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Loyola Academy students talk with Disney director John Musker (right) as he tours the art department and what changes have been made since he attended the Wilmette school.

‘Moana’ director John Musker reconnects with Loyola Academy

May 10, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

Disney director John Musker told Loyola Academy students taking him on a tour of the Wilmette school that a lot had changed since he graduated from the Jesuit institution in...

Hillary Lebeb walks along the seawall in Galveston, Texas, as Hurricane Harvey intensifies in the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 25, 2017.

Kenilworth, Wilmette police donate dry gear to hurricane-hit Texas officers

May 10, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

Wilmette and Kenilworth police officers are reaching out to compatriots in a flood-ravaged Texas city, sending them dry police gear desperately needed by officers who have spent the last week...

Fire destroys Wilmette garage

May 10, 2019 at 4:40 p.m.

Wilmette firefighters doused a morning garage fire with the help of fire crews from three neighboring communities, but the blaze destroyed the building and one of two cars stored there,...

Jeremy Murray, rear, and Kyle Mathers, respectively the Kenilworth Historical Society's collections manager and curator, sit at the Blann Pharmacy soda fountain mockup central to "How Can I Help You: Business and Commerce in Kenilworth." The mockup allows visitors to hear an oral history of the pharmacy, from Robert Stensby, its last owner. The exhibition runs through October.

Historical society puts Kenilworth’s tiny business district in the spotlight

May 10, 2019 at 4:40 p.m.

When Joseph Sears founded Kenilworth in 1896, historians say, his vision was strictly residential. But no community develops without its business component, and Kenilworth was no exception, according to Kenilworth...

New Trier school board, educational foundation reach relationship agreement

May 10, 2019 at 5:29 p.m.

Representatives from New Trier High School District 203 and the New Trier Educational Foundation said Monday they were relieved that a procedural disagreement between them has been ironed out. The...

Wilmette Village President Bob Bielinski asked the village board's finance committee to do an in-depth study of Cook County's minimum wage and earned sick time ordinances, fulfilling a promise he made June 27, when the board decided to opt out of the ordinances. That meeting, shown in this photo, lasted past midnight, with dozens of people speaking for and against the legislation.

Wilmette mayor tasks committee with analyzing minimum wage data

May 10, 2019 at 4:40 p.m.

Wilmette Village President Bob Bielinski has told the board's finance committee to take a closer look at Cook County minimum wage and earned sick time laws, directing it to gather...

New leader takes the helm at Winnetka Community House

May 10, 2019 at 5:29 p.m.

Bob Thomas, the new president and executive director of the Winnetka Community House, said he hopes people think of the Lincoln Avenue center the same way they once thought of...

Shout Out: Virginia Anderson, Kenilworth Historical Society director

May 10, 2019 at 4:40 p.m.

Wilmette resident Virginia Anderson was raised in Kenilworth and has been executive director of the Kenilworth Historical Society, 415 Kenilworth Ave., (kenilworthhistory.org) for more than seven years. She talked to...

Wilmette park district commissioners approved a bid to build two new courts at their West Park platform tennis facility, shown here shortly before its 2013 opening, despite having only one bidder on the project.

Parks board OKs tennis court project despite getting 1 bid

May 10, 2019 at 4:40 p.m.

After twice trying to find more than one bidder willing to build two new West Park platform tennis courts — and failing both times — Wilmette parks commissioners accepted the...

Peggy Steadman-Shaw smiles as she watches the Aug. 21 solar eclipse from the front lawn of the Wilmette Public Library.

Kids, adults thrill to eclipse at Wilmette Library viewing party

May 10, 2019 at 4:40 p.m.

Maddie Flachsbart and her friend Sofia Kueng squealed and danced with joy on the Wilmette Public Library lawn, their faces to the sky, their eyes safely covered by silvery glasses;...

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