Posted in Agendas, Animal Welfare, Barrington Hills Park District, Barrington Hills Polo Club, Commercial Horse Boarding, Countryside Elementary School, Deception, Ethics, Fox River Valley Hunt, FPDCC, FRVPC, Horizon Farm, Horse Boarding, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, Mad Cow, Politics, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Real Estate, Riding Center Advisory Committee, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Save 5 Acres, The Other Half, Topics Of Interest, Unions on September 13, 2023| Leave a Comment »
The Barrington Hills Park District Board will hold their monthly meeting this evening in person and via Zoom at 7:00 PM. Topics on their agenda include:
A copy of their agenda can be viewed here. Instructions for accessing the meeting remotely can be found here.
Posted in Agendas, Algonquin Rd, Animal Welfare, Barrington Hills Park District, Barrington Hills Polo Club, Countryside Elementary School, Don't Change Barrington Hills, Ethics, Fox River Valley Hunt, FPDCC, FRVPC, Goat Rodeo, HARPS, Horizon Farm, Horse Boarding, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, Lighting Ordinance, Mad Cow, Massbach Hounds, Politics, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Real Estate, Riding Center Advisory Committee, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Taxes, The Other Half, Transparency, Unions, Well Water Quality on September 4, 2023| Leave a Comment »
The Barrington Hills Park District Advisory Committee meets tomorrow evening at 7 PM. Some of the topics on their agenda include:
A copy of their agenda can be viewed here.
Posted in Animal Welfare, Mad Cow, Topics Of Interest, VBHPD on August 31, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Video can be viewed here. Coming tomorrow morning, “Buffalo Creek’s Burger Throw-Down” (seriously).
Posted in Animal Welfare, Mad Cow, VBHPD on August 31, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Per the Village Facebook page:
“UPDATE: Cattle wrangler Wes captured the now infamous roaming bull!
Barrington Hills PIO William Walsh reported the bull was caught today without further incident around 3:30 PM in the area where it was first reported missing.
The owner engaged the services of cattle catcher, Wesley Bush, with 2B Wild Cattle Catching Services, LLC, who successfully brought the bull under control. The bull will now be relocated.
The Village appreciates everyone’s help in finding the bull.”
Posted in Animal Welfare, Goat Rodeo, Mad Cow, Topics Of Interest on August 30, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Animal Welfare, Deception, Politics, Topics Of Interest, VBHPD on August 28, 2023| 1 Comment »
A photo was captured of a brown and white male bull that went missing from the area of Route 62 and Old Sutton Road in Barrington Hills last week. | Photo Submitted to Lake and McHenry County Scanner
Authorities say a bull that escaped from a property in Barrington Hills last week remains on the loose and anyone who spots it is urged to stay away from it.
The Barrington Hills Police Department issued an alert to residents early Friday afternoon.
The alert said a stray bull was last seen in the area of Route 62 and Old Sutton Road.
Barrington Hills Police Department Press Information Officer William Walsh told Lake and McHenry County Scanner the bull escaped from a property near the intersection.
The brown and white male bull is not friendly and went missing Thursday evening into Friday morning, Walsh said.
Anyone who spots the bull should not approach it and instead call 911 immediately.
Lake and McHenry County Scanner on Monday obtained a photo of the stray bull, which has still not been captured.
“Our message remains the same; if you see the bull do not approach it or take any action that would jeopardize your safety and well-being. Call 911 if you see it,” Walsh said.
More here.
Posted in Animal Welfare, Deception, Topics Of Interest, VBHPD on August 28, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Per the Village website:
“We have photos! Have you seen this bull? If so, call 911 immediately.
A resident’s security camera captured these photos about a 1/2 mile north of the original sighted location in the area around IL Route 62 and Old Sutton Roads. Residents are reminded that although the bull may seem to be friendly, do not approach the bull and call 911 immediately.
HERE ARE ANSWERS TO SOME QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED:
WHERE DID THE BULL COME FROM?
The bull escaped a resident’s property.
HOW BIG IS THE BULL?
The bull was reported to weigh 1600 pounds.
WHAT COLOR IS THE BULL?
Brown and white.
WILL THE BULL MAKE A GUEST APPEARANCE AT YOUR FALL FESTIVAL?
Probably not.
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE BULL?
The resident did not report this information.”
