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Wilmette complaints lead to arrests of two North Shore men

May 10, 2019 at 4:14 p.m.

Wilmette police arrested two men in separate incidents Feb. 26 and 28 and charged them with possessing stolen vehicles and other crimes, including several stemming from earlier Wilmette house and...

State Rep. Laura Fine, D-Glenview, makes a point during her Feb. 24 meeting with constituents at the Wilmette Public Library.

Fine, Gabel field budget, pension questions at town meeting

May 12, 2019 at 8:31 p.m.

"We're living in very interesting times in Illinois government right now." With that Feb. 24 greeting, State Rep. Laura Fine, D-Glenview, launched into more than an hour of conversation about...

While others skate, Chris Vallace, left, Steve Urrutia and Rick Kirkendall stay close to the fire pit in Wilmette Feb.22.

Wilmette family’s rink cool as ice, warm as friendship

May 10, 2019 at 4:14 p.m.

Social scientists have lamented the impersonality of homes with backyards. They discourage friendliness, researchers said. No one gets together on rear patios the way they once did on old-fashioned front...

Close to two dozen Wilmette Cares members and other village residents attended the Feb. 22 premiere of the affordable housing lobbying group's new educational video, "Embracing Our Diversity, Preserving Our Heritage, Keeping Our Promises."

Wilmette Cares premieres video on affordable housing

May 10, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

Wilmette Cares, a group of activists dedicated to improving the availability of affordable housing in Wilmette, put its message on screen with the completion of "Embracing Our Diversity, Preserving Our...

Palzet leaving D39 to become superintendent in Burr Ridge

May 10, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

The search is on for a new Wilmette Junior High School principal, now that Dave Palzet, who also headed Highcrest Middle School, has announced that he will be leaving Wilmette...

Former Wilmette trustee, legal pioneer remembered for passion, intellect

May 10, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

Family, colleagues and friends of former Wilmette Trustee Thelma Brook Simon remembered her this week as a brilliant and passionate woman who was dedicated to the legal profession, civic activism...

Amy Loendorf comforts her son as they watch Wilmette firefighters respond to a fire at their home located above the Woman's Club of Wilmette on Feb. 17, 2015

Art, historic papers among items lost in Wilmette Woman’s Club fire

May 10, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

The origin of the fire that caused extensive damage to the Woman's Club of Wilmette remained under investigation Wednesday as members of the club lamented what's been presumed lost or...

Laura Montgomery, left, an instructional technology coordinator at Deerpath Middle School in Lake Forest, talks about her experience with the school's learning commons during a Feb. 11 presentation at Wilmette's Central Elementary School. She and library media specialist Patti Fleser, right, helped introduce Central PTA members to that school's learning commons project.

Central School commons will be uncommonly creative: officials

June 16, 2018 at 7:10 p.m.

There are multiple ways to describe the Learning Commons into which Central Elementary School students will dive next September. It will be a collaborative learning space. It will be a...

Wilmette American Legion post to sell building

May 10, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

Members of Peter Huerter American Legion Post 46 have reluctantly decided they've lost the battle to stay open; their building at 1925 Wilmette Ave. is now up for sale, and...

Baked employees nabbed with pot brownies: police

August 19, 2019 at 2:59 a.m.

During a late-night security check on Feb. 13, Wilmette police interrupted four would-be chefs gathered at the Subway sandwich shop at 165 Green Bay Road, police said. Deputy Police Chief...

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