Anna Kim

R.J. Gravel, assistant superintendent for business services, speaks to the Glenbrook High School District 225 Board of Education about subsidizing the bus passes at the board meeting on Feb. 10, 2020. The district's transportation costs rose over 40 percent with a new contract starting in July 2020.

Glenbrook SD225 facing steep increase in bus service costs, board looking at how to blunt the impact on students’ families

February 21, 2020 at 4:22 p.m.

Glenbrook High School District 225's cost to bus students to and from its two schools could go up next academic year by over 40% under a new bid from its...

Richard Koenig, left, the executive director of Housing Opportunity Development Corporation, addressed the Northbrook Plan Commission at the Feb. 4, 2020 meeting.

Northbrook begins crafting affordable housing plan, eyeing programs other towns have adopted

October 21, 2020 at 11:18 a.m.

At the direction of the Northbrook Village Board, the Plan Commission is beginning to advance the village's plans for addressing affordable housing. At the Feb. 4 Plan Commission meeting, nonprofit...

The Northbrook Village Board is considering a request from a resident to allow short-term rentals, like AirBnB, to operate in the village.

Northbrook resident cited for using rooms in her home as Airbnb asks village to change the rules to allow it

February 21, 2020 at 2:26 p.m.

A resident is asking Northbrook to allow short-term home rentals, which would open the door to Airbnb , an online marketplace that connects homeowners with people seeking an alternative to...

Shout Out: Sarah Sanford, artist who is also head of Go Green Northbrook

February 20, 2020 at 2:48 p.m.

Sarah Sanford is a Northbrook resident and oil painter. She's president of Go Green Northbrook Inc., an environmental sustainability organization, a nearly full-time volunteer job. Sanford moved to Northbrook from...

Developer Tom Drake, of The Drake Group, addresses the Glenview Plan Commission at a meeting on Nov. 12, 2019. The Plan Commission approved Drake's plan to develop property in downtown Glenview was approved by the Plan Commission on Jan. 28.

Plan Commission reviewing redevelopment proposal at former Bess Hardware site in downtown Glenview

February 20, 2020 at 2:44 p.m.

After three previous appearances before the Glenview Plan Commission, the proposal for a luxury multi-family apartment building and bakery in downtown Glenview was recently approved by the Glenview Plan Commission,...

Former Maple School teacher returning to be principal

February 20, 2020 at 2:42 p.m.

A former science teacher who began his teaching career at Maple School in Northbrook is returning to the school — this time as principal. Sam Kurtz taught sixth-grade science at...

Carol Marie O'Marrah, left, Lance Beier, right, and Mark, front center, walk into the a sheltered area at Techny Prairie Park and Fields in Northbrook on Jan. 29, 2020 looking for people who might be living there. Their effort was as part of the 2020 north suburban "Point-in-Time Count."

‘In the wealthier suburbs, homelessness is even less visible’: Advocates in Northbrook, Glenview search for people living outside in annual count

February 19, 2020 at 9:24 a.m.

A Northbrook and Glenview team of volunteers didn't end up counting anyone living outside during a recent count of homeless individuals, which didn't surprise a team of advocates who went...

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