Related: “Illinois Village on Alert for Unusual Visitor: Stray Bull’s Mysterious Whereabouts,” “Police warn residents after stray bull spotted on loose in Barrington Hills”
Posted in Agendas, Animal Welfare, BACOG, Barrington Hills Farm, Barrington Hills Park District, Big Red, Clown Car, County, ePacket Agendas, Ethics, Financial Reports, Goat Rodeo, Heritage Fest, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Lake, Minutes, One Barrington Hills, Police Pension Board, Police Reports, Politics, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Road construction, Roads & Bridges Committee, Taxes, Topics Of Interest, Trotter & Associates, Unions, VBHPD, Village Attorney, Village Board, Village Clerk, Village Code, Village Director of Administration, Village Engineer, Village President, Village Treasurer, Zoning Board on August 28, 2023| Leave a Comment »
The Board will be discussing the repair of damage possibly caused by burrowing rodents on Chapel Road among other things tonight.
Our Village Board of Trustees will be conducting their regular monthly meeting beginning at 6:30 PM. Tonight’s 685-page agenda includes:
A copy of their agenda can be viewed and downloaded here.
Posted in Animal Welfare, Goat Rodeo, VBHPD on August 25, 2023| 1 Comment »
Authorities are warning the public after a stray bull was spotted Friday in Barrington Hills and they say anyone who spots it should call 911.
The Barrington Hills Police Department issued the alert to residents early Friday afternoon.
The alert said a stray bull was last seen in the area of Route 62 and Old Sutton Road.
Police said anyone who spots the bull should not approach it and instead call 911 immediately.
Authorities have not said yet where the bull is believed to have come from.
Lake and McHenry County Scanner is awaiting further details from the police department.
In September 2021, a female bison was being corralled into an enclosure from a trailer when she managed to escape from Milk and Honey Farmstead in nearby Wauconda.
More here.
Posted in Algonquin Rd, Animal Welfare, Board of Health, Cook, County, FPDCC, Going green, Horizon Farm, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Kane, Land Use, Longmeadow Parkway, Politics, Press Release, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Real Estate, Road construction, South Barrington, Topics Of Interest, Transparency, Unions, Village President, Well Water Quality, Western Bypass on August 24, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Sarah Glees of West Dundee wins a $500 scholarship from the One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest for her film “The Long-Lived Effects of the Long Meadow Parkway.” Funds for the scholarship were provided by the Environmental Law and Policy Center. (Courtesy of One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest)
By Lisa Files
One Earth Film Festival
West Dundee resident Sarah Glees will be awarded an Environmental Action Award in the One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest for her film “The Long-Lived Effects of the Long Meadow Parkway.”
The award consists of a $500 scholarship from the Environmental Law and Policy Center. Glees plans to use the funds to help pay for Elmhurst University, where she is a senior.
The Long Meadow Parkway (under construction) has a four-lane Fox River bridge crossing, which is meant to alleviate traffic in Kane County, Illinois.
Glees begins her 7-minute film “The Long-Lived Effects of the Long Meadow Parkway” with an interview with Parkway opponent Sue Harney, a Dundee Township Trustee and former Dundee Township Supervisor from 2000-17.
Harney explains that trucking companies wanted the Parkway to serve logistics hubs where items are stored or manufactured and then trucked out. Her main concern is contamination of the Fox River from heavy metals such as arsenic and chromium released from tires, hydraulic fluid, gas leaks, and the fine particulate matter from exhaust.
“It’s so long-lived and so very fine that when it gets into the water and the river, the fish have the same problem we do,” Harney said “It gets into their bodies and their gills. It’s like a slow poison.”
Glees suggests possible solutions such as electric trucks, which have no emissions, and permeable pavement, which reduces runoff and the cost of water treatment. She writes in her contest submission: “It means so much to share this story and hopefully evoke change.”
Since its inception in 2013, the One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest has grown from a local, Oak Park, Illinois, project to a highly competitive international competition garnering 403 submissions.
Countries such as Brazil, Australia and Mexico and states such as California, Georgia and Indiana will be represented among this year’s winners at the Global Awards Celebration at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, in person at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St., in Chicago, or online virtually anywhere in the world.
“The Long-Lived Effects of the Long Meadow Parkway” will premiere at this special event. Free tickets are available at tinyurl.com/yfc23awards.
“The secret ingredient to our success is youth. They have opinions, ideas and viewpoints about the climate emergency,” said contest Founding Director Sue Crothers. “It’s hard for people to deny what’s happening when they’re living through extreme floods, fires, and tornadoes. And the younger generations have something to say about the mess our generation has made.”
The Young Filmmakers Contest asks students from age 8 to 25 to create a 3- to 8-minute environmental film that inspires change or action. Animated or stop-motion films can be a minimum of 45 seconds long.
The deadline each year is June 25, which gives individuals and school groups the entire academic year to submit their film projects.
The call for entries for 2024 will open soon on Film Freeway at filmfreeway.com/OneEarthYoungFilmmakersContest.
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