Madelaine Gerard is a Staff Writer and Photographer for RiverBender.com.
Born in Alton, Gerard has always been a native of the Riverbend. After attending Bethalto Community District No. 8 schools, she went on to attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville where she received her BA in Mass Communications. She is currently working toward her Master's degree.
In her free time, Gerard loves to binge-watch television shows on Netflix, go to the movies, and look at funny cat pictures on the Internet.
ALTON/EDWARDSVILLE - Thanksgiving is known as the official start of the holiday season. Instead of gathering with family and eating the traditional fixings, people have begun lining up outside of major retailers to take advantage of some massive sales and doorbusters on Black Friday .
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BETHALTO - After defeating Nokomis High School 58-56 in their first game of the season and the opener of their own Thanksgiving Tournament , the Civic Memorial High School Eagles Boys Basketball team extended their season record to 2-0 .
The Eagles defeated the Tri...
GODFREY - With the help of some very passionate historical reenactors and lovers of local history, The Nature Institute welcomed the public to travel throughout time for their Living History: A Walk Through Time program.
This Saturday, Nov. 21 , history lovers and their families traveled...
WOOD RIVER - As the holiday season draws closer, various food pantries and assistance centers are finding it difficult to fill their shelves with the necessary items to keep the most underprivileged members of the community fed.
One week after local Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts of America...
ALTON - On the evening of Friday, Nov. 20, following the amazing holiday tradition that was the 21st Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at Lincoln-Douglas Square , the audience hopped aboard trolleys or walked on over to the RiverBender.com Community Center for their annual Holiday Open House...
ALTON - What’s the best thing one can do to really get into the holiday spirit? Putting up the Christmas tree and adorning it with tinsel, ornaments and candy canes, of course!
Six days shy of Thanksgiving Day, Santa’s little helpers and the fine ladies and gentlemen at Alton...
ALTON - Foodies and lovers of local cuisine gathered Thursday evening for the eighth annual Taste of Downtown event at Argosy Casino in Alton .
In one of Alton Main Street’s biggest fundraisers of the year, plenty of delicious eateries all joined together to both get their...
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