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Prize ribbons and bags of prizes are ready for Winnetka Park District Independence Day activities at the Village Green

Independence Day celebrations only possible with behind the scenes efforts

May 10, 2019 at 4:46 p.m.

When Wilmette and Winnetka area residents celebrate Independence Day – Wilmette celebrates July 3 and Winnetka on July 4 – what they experience will be presented by organizers who’ve been...

New Trier area teens help Chicago students enjoy the outdoors with annual field day

May 10, 2019 at 5:36 p.m.

They played games, ran relays, planted marigolds, chowed down on sandwiches and popsicles, and had the kind of fun that a broad green field always promises to youngsters. For roughly...

The Wilmette Public Library book bike will be pedaled through village.

Professor Plum’s three-wheeled library to be pedaled through Wilmette this summer

May 10, 2019 at 4:46 p.m.

It looks a little ungainly at rest; a shiny black tricycle frame cradling one very large, very purple wooden carton that looks like nothing so much as one of summer’s...

Wilmette Village President Bob Bielinski gestures before hearing public comments on minimum wage and sick time ordinances June 12, 2018.

Residents speak out as Wilmette Board introduces minimum wage and sick time ordinances

May 10, 2019 at 4:46 p.m.

The Wilmette Village Board won’t decide whether to opt in to Cook County’s minimum wage and paid sick time ordinances until June 26, Village President Bob Bielinski warned a full...

Security upgrades at New Trier High School campuses continue with work planned at the Winnetka campus.

Summer work at New Trier High to include upgrades of video surveillance, security training

May 10, 2019 at 5:36 p.m.

Analyses of the safety of New Trier High School campuses are leading to a summer’s worth of security upgrades, including double-buzzer vestibules at entries and an upgrade of the district’s...

Crow Island School in Winnetka would remain a k-4 school, as would two other Winnetka elementary schools, under a facility plan favored by the board.

District 36 Board moves focus to modernizing existing buildings, closing Skokie School

May 10, 2019 at 5:36 p.m.

Winnetka Elementary District 36 School Board members have told administrators to focus only one option for future school buildings: maintaining the district’s three elementary schools – Crow Island, Greeley, and...

New Trier graduates rehearse at the Vittum Theatre in Chicago Thursday June 7, 2018. |(Kevin Tanaka/Pioneer Press)

New Trier dance grads take to a professional stage for one last performance

May 10, 2019 at 5:36 p.m.

Dancers delight in movement, and in the way they can tell stories with it. That’s not a passion restricted to professional dancers; it’s part of what drove the young women...

New Trier considers adjusting school year calendar, possibly moving finals before winter break

May 10, 2019 at 5:36 p.m.

New Trier High School officials are eyeing potential changes for the 2019-2020 school year, with one possibility being moving first semester final exams to before winter break. Administrators who collected...

Wilmette Library in hunt for new director for second time in two years

May 10, 2019 at 4:46 p.m.

For the second time in less than two years, the Wilmette Public Library is hunting for a new director. Kathleen O’Laughlin, president of the library board, said the board hopes...

Winnetka Village Council members decided to accept a streetscape plan for the downtown Elm Street business district. Sections of the plan are highlighted on the screens.

Winnetka Council OKs downtown Elm Street redesign with more parking, but doesn’t allay concerns

May 10, 2019 at 5:36 p.m.

The Winnetka Village Council has adopted a streetscape design plan for the downtown Elm Street business district that adds more customer parking and lays out how work and costs could...

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