Following are some of the articles published by The Observer for the month of April in recent years. These articles, gathered from various publications and editorials, are noteworthy for residents in that they remind us of where we’ve been as a community.
Dist. 220 wants to teach younger students Chinese – 2010
Barrington Unit District 220 will soon apply for a federal grant that would allow it to partner with the University of Illinois to create a 17-year-long curriculum for the teaching of the Chinese language Mandarin.
Revisit the Daily Herald story here.
B. Hills ethics case continued – 2011
The next State Board of Elections hearing on a campaign finance complaint against Barrington Hills’ winning “Save 5 Acres” slate of candidates will be held on a yet unspecified date within the next few weeks. The board heard testimony Thursday from a “Save 5 Acres” office worker who admitted to filing the campaign finance report that did not properly identify resident Benjamin LeCompte III as the original source of $5,000 donations to candidates Joe Messer, Karen Selman and Patty Meroni.
Read the full story here.
Our View: Cheap power – 2012
You can lead a voter to cheaper electricity, but you can’t make him switch on the light.
Maybe that’s the reason why five Lake County communities — Waukegan, Park City, Wadsworth, Highwood and Barrington Hills — turned down the chance to spread their electricity costs through community “aggregate” purchasing plans. Twenty-nine county communities had the electricity aggregation vote on the March 20 primary ballot.
To read more of the Lake County News-Sun’s editorial, click here.
McLaughlin unseats Abboud in Barrington Hills – 2013
Two-term Barrington Hills Village President Robert Abboud conceded defeat to challenger Martin McLaughlin Tuesday night.
“I think the village is going to have a new village president,” Abboud said. “I think the electorate was looking for some change and I’m sure Mr. McLaughlin will bring it.”
Read the Daily Herald story here.
– The Observer
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