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Louis Kotvis, a longtime suburban Chicago educator known for his work developing innovative STEM lessons, has been named assistant principal of The Skokie School, officials with Winnetka School District 36 said on Aug. 20, 2020.

Winnetka District 36 names longtime educator Skokie School assistant principal

August 21, 2020 at 1:37 p.m.

A longtime suburban Chicago educator known for his work developing innovative STEM lessons has been named assistant principal of The Skokie School, officials with Winnetka School District 36 announced. Louis...

Phase 1 of Wilmette's 68 million neighborhood stormwater improvements project was completed this summer, featuring the construction of an underground storage tank, pictured here, that can hold 6.6 million gallons of water.

First phase of Wilmette’s $68 million stormwater project nears completion

August 20, 2020 at 3:25 p.m.

As crews wrap up the first phase of Wilmette's $68 million Neighborhood Stormwater Storage Improvement Project, officials say that the COVID-19 pandemic has allowed the effort to move ahead of...

Wilmette District 39 to begin year with remote learning, anticipated transition to in-person instruction in early September

August 18, 2020 at 1:54 p.m.

Officials with Wilmette School District 39 recently put the finishing touches on a back-to-school plan that begins with remote learning, and moves to an incremental return of students for in-person...

Winnetka District 36 Superintendent Trisha Kocanda during a school board meeting on Aug. 26, 2019.

Winnetka District 36 officials preparing COVID-19 safety protocol as students prepare to return under half-day hybrid model

August 18, 2020 at 12:36 p.m.

Two weeks before the start of a new school year, Winnetka School District 36 officials unveiled a slate of new guidelines they say are imperative to safely reopening the district's...

Arya Jennens, 13, a freshman at Evanston Township High School, keeps a white board with her schedule on the wall at her home in in Evanston on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020.

‘A little awkward’: Schools begin a new year, many with remote learning and a different feel due to impact of coronavirus

August 18, 2020 at 7:26 a.m.

Arya Jennens was looking forward to meeting other students on her first day of high school Monday. That became impossible when Evanston Township High School canceled in-person classes in favor...

Barbara Offenberg with her neighbors and gardening mentees, left to right: Evan Rick, 11, Owen Rick, 7, and Jensen Knox, 11, in Barbara's backyard on Aug. 17, 2020 in Wilmette. Offenberg has been mentoring the three boys as they build and maintain their own garden.

Wilmette boys nurture garden, and friendship, with 81-year-old neighbor during pandemic: ‘You’ve got to let stuff grow’

August 18, 2020 at 6:41 a.m.

When Wilmette resident Barbara Offenberg gifted a few hosta plants to a neighbor earlier this summer, the conversation between the 81-year-old master gardener and the young mother who lives across...

New Trier will start remotely before gradually returning to in-person learning in September, a move decried by some teachers

August 14, 2020 at 11:33 a.m.

New Trier High School will begin the year with a short period of remote learning before classrooms start reopening in mid-September. The New Trier school board voted 6-1 on Wednesday...

Construction crews move boulders along Lake Michigan at Lloyd Beach in Winnetka on Aug. 13, 2020. The beach is currently not open to the public due to erosion damage.

Shoreline erosion is a ‘regional problem.’ Why is a regional solution for the North Shore so elusive?

August 14, 2020 at 6:40 a.m.

As part of his job, George Russell frequently visited Sunrise Beach in Lake Bluff to monitor the receding shoreline. On one walk, he found some odd-looking lumber that had washed...

New Trier High School in Winnetka. (Pioneer Press)

New Trier alumni ask high school to move to remote learning, say in-person classes are ‘too great a gamble’ given COVID-19 risk

August 12, 2020 at 8:02 a.m.

With just weeks before the first day of classes at New Trier High School, a group of alumni say teachers' COVID-19 safety concerns demand that the school board "immediately reverse...

Marijuana plants grow in planters at a cannabis cultivation center on May 30, 2019, in Delavan, Ill.

November advisory referendum to give Wilmette voters a chance to weigh in on cannabis sales

August 11, 2020 at 2:49 p.m.

Wilmette voters casting ballots in the November 2020 presidential election will also have a chance to weigh in on cannabis sales in the village through an advisory referendum. "Because the...

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