park.

The City of Galesburg's Project 350 is ahead of schedule. Project 350 is a five-year effort to plant 70 trees per year in Galesburg parks and city terraces. Galesburg has planted 112 this year. Sixteen trees were planted at Lake Storey Park, fifteen at Lincoln Park, Kiwanis Park received five, Standish Park and HT Custer each received three trees, and Colton Park got one. Fourteen trees were planted on terraces in downtown Galesburg. Resident requests for trees on terraces resulted in 55 plantings in various city neighborhoods at no cost to the homeowner other than a commitment to water...

Galesburg City Council on Monday unanimously approved a few big ticket items with little conversation. One of those was a conditional pledge of $1 million to the National Railroad Hall of Fame if their project to build a facility goes forward. Aldermen held no comment on the matter before promptly unanimously voting yes. Mayor Peter Schwartzman said that he hoped the Hall of Fame Board would be able to use this pledge to bring this project to fruition. There was also a prompt yes vote on hiring an engineer for Phase 2 of the work to complete the multi-use path at Lake Storey. Tom Simkins with...

Thursday was a day for tree planting in Galesburg as 14 volunteers planted 19 trees in the Knox College area.

I enthusiastically applaud the mayor's initiative to promote diversity and freshness in our public discourse. To quote J. M. Barrie, "I am not young enough to know everything." So often, our responses to new ideas start with conjuring problems rather than fantastic possibilities, a malady borne of l