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Firefighters were able to save an elderly Wauconda woman and her cat from a garage fire that spread into her home Monday afternoon.
The Wauconda Fire Department arrived at the home on the 1000 block of Monroe Street to find a detached garage fully e...
Updated: Jun 25, 2013 at 01:16 PM
The Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District is proposing a new model for continued cooperation with the Barrington Fire Department, rather than breaking off their contractual relationship completely at the end of the year.
Under the proposal...
Updated: Jun 19, 2013 at 01:14 AM
“CN's plan to move many of its freight trains from rail lines mainly in the Chicago area onto the less-used EJ&E tracks has attracted both support and fierce opposition from towns along the route.”
That brilliant wordsmithing came from yours truly f...
Updated: Jun 11, 2013 at 06:15 AM
There are few government obligations as basic as fire and ambulance service, and the Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District has a delicate but all-important transition to make in how those services will be provided for a 48-square-mile area...
Updated: Jun 12, 2013 at 09:58 AM
Bufffalo Grove's new top cop relishes challenges
When Steven Casstevens moves from his old position as chief of police in Cary to his new job as chief in Buffalo Grove, the size of the police force he leads and community he serves will more tha...
Updated: Jun 03, 2013 at 10:55 AM
Barrington officials say Thursday’s rush-hour collision between a freight train and a semitrailer truck on Route 14 only strengthens their argument for a grade separation at the railroad crossing.
Village President Karen Darch and Village Manager Je...
Updated: May 26, 2013 at 10:45 AM
What a shame. It is tragic, that the village of Barrington and the fire district could not sit down, confer and reach a mutually beneficial agreement.
Unfortunately, Barrington will be the big loser in this split. The village has received the lion’...
Published: May 24, 2013 at 06:00 AM
Six students from Algonquin Lakes Elementary School were sent to area hospitals for evaluation Thursday after they were injured in a bounce house during an indoor school celebration, officials said. Another 11 students were treated at the school and...
Updated: May 24, 2013 at 02:43 PM
Barrington village officials remain far from convinced that their long-running relationship with the Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District will end on New Year’s Eve.
But if it does, the directions for a smooth transition for both agencies...
Updated: May 23, 2013 at 06:33 AM
According to Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District trustees, questions over their proposed year-end split with the Barrington Fire Department have changed from theoretical to practical — from “why?” to “how?”
That means starting a process ...
Updated: May 21, 2013 at 06:35 AM