Landmark vote stirs up tension in Winnetka
The word "landmark" provokes a flinch among many Winnetka officials — an almost involuntary response generated by two decades of heated and emotional debate. And though affordable housing was the...
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Man uses Wilmette’s painted rock to propose
The boulder at the northwest corner of Ridge Road and Thornwood Avenue in Wilmette has been decorated over the years in garish colors or with messages and images reflecting upcoming...
Testing the water
As the lakefront officially opens to swimmers Friday, the Lake Michigan shoreline joins the cutting edge in the war on bacteria after decades of using day-old water samples to decide...
New Trier vendor gets new lease on lunch
New Trier High School is giving its food vendor a second chance after it apparently offended the palates of students and staff by providing an overly healthy selection. Aramark Educational...
Facebook’s more likable face: How a kid from New Trier tackled the social network’s biggest challenges
Chris Cox spent his teenage years in Winnetka during the mid-1990s like so many other computer geeks: dialed into Internet chat rooms. These days, the 29-year-old Facebook executive is winning...
Facebook’s more likable face: How a kid from New Trier tackled the social network’s biggest challenges
Chris Cox spent his teenage years in Winnetka during the mid-1990s like so many other computer geeks: dialed into Internet chat rooms. These days, the 29-year-old Facebook executive is winning...
Terry Juliar, 1948-2012
Terry Juliar worked behind the scenes at the Wilmette Park District's Ice Show for 36 years. At this year's final performance, staff members persuaded him to do something he had...
Trying to save a piece of history
A self-described architecture buff is scrambling to dismantle a Frank Lloyd Wright-connected cottage in Wilmette and move it to Wauconda, saving the structure from demolition and earning applause from preservationists....
Man charged in Back of the Yards slayings
Bond was set at $3 million for a Chicago man charged with first-degree murder in the drive-by shooting of two 20-year-olds in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. Anthony Johnson,...
3 charged with attacking cops after birthday party celebration
Three men — including two members of a Mexican musical group that had just finished performing — were charged with felonies after a late-night birthday celebration in an Hermosa neighborhood...