Shout Out: Julia Kessel, award-winning Chinese language teacher
After 19 years of teaching Chinese language and culture in New Trier Township High School District 203, Julia Kessel plans to retire. In her final year, she was named 2017...
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New Trier School District’s 2017 levy passed, will power 2017-2018 budget
The $102.07 million 2017 property tax levy approved by New Trier Township High School District 203 board members is a careful reaction to financial uncertainty and responsibilities that the district...
Trustees shoot down development moratorium
Wilmette trustees last week resoundingly defeated an effort by one trustee to impose a moratorium on many types of development west of Ridge Road, saying that even discussion of a...
Wilmette board wary of most expensive flood control option
Wilmette Village President Bob Bielinski began the latest round of board deliberations on west Wilmette flood control with a warning to the audience that they shouldn't expect any decisions from...
Carols, sweet treats and colored lights part of Kenilworth’s holiday tree ceremony
The temperatures might have been unseasonably warm for a holiday outing, but they only added to the fun Saturday, when the Kenilworth Park District and the Kenilworth Club presented the...
Winnetka welcomes the holidays with tree lighting
Eight years ago, when the Winnetka-Northfield Chamber of Commerce hosted its first Winnetka holiday tree lighting, "We had eight people, and they were all my girlfriends," Chamber Executive Director Terry...
Winnetka police investigating New Trier High School break-in
Police are investigating an early Tuesday morning break-in at New Trier High School's Winnetka campus, according to school and Winnetka police officials. Niki Dizon, communications director for New Trier Township...
Shout Out: Patricia Balton Stratton, Chicago Picasso fan
Wilmette resident Patricia Balton Stratton spent a lifetime in the business and art worlds. In 2014, as the August 2017, 50th anniversary of the Chicago Picasso sculpture's dedication neared, she...
Police: teen pepper-sprayed Carsons security in Wilmette theft attempt
Wilmette police said a Chicago teen has been charged with aggravated battery and theft after allegedly trying to walk out of an Edens Plaza shopping center last week wearing stolen...
Proposed Winnetka budget holds steady on property taxes, hikes some fees
Winnetka's $75.45 million proposed 2018 budget includes no new residential property taxes, but will include higher water, sewer and electric user fees, along with increased refuse collection fees, the village's...