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One Winnetka developer wants to cut garages, add underground parking

May 10, 2019 at 5:32 p.m.

One Winnetka developer David Trandel, citing the necessity of lowering costs for his investors, wants Winnetka to let him cut two parking garages from his downtown retail-residential project and replace...

New Trier High School district board members have agreed to include expansion of the Northfield Campus stadium bleachers, shown here in 2012, in their 2018 summer projects.

Bleacher expansion back in plan for Northfield campus, New Trier board decides

May 10, 2019 at 5:32 p.m.

New Trier High School board members who met Monday decided that expanding bleacher space at the district's Northfield campus stadium is important enough to school spirit to merit its re-inclusion...

Preparations for observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day at New Trier High School next month include working lessons about King's impact, and the civil rights movement of which he was part, into the day's classes, according to district administrators.

New Trier MLK Day 2018 observance planned

May 10, 2019 at 5:31 p.m.

New Trier High School students will commemorate the 89th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth next year with classroom lessons as well as library and student lounge displays, a...

Members of Congregation Beth Hillel Bnai Emunah in Wilmette sing Dec. 16 after lighting menorahs for Hanukkah, a ceremony which also helped celebrate the congegation's 60th anniversary year.

Beth Hillel Bnai Emunah celebrates 60th anniversary with glow of menorahs

May 10, 2019 at 4:43 p.m.

Hanukkah's festival of lights took on additional richness this year at Congregation Beth Hillel Bnai Emunah in Wilmette. The Conservative congregation is preparing to celebrate its 60th year of official...

Wilmette forms group to study Cook County minimum wage, sick time ordinances

May 10, 2019 at 4:43 p.m.

Wilmette trustees on Tuesday approved the creation of a working group to study how Cook County's minimum wage and sick time ordinances might affect village businesses, employers and their employees,...

Wilmette postpones vote on Artis senior care project, citing need for public benefit

May 10, 2019 at 4:43 p.m.

Wilmette trustees on Tuesday told a company that wants to build a senior care building on Ridge Road that it needs to find more ways to prove the project would...

Winnetka village trustees have approved an ordinance that will allow the Coldwell Banker office in the Winnetka Galleria to expand out to Lincoln Avenue.

“Pop-up” retail proposal nets expansion OK for downtown real estate office

May 10, 2019 at 5:31 p.m.

A real estate office in downtown Winnetka can now expand its space in the Winnetka Galleria building, after offering some of that space to retail businesses whose owners want to...

Jerry Ulrich is the new superintendent of parks and planning at the Wilmette Park District.

Shout Out: Jerry Ulrich, park district maintenance head

May 10, 2019 at 4:42 p.m.

Jerry Ulrich is a Northbrook resident and the superintendent of parks and planning at the Wilmette Park District, taking over the reins this fall from predecessor Bill Lambrecht. Ulrich, 57,...

Wilmette Park District passes 2017 levy, looks ahead to 2018 budget

May 10, 2019 at 4:42 p.m.

Wilmette Park District commissioners on Monday set the district's $8.17 million 2017 levy after a brief public hearing. Their next financial task will be to pass a proposed 2018 budget...

From left to right, the head soldier, played by Patricia Dunn; the Nutcracker Prince, played by Luca Mitchell; Clara, played by Autumn Hlava; Drosselmeyer, played by Isabella Anderson; and Marrin Berg and Anne Carpenter, portraying the Mouse Queens, act out the battle scene during the Wilmette Park District's annual holiday production of "The Nutcracker" at the Community Recreation Center in Wilmette on Saturday.

Young actors, dancers, stage crew bring “The Nutcracker” to life

May 10, 2019 at 4:42 p.m.

The story of Clara, the magic nutcracker given to her as a Christmas gift by the mysterious Drosselmeyer, and the fairyland to which the toy takes her, is a holiday...

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