Articles filed under Cuba Township

• Cuba Twp. GOP dinner is April 14 Apr 12, 2012 12:00 AM
  The Cuba Township Republican Committee will hold its annual fundraising dinner dance, "Speechless In Cuba," Saturday, April 14, at the Biltmore Country Club in North Barrington.
  

   

• Police impersonator pulls over girl, 17, in BarringtonMar 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Police are on the lookout for an impersonator who pulled over a 17-year-old girl near Barrington and asked her to get out of her vehicle. The man had a red flashing light on his unmarked vehicle and a badge on his shirt, according to police.
  

   
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  Woman in hair-pulling case sues Cuba Township Mar 19, 2012 12:00 AM
  Cuba Township Highway Commissioner Thomas Gooch is accused in a federal lawsuit of firing a woman as retaliation for her lodging a police report against him in a hair-pulling case in which he was found not guilty in 2011. Gooch issued a statement on the suit Monday, saying the woman has trouble distinguishing between fact and fantasy.
  

   
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  North Barrington, BACOG oppose mall plan Mar 1, 2012 12:00 AM
  Both North Barrington and the entire Barrington Area Council of Governments this week formalized their opposition to a renewed proposal for a major shopping center at Rand and Old McHenry roads. Hawthorn Woods, which lies on the east side of the unincorporated 109 acres, passed its own resolution against the proposal in early February.
  

   

• Barrington Hills agrees to house BACOG Feb 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  The Barrington Hills village board voted 6-1 this week in favor of a $1 per year lease for the Barrington Area Council of Governments to move its offices into village hall. The nine-member BACOG board is expected to accept the lease at its meeting next Tuesday.
  

   

• Barrington-area food drive Feb. 11 Jan 27, 2012 12:00 AM
  The 12th annual “Have a Heart” food drive to benefit the Barrington and Cuba township food pantries will take place from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Barrington Public Safety Building, 400 N. Northwest Highway in Barrington.
  

   

• Barrington Hills may house area council Jan 23, 2012 12:00 AM
  Most Barrington Hills trustees Monday ultimately supported Village President Robert Abboud’s commitment of office space at village hall to cut rental costs for the Barrington Area Council of Governments, despite earlier criticism that he’d made a promise without their vote.
  

   
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  Diaper Bank Partnership of Lake County launched Jan 21, 2012 12:00 AM
  More than a dozen organizations in Cuba and Wauconda townships and parts of the Lake Zurich area are on the ground floor of the evolving effort to create a Diaper Bank in Lake Partnership County to help needy families.
  

   

• Barrington chamber hosts economic summit Jan 20, 2012 12:00 AM
  The Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce will host its annual State of the Region Economic Summit from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31 at Makray Memorial Golf Club, 1010 E. Northwest Highway in Barrington.
  

   

• South Barrington to stay in council Jan 12, 2012 12:00 AM
  South Barrington officials Thursday elected to remain a member of the Barrington Area Council of Governments after being serenaded with significant budget cuts agreed to by the other eight members. “I think we’ve got a good compromise,” South Barrington Village President Frank Munao said. “I see this whole next year as a trial.”
  

   

• BACOG cuts costs in hopes of keeping South Barrington Jan 11, 2012 12:00 AM
  The Barrington Area Council of Governments has slashed its proposed annual budget by 25 percent in an effort to make continued involvement attractive to it members, particularly South Barrington. One of the ways of doing that was to take up Barrington Hills Village President Robert Abboud’s offer to house the council’s administrative offices at his village hall.
  

   
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  Former Big Ten commissioner in fair condition Jan 10, 2012 12:00 AM
  Former Big Ten conference Commissioner Wayne Duke has been upgraded to fair condition since being seriously injured in a car crash Tuesday morning in Barrington, according to authorities.
  

   

• One person injured in Route 14 accident near Barrington Dec 15, 2011 12:00 AM
  One person was injured in a two-car crash early Thursday morning that forced the shutdown of Route 14 near Barrington, authorities said.
  

   

• South Barrington mulls leaving BACOG Dec 6, 2011 12:00 AM
  South Barrington officials Thursday will consider leaving the 41-year-old organization that has largely defined Barrington area since its inception. Village President Frank Munao said he will ask village trustees to vote on his proposal to withdraw from the Barrington Area Council of Governments, a move that would save about $36,000.
  

   

• Cuba highway commissioner acquitted of battering female employee Nov 17, 2011 12:00 AM
  A Lake County judge found Cuba Township Highway Commissioner Thomas Gooch not guilty Thursday of a battery charge filed after he tugged on the hair of a female township employee. Judge Mark Levitt ruled there was no evidence the tug rose to the level of “insulting or provoking contact” necessary for a conviction.
  

   

• New Cuba Township trustee sought Nov 14, 2011 12:00 AM
  Cuba Township is accepting applications for the office of trustee to fill a seat recently made vacant by the death of longtime Trustee Roberta A. “Bobbie” Svacha.
  

   

• Cuba Twp. highway commissioner on trial for pulling hair Sep 27, 2011 12:00 AM
  There is no dispute that Cuba Township Highway Commissioner Thomas Gooch put his hand on a female employee's hair on March 11. The message Gooch was trying to convey with that action is hotly contested, though, and has landed Gooch on trial for misdemeanor battery in Lake County Circuit Court.
  

   

• Which township road chief makes $45,866 to maintain four miles? Jun 1, 2011 12:00 AM
  Some township highway commissioners are getting paid substantial salaries despite caring for only a small number of miles of roads.
  

   

• Health-care perk proves townships need scrutiny Apr 10, 2011 12:00 AM
  A Daily Herald editorial calls on voters and residents to pay more attention to township governments in the wake of an On Guard report that suburban townships have collectively spent more than $1 million of taxpayer dollars on free health care for elected officials.
  

   
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  Township leaders' benefits Apr 10, 2011 12:00 AM
  Taxpayers spent more than $1 million last year to cover health care benefits for 77 elected leaders in suburban townships. Those same officials paid nothing for their insurance coverage. An investigation of insurance costs for 50 suburban townships showed 29 offered health care coverage at no charge to elected officers who held full-time positions like supervisor, assessor and highway commissioner.