Village expected to be fully lit up again by midnight – 2011
The tiny village of Barrington Hills, which was left in the dark when a storm swept through the suburbs Monday, should soon be lit up again, as electricity to 250 homes is expected to be restored by midnight, a spokesman for ComEd said Friday.
Since Monday, power has been restored to 1,300 households, the spokesman said. The target date to get the village fully restored was Saturday, which displeased residents and Trustee Skip Gianopulos.
“It seems so crazy to go six days without power, especially because most of us are on well and septic,” he said.
Read the TribLocal report here.
Barrington, fire district split now irreversible – 2013
Barrington village officials told the Daily Herald editorial board Monday that the proposed split between the Barrington Fire Department and the Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District on Jan. 1 is now past the point of no return.
Fire district trustees entirely agree.
Read more of the Daily Herald story here.
Our views on two horse boarding amendment proposals – 2014
The Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a public hearing Monday, July 21st at 7:30 PM at Countryside School related to two proposed horse boarding text amendment proposals* submitted earlier this month.
Last week, The Observer summarized some of the highlights of the two proposals, such as hours of operations and allowable horse population (see “July 21 Zoning Board Public Hearing announced”). We have also commented on the apparent conflicts of interests stemming, in part, from these proposals. Additional scrutiny of the proposals has led to some very troubling questions and discoveries.
Read further here.
Of Bikes and Blame – Part One: The Phantom Menace – 2014
There’s been a lot of commotion in our Village lately surrounding bike lanes, a traffic island, and about the cyclists who use (and sometimes abuse) our Village roads.
The catalyst for this upheaval was an April Plan Commission agenda item stating the Village Engineer was providing a “Bicycle Path Planning Report.” Residents along Haegers Bend, Plum Tree and Spring Creek Roads attended the meeting and were clearly upset with what they learned.
It was at that meeting it was revealed that an application requesting road repair funding from the McHenry County Council of Mayors had been submitted by our Village back in 2012 to reconstruct Haegers Bend Road. That funding request had been turned down. But the Village decided to reapply for funding early this year, and was looking to add dedicated paved bicycle lanes to the reconstruction project in an attempt to improve their chances for success.
The original Observer piece can be viewed here, however most websites referenced have since been disabled.
– The Observer