Articles filed under Municipal Elections
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Editorial: A changing of the guard across the suburbsMay 04, 2013 6:00 pm - It is difficult to remember a time when so many mayors and village presidents left office in the suburbs. They’re leaving in droves this month, most of them this week. ...
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Island Lake activists still targeting AmrichMay 03, 2013 4:22 pm - The activists who tried to get Island Lake Mayor-elect Charles Amrich knocked of the ballot are taking their case to the Illinois Supreme Court. Daniel Field and Louis S...
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Frank Bart takes over as Wauconda’s new mayorMay 03, 2013 10:33 am - The Frank Bart era has begun in Wauconda. Bart, who defeated incumbent Mayor Mark Knigge by a mere 33 votes last month, took the oath of office during Tuesday night’s vi...
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Coin flip decides board race in StickneyMay 01, 2013 3:53 pm - A flip of a coin has broken an electoral tie in a suburban Chicago race. Two candidates for Stickney’s board of trustees garnered exactly 573 votes in last month’s elec...
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New Barrington trustees ready for their close-upMay 01, 2013 5:15 am - In a reversal of the standard reality TV formula, the two new personalities Barrington viewers will start seeing on their local cable-access channel this month will be c...
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Rosenberg retains seat in Arlington Hts. by 20 votesApr 30, 2013 10:12 am - Trustee Bert Rosenberg has been re-elected to the Arlington Heights village board by 20 votes, according to official election results certified Tuesday by the Cook Count...
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Island Lake trustee-elect denies making threatsApr 27, 2013 11:00 pm - In the months after he was removed as Island Lake's interim police chief in 2010, Anthony Sciarrone was accused by three officers of earlier threatening violence against...
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It’s official: Des Plaines write-in candidates fall shortApr 25, 2013 3:57 pm - Two Des Plaines write-in candidates who ran in the city’s 5th and 7th wards didn’t garner enough votes on April 9 to steal the election. Gregory Sarlo, who ran as a writ...
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Kozel has mixed feelings on election outcomeApr 25, 2013 1:34 pm - When the dust finally settled and all the results were in, Barrington village president write-in candidate Mike Kozel ended up with 627 votes — 32.9 percent of the ballo...
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Police probe threats sent to Gurnee mayorApr 22, 2013 5:15 am - Local law enforcement and U.S. Postal Service officials are investigating mailed and hand-delivered anonymous threats made to Gurnee Mayor Kristina Kovarik during her re...