Posted in FPDCC on May 24, 2022| Leave a Comment »
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Posted in Accidents, Cook, County, VBHPD on May 23, 2022| Leave a Comment »
One person was killed and another injured in a two-vehicle crash late Sunday night in Barrington Hills, police said.
The crash occurred about 11:10 p.m. Sunday the intersection of Dundee and Bateman roads, according to Barrington Hills police. One driver was pronounced dead at the scene, police said, and the other was taken to a hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries.
The identity of the deceased driver has not been disclosed.
Dundee Road was closed between Healy and Penny roads for about five hours while police investigated. The crash remains under investigation by Barrington Hills police and the Major Crash Assistance Team.
Anyone who witnesses the crash is asked to call Barrington Hills police at (847) 551-3006.
Posted in Community Alerts on May 23, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The FDA said they are aware of reports of THC products, similar to the above image, packaged to look like popular brand items.
The McHenry County Substance Abuse Coalition has issued an alert warning about edible THC products that look like commonly consumed foods and could have adverse effects if ingested by children.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that some manufacturers are packaging and labeling edible products containing THC to look like popular brands of commonly consumed foods, such as breakfast cereal, candy and cookies.
The products appeal to children and may be easily mistaken for popular, well-recognized foods.
The McHenry County Substance Abuse Coalition issued an alert on Friday after reviewing data from the McHenry County Department of Health showing possible poisoning cases involving the products.
The coalition said the community should be aware that the copycat-type items may not be legally for sale in Illinois but all cannabis items should be safely stored out of the reach of children.
More here.
Posted in Agendas, BACT, Board of Health, Building Department, Cuba Rd Bridge, ePacket Agendas, Financial Reports, Land Use, Minutes, Plan Commission, Resident Surveys, Roads & Bridges Committee, VBHPD, Village Attorney, Village Board, Village Clerk, Village Code, Village Director of Administration, Village Engineer, Village Government, Village President, Zoning Board on May 23, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Our Village Board of Trustees will be conducting their regular monthly meeting beginning this evening at 6:30 PM. Some of the topics on their agenda include:
The two gentlemen being recognized for decades of service on the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Board of Health have our utmost gratitude and respect for their commitment to the residents of our Village.
A copy of the agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.
Posted in Politics, Property Taxes, Springfield, Unions on May 22, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Editorial note: With so many residents escaping Illinois, this seems so apropos….
Renderings for a re-imaging of a water tower on U-Haul property located in Crystal Lake near the intersection of Routes 14 and 31. The image would include alternating “U-Haul” and “Crystal Lake” signage. (U-Haul via City of Crystal Lake)
The storage and moving company U-Haul has asked to repaint a water tower in Crystal Lake to include both city signage and the company’s logo.
The Crystal Lake Planning and Zoning Commission gave a thumbs up to plans to repaint the sign move forward at its meeting Wednesday.
“Our primary goal is obviously to clean it up,” U-Haul marketing company president Jeff Jones said. “It’s starting to look a little rusty at the bottom. We clearly haven’t done anything with it since we owned the property, and we are spending a lot of money to clean it up, so we’d like to put our advertising on it.”
The tower, located near the intersection of routes 14 and 31, is on U-Haul’s property. It was acquired in 2016, and is currently being used as part of U-Haul’s fire suppression system, Jones said.
The two U-Haul logo signs would each be 130 square feet, Jones said.
Several members of the commission said they felt the current signage – which dates back to before U-Haul purchased the site, when it was owned by Follett Books – was ugly and outdated and welcomed the idea of the city of Crystal Lake being showcased on the tower.
The advisory commission voted 5-2 in favor of the sign and recommended to the Crystal Lake City Council that a condition be set that if U-Haul leaves the property, the company would have 60 days to repaint the sign or remove the logos.
Read more here.
Posted in Deception, Elections, Politics, Pritzker’s Rules of Order, Property Taxes, Springfield, Unions on May 21, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Some Illinois politicians are using an estimate to revise the Census count and claim Illinois doesn’t have a problem with its residents moving away. A closer look shows they are wrong, and the danger of denial.
On May 19, the U.S. Census Bureau released state-level results for their Post-Enumeration Survey. The survey estimates Illinois’ household population was undercounted by 1.97% during the 2020 official Census.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker used that information to claim Illinois welcomed over 250,000 new residents.
But the Census Bureau’s Population Estimates Program tells a different, consistent story. It has estimated Illinois population declines each year since 2014, including in 2021 when its numbers showed a record-setting loss of 114,000 residents.
