Green Gables owner: Grief is setting in for sure

Posted on May 11, 2022
A fire destroyed Green Gables Bar and Grill Monday afternoon. (Scott Miller/WJBC)

By Neil Doyle

HUDSON – The owner of Green Gables says she and her family are devastated after a fire tore down the iconic establishment Monday afternoon.

Amy Tague says Green Gables has been in her family since her grandparents bought the property in 1952.

“The grief is setting in for sure. It is a horrible loss,” Amy told WJBC’s Scott Miller. “It’s kind of like we lost our grandparents all over again. That was the last little bit of them that we kept going. It has been tough.”

Fire investigators have not yet released the cause and no injuries were reported.

Now, the community wants to know if Green Gables will be rebuilt?

“We don’t have the answer for sure. It’s going to depend on the outcome of the fire and the investigation. But that is always going to be the goal to rebuild,” said Tague.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year.  It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city.   Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University.   We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk.  Going to work every day for some people means…