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Downtown Rockford’s 2016 Cheap Trick Fest “Created by Russian Hackers,” Says Tourism Bureau, Ad Firm, and Local Media Operations
City of Rockford leaders have been so full of it for so long with pulling the wool over the sheeps’ heads that we promise you will never hear another word about the proposed, downtown Cheap Trick music festival—which was to
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Budget Breakdown: “Online Reputation Management Project”
Let’s do the math, and sort through the amazing amount of hope-filled economic details in the article,”Online Reputation Management Project,” published by our internet friends at the Rockford Register Star. What is an “Online Reputation Management Project”? Most business professionals and
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Another Train Long Gone – Rockford in 2015
2015 was interesting for the Rockford area. You people talked about trains, hotels, casinos, and hope. Like a broken record at this point. Buildings knocked down, some with busy-bees flying about planning stuff. Weeks on with work, months off without.
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Letter From The Editor: This Is Exactly How RKFDnews Began With Nothing to Become a Big Nothing To Break The Noose in a Poor Old American City like The Rockford of Illinois
June 19th, 2014 The Rockford is filled with local makers and wonderful stories about how we’ve risen above the ashes of the late 70s and early 80s recession to prosper throughout the 2000’s recession. I am fortunate to have a valuable
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Letter From The Editor: We Are Not The Onion and We Own A Yacht
Hello, it’s me again. I’m writing to you from a yacht off the coast of the Cayman Islands that Linda and I live on during these long, cold midwestern winters. It’s so warm here, and the people are nice, healthy,
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