Voters in Lake in the Hills will be going in a new direction when they visit the polls to elect their next village president.

Two candidates with a wealth of experience who also happen to be friends, Paul Mulcahy and Bill Dustin, are running for the post. Both candidates praised the work of departing Village President Ed Plaza, who did not seek a fourth term.

Mulcahy, a 61-year-old retired U.S. Postal Service worker, has been a village trustee for 10 of the past 15 years and chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission for five years.