Two separate estimates and a head count each yielding different numbers complicate this simple question: “Are Illinoisans leaving for greener pastures?” That is, unless you have a data analyst to help sort through it, which the Illinois Policy Institute is happy to provide. Stay with us.
What is really going on with Census data?
To accurately decipher the various estimates of population levels and changes it is important to have a fundamental understanding of what each program from the Census Bureau does, and how it is intended to be used.
Let’s start with the official decennial census, the most recent of which was the 2020 census count. Each decennial census is an count of the U.S. population on April 1 of the reference year. The population is determined based on physical responses from each household and the results are used to determine representation in Congress and the allocation of some federal spending. These counts include those living in group settings such as college dorms, nursing homes and prisons. The 2020 official Census count estimated Illinois’ population to be 12,812,508 as of April 1, 2020.
Read more here.
Posted in Entertainment on May 20, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The Deer Park Food Truck Series returns May 21 to the Deer Park Town Center and will be held the third Saturday of the month through October.
Not sure what you’re in the mood to eat? Want to sample something adventurous, creative, or decadent? It should come as no surprise that food trucks have soared in popularity as diners enjoy the variety of offerings that appeal to every palate when you bring together a group of restaurants on wheels.
The food-truck excitement continues this summer as the Deer Park Food Truck Series returns this year, bringing some of the area’s best food trucks to town for a monthly event starting May 21.
The series, which generally brings about seven food trucks to the center on the third Saturday of the month, also features a live DJ, games and entertainment for kids, and a tent with seating where people can enjoy their food.
Some of the vendors include:
Read more here.
Posted in Community Alerts, Elections, Illinois State Board of Elections, Politics on May 20, 2022| Leave a Comment »
May 19 was the start of voting for the June 28 primary for early in-person voting and for those who’ve requested mail-in ballots.
Illinois citizens who want their voices heard in the community can take the first step by voting early in the June 28 primary election.
Polls opened May 19 for in-person early voting and for mail-in voting for the primary. Primaries are key to rooting out corruption by creating the competition that holds incumbents accountable by ensuring voters have choices.
What is early voting?
Registered voters can go to their election authority or early voting site and vote early for any reason from May 19 until June 27, the day before the primary election. A list of local election authorities can be found at the Illinois State Board of Elections website. Early votes are not counted until after polls close at 7 p.m. on Election Day, June 28.
What is vote by mail?
Registered voters can apply to vote by mail, but must do so no later than five days before the election: June 23. No reason is needed. The system replaced Illinois’ absentee ballot system in 2016. May 19 was the first day to submit completed mail-in ballots.
Read more here.
Posted in 220, Barrington High School, Board of Education, Cook, County, District 220 referendum, Lake, Politics, Property Taxes, Public Safety, School Districts, Taxes, Transparency, Unions on May 19, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Hart Road will be closing in two weeks.
The Lake County Division of Transportation will be closing Hart Road to through traffic from Route 14 (Northwest Highway) to Main Street/County Line Road (Lake-Cook Road) for approximately five months, beginning at 6 a.m. Thursday, June 2.
The closure is necessary to remove the existing culvert pipes, construct a new bridge over Flint Creek, add a bike path on the east side of the bridge, and resurface Hart Road from south of Route 14 to Main Street/County Line Road, officials said.
A detour will use Route 14 to Route 59 to Main Street. Local traffic will be allowed from Main Street/County Line Road north to Barrington High School and from Route 14 south to local businesses and the sports complex.
The road will be closed to all through traffic at Flint Creek.
Posted in Community Alerts, News Media on May 19, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The benefits of internet privacy laws can sometimes be hard to grasp: With the right regulations, users can sometimes have a vague reassurance that advertisers or the government can’t snoop as easily on their personal information.
But this week, residents of Illinois have been getting a more tangible benefit: $397.
The money has been arriving by check and direct deposit from a settlement fund set up last year after Facebook agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that the social media company had violated the rights of Illinois residents by collecting and storing digital scans of their faces without permission.
The money is headed only to Illinois because of the state’s pioneering Biometric Information Privacy Act, an unusual law passed in 2008 that allows consumers in the state to sue companies for privacy violations involving fingerprints, retina scans, facial geometry and similar data. The state has generally been regarded as among the most aggressive places in the world in terms of regulations on tech.
For some people in Illinois, it’s the clearest example they’ve seen of a privacy law working.
“It says something interesting about the law that we have here in Illinois, that it actually has some teeth in it, and that they were able to really get Facebook to own up to having done something wrong,” said Eric Allix Rogers, 36, who lives in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood and runs events and communications for a nonprofit organization.
Read more here.
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