"My context is the Road Safety and Fairness Act, or HB1226 that increases the age from 79 to 87 as the “crumbs” for seniors as Illinois is the only state that requires a driving test for seniors based on age," Robert Meale of Crystal Lake writes in a letter to the editor.

"It is easy to have a staff member volunteer to become a trained voter registrar on the campus where they work," Pat Lawlor of Marengo and Sarah Colie of Oakwood Hills write in a letter to the editor.

"As a resident of our community, I believe it’s important that our local government focus on progress and collaborative solutions," Randy S. Moan of Crystal Lake writes in a letter to the editor.

"It seems that your paper has taken a road back to the 19th century, where the only concerns people had were their families and their neighbors," Donna Davis of Woodstock writes in a letter to the editor.

"How many times have you seen Pace buses riding around empty or with one passenger?" Steve Willson of Huntley writes in a letter to the editor.

"I am writing this regarding the Maplewood Development Plan. Do we want to put our name on a mediocre project or something we can be proud of?" Laura Tuman of Cary writes in a letter to the editor.

"To the business owners (especially those small ones!) in the area: Please consider sending an upcoming leader in your company to Leadership Greater McHenry County," Denise Smith of Crystal Lake writes in a letter to the editor.

"I support Northwest Herald’s decision to keep letters toward the community instead of national. For one because of the climate out there ... politically," Bob DeLacy Jr. of Marengo writes in a letter to the editor.

"All your inflammatory statement serves to do is stoke fear and hatred of people of color in our community which gives rise to racially motivated violence," Brian J. Crow of Lake in the Hills writes in a letter to the editor.

"Frank McClatchey has always made himself personally available to his constituents by telephone or in person," Jon Petersen of McHenry writes in a letter to the editor.

"I want to thank you for printing the Christmas story in your paper!" Eileen Manning of Huntley writes in a letter to the editor.

"As a lifelong bird lover, I have been deeply disturbed and disgusted by the Northwest Herald’s coverage of the recent snowy owl sighting near McHenry," Heather Rohde of Crystal Lake writes in a letter to the editor.

"The Woodstock City Council along with the McHenry County Board dropped the ball in approving this development, despite strong environmental impact concerns that were presented," Thomas Dujmovich of Marengo writes in a letter to the editor.

"I see in the Chicago newspaper that there is a farm on the far south side that accepts live Christmas trees as food for their goats," Sandra Minor of McHenry writes in a letter to the editor.

"As a Zumba participant and someone who enjoys these classes, enrollment has been down in several of them, and I think the city of Crystal Lake should support this facility," Gail Frank of Lakewood writes in a letter to the editor.