Shout Out: Chris Lienhardt, RED Center chief
Chris Lienhardt has been a volunteer with the Antioch Fire Department for 27 years, the last six as deputy chief. He's retiring next week to devote himself to his new...
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Assisted living center project returns with few changes for Northbrook detractors
The superintendent of Glenbrook High Schools District 225 said Tuesday that as the Heritage Woods assisted living project's plans returns to the Northbrook Plan Commission Aug. 15, the process has...
Northbrook ham radio enthusiast pushes village to allow zoning exception for front-yard antenna
Should there be a way for government to give one person the right, just one time, to exceed the letter of the law, without changing that law for all time...
Northbrook minimum wage hike fighters say they must fight the law, too
The bright red T-shirts of Northbrook Working Families Coalition members are familiar sights at most Northbrook Village Board meetings since that panel opted out of the Cook County minimum wage...
Shout Out: Chris Laughlin, music teacher
The Christopher Laughlin School of Music, started in a little Glenview office 21 years ago, now has about 20 staffers at 1955 Raymond Drive in Northbrook. Students will play at...
Northbrook Days opens Aug. 2, with fun for families and funds for charity
Clients with disabilities might soon ride from floor to floor on the Josselyn Center's first elevator, partly thanks to the people who paid for rides on the "Pharaoh's Fury" roller...
Northbrook eyeing e-cigarette laws
A discussion over a permit for one Northbrook business has opened the topic of vaping in the village and whether e-cigarettes should be regulated in town. Steve Milin, a distributor...
Officials: Taco Bell wants in on Northbrook’s Dundee Road
A Taco Bell drive-through restaurant is planned for the site of a longtime gas station at the intersection of Dundee and Pfingsten roads, according to Northbrook village officials. The fast...
Shout Out: Mariah Karson, photographer and health-food fan
Mariah Karson just published "American Legion," a book of pictures and stories from four months spent with Legion members in Franklin Grove, Ill.; Cody, Neb.; Cheriton, Va., and Bombay Beach,...
Rain causes rare Lake-Cook Road flood, closure
In what is being called a unique flooding event, a stretch of Lake-Cook Road in Northbrook remained flooded more than a foot deep for three days last week. The flood,...