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Nearly 2,000 local residents gathered Saturday, June 13,2020, at a "Wake Up Wilmette" walk and rally calling for racial justice.

‘Wake up Wilmette’ walk and rally to end racism brings out local residents

June 16, 2020 at 2:36 p.m.

Nearly 2,000 people joined forces Saturday in downtown Wilmette at a walk and rally decrying racism and oppression. The peaceful "Wake Up Wilmette! Walk To End Racism" protest also aimed...

Jack Yonover, 18, and Solomon Podorvsky, 17 at Joseph Sears School in Kenilwoth on June 12, 2020. The New Trier graduates are circulating a petition to rename the K-8 school.

Teens launch petition to rename Kenilworth’s Joseph Sears School: ‘We should not continue to honor this man’

June 17, 2020 at 8:09 a.m.

An online petition to change the name of Joseph Sears School in Kenilworth has garnered more than 2,800 signatures from local residents who claim the North Shore school's namesake held...

Big Blue Swim School reopens: ‘We were very ready to get back in the water’

June 16, 2020 at 12:02 p.m.

Despite the widespread shut-downs of local park district swim programs this summer due to concerns over the coronavirus, officials at the Big Blue Swim School say they have begun offering...

Darcia Scafidi on the playground outside of Nerge Elementary School in Roselle, Scafidi is retiring after teaching fourth grade for 35 years and plans to focus now on civil rights work.

For teachers retiring during the COVID-19 pandemic, a bittersweet end: ‘There’s no closure without being able to say goodbye to my students’

June 12, 2020 at 11:22 a.m.

For the roughly 1,600 Illinois public school teachers who are retiring this month, stepping away from the classroom in the midst of a pandemic that shuttered schools is proving especially...

The Chicago Botanic Garden is getting ready for a limited reopening beginning June 9th. A 2.3-mile perimeter walk will allow visitors to experience part of the Garden while still maintaining safe social distancing. All visitors will be required to register for a specific date and time.

Chicago Botanic Garden debuts limited reopening: ‘We’re taking baby steps’

June 10, 2020 at 9:59 p.m.

After being shuttered for more than two months in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chicago Botanic Garden had a "limited reopening" Tuesday evening, officials said. The first step...

Pilar Cisneros, putting out tables and chairs on the sidewalk adjacent to her family's restaurant The Trendy Taco in downtown Wilmette, said business has been brisk since the start of Phase 3 of the state's Restore Illinois program, which allows restaurants to open for outdoor dining.

North Shore businesses, residents cautiously optimistic after reopening: ‘We’ll have to learn how to live with this’

June 10, 2020 at 9:06 a.m.

At first glance, the pair of teenage girls stopping for a smoothie at True Juice in Winnetka en route to the beach on a recent morning epitomized a typical, carefree...

Winnetka Caucus survey offers incentive for participants

June 9, 2020 at 4:38 p.m.

As the father of three school-aged children, Winnetka resident Paul Cushman says he understands why many young families in the village might have trouble finding a spare moment to take...

Avoca West Elementary School kindergarten teacher Erin Dowdle, pictured here, was among the contingent of well-wishers at an end-of-the-school-year car parade in Northfield on June 8.

Avoca school district celebrates end of the school-year with car parade: ‘I miss the children’s spirit’

June 9, 2020 at 11:52 a.m.

For the 750 students in Avoca School District 37, the end of the 2019-2020 school year meant forfeiting a slate of beloved traditions, which were scuttled in the wake of...

Children participate in the Northbrook Cardboard Regatta July 20, 2019 at the Northbrook Sports Center Pool. This summer's activities will look very different.

North Shore park districts prepare for a summer unlike any other: ‘Our focus is entirely on safety’

June 8, 2020 at 6:46 a.m.

Park district officials throughout North Shore communities have spent the last few months anxiously awaiting decisions from government and health officials to reveal how the coronavirus pandemic would affect their...

Special guards and state and local police keep crowd from approaching platform in park in Winnetka, Ill., July 26, 1965, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed an audience of 8,000 in this suburb north of Chicago.

More than a half-century after MLK’s rally in Winnetka, thousands of North Shore residents gather to denounce racism

June 9, 2020 at 11:42 a.m.

Fifty-five years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stepped up to decry segregated housing during a historic visit to the Winnetka Village Green, more than 4,000 North Shore residents...

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