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Loyola wins OK to remove underground stormwater storage from expansion plan

May 10, 2019 at 4:44 p.m.

Loyola Academy wants to remove underground stormwater storage from its expansion plan, but assured Wilmette officials Wednesday it will not hurt flood control efforts. The Zoning Board of Appeals approved...

A line of people wait to speak for or against a planned affordable housing project on the site of the former Wilmette American Legion post.

Wilmette affordable housing project wins first approval

May 10, 2019 at 4:44 p.m.

The Wilmette Plan Commission approved Tuesday plans for a 16-unit affordable housing apartment building on the site of a former American Legion hall, marking the proposal's first victory. The 4-1...

83-year-old ticketed after crashing car into Panera Bread in Wilmette, police say

May 10, 2019 at 5:33 p.m.

An 83-year-old Wilmette resident was ticketed Tuesday after police said she drove her auto through the front window of Panera Bread. The crash at the restaurant, 1199 Wilmette Ave., sent...

Shout Out: Carrie Schloss, wrote book on recipes made with honey

March 12, 2024 at 12:14 p.m.

Carrie Schloss grew up in Wilmette. She received a degree from Kendall College and became a chef and culinary consultant. She moved back to Wilmette eight years ago. Her book,...

Choreographic instructor Cameron Turner goes through the steps with the backing dancers for their routine.

‘The Music Man’ marches into North Shore Country Day School

May 14, 2019 at 11:31 a.m.

When you tackle the challenge of putting on "The Music Man," you need to know the territory, as some of the characters in Meredith Willson's acclaimed 1957 musical say about...

The Brendan James Band was one of the bands at the 2017 inaugural Winnetka Music Festival.

Second Winnetka Music Festival to boast more bands, venues

May 10, 2019 at 5:33 p.m.

Buoyed by the success of their first effort, organizers of the second Winnetka Music Festival said this week they are planning to bring in almost twice as many bands to...

Board learns options for flood control projects for west Wilmette

May 10, 2019 at 4:44 p.m.

Wilmette Village Board members now have a rough idea of how each of three stormwater control plan project could be phased and what each phase might cost, as they prepare...

Steve Leonard steps down from Wilmette Village Board

May 10, 2019 at 4:44 p.m.

Wilmette Village Board member Steve Leonard resigned Tuesday, after less than a year on the board. Leonard, 55, said he will be moving to take a job in Michigan. Village...

Superintendent Lechner to leave Wilmette District 39 after next school year

May 10, 2019 at 4:44 p.m.

Raymond Lechner, who has headed Wilmette Elementary District 39 as superintendent since 2007, will retire at the end of the 2018-2019 year, he said Monday. His announcement sets off the...

Wilmette firefighter Dan Walters, right, monitors a "patient's" airway and a computer readout of how well firefighter Guillermo Bonilla is doing CPR compressions.

Wilmette fire, police work together with lifesaving ‘pit crew CPR’

May 10, 2019 at 4:44 p.m.

When you suffer sudden cardiac arrest — not a heart attack, but a rhythm malfunction that stops the heart and prevents it from pumping blood to your brain and organs...

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