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