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Wilmette Fire Department asks homeowners to address their addresses

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

It's always been a bit of an annoyance; the letters in your postal box are addressed as if your house faces one street, but your front door clearly opens to...

Village Manager Tim Frenzer, left, swore in Daniel Sullivan as the newest Wilmette Village Board member at the board's Feb. 10 meeting. Sullivan was due to become a trustee in April in an uncontested election. He joined the board three months early to fill former Trustee Mike Basil's seat. Basil resigned last month to take a state position.

Sullivan joins Wilmette Village Board a little early

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

Daniel Sullivan, already headed for the Wilmette Village Board as an unopposed candidate in April's municipal election, has joined it a few months early. Village Manager Tim Frenzer swore Sullivan...

Courtney White talks about how she started Culinary Care, a charity to provide meals to families dealing with cancer.

Culinary Care helps fight cancer, one meal at a time

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

One of the few good memories Wilmette native Courtney White has of her late father Barry's final fight with lung cancer in 2006 is of food: the dishes that concerned...

An audience of about 50 west Wilmette residents turned out for the Jan. 28 presentation of a long-awaited study that analyzed overland flood problems west of Ridge Road, and offered short- and long-term solutions to the Village Board's Municipal Services Committee.

Flood study generates options, sticker shock

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

Overland flooding on Wilmette's west side has been a big problem for years. When the village's municipal services committee and west side residents got their first look last month at...

Park board declines to debate lakefront referendums

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

If opponents of the two Wilmette Park District lakefront bond referendums want to debate with supporters, they probably won't find that dialogue among park board commissioners. Park Board President James...

Kenilworth cops bust teen party, issue tickets

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

After receiving a complaint about parking, Kenilworth police were alerted to a Feb. 6 party they brought to an early end, issuing tickets for underage alcohol possession and marijuana possession,...

Wilmette negotiating extension of electric program

May 10, 2019 at 4:12 p.m.

Wilmette is negotiating a one-year contract extension with electricity provider MC Squared Energy Services that will allow residents to continue to get lower electricity rates, if approved in the next...

Mike Basil, an eight-year Wilmette village trustee, stepped down Tuesday, three months shy of his original exit date, in order to take a position in Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner's administration as general counsel for the Department of Central Management Services.

Basil leaves board early to take state position

May 10, 2019 at 4:12 p.m.

Mike Basil, who joined the Wilmette Village Board in 2007 on a pro-business platform, has stepped down three months shy of his expected exit date to take a position in...

Wilmette village levy of $16.07 million gets trustee nod

May 10, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

Wilmette village trustees passed their $16.07 million 2014 property tax levy with little fanfare on Dec. 9, approving a document that will bring in roughly 21 percent of all revenue...

Park board passes 2014 tax levy, completes 2015 budget planning

May 10, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

Besides navigating a sea of lakefront development opponents last week, Wilmette park board commissioners accomplished one or two other jobs on their "to-do" list; they approved an $8.5 million tax...

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