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Winnetka OKs agreement with Northfield, Wilmette on fire equipment borrowing

May 10, 2019 at 5:26 p.m.

Winnetka trustees have solidified an agreement between the village and the neighboring communities of Wilmette and Northfield that allows each community to make brief use of emergency equipment from the...

New Trier to release high school readiness test results by district

May 10, 2019 at 5:26 p.m.

After multiple requests from parents concerned that incoming freshmen in Winnetka Public Schools District 36 are less prepared for high school than their peers in other districts, a New Trier...

Council hires firm to review Winnetka stormwater management guidelines

May 10, 2019 at 5:26 p.m.

Winnetka officials are looking to update and improve the stormwater management policies and regulations the village now has on its books, and on Tuesday village council members approved hiring a...

Wilimette resident Charlotte Adelman has a longstanding love affair with Midwestern native plants, and lobbies for public awareness and planting of native species.

Shout Out: Charlotte Adelman, author, native plant lobbyist

May 10, 2019 at 4:38 p.m.

Wilmette resident Charlotte Adelman has a longstanding love affair with Midwestern native plants – she was one of the people behind the Wilmette Park District's Centennial prairie garden – and...

The New Trier High School board agreed May 15, 2017, to rename one building in the Northfield campus after the late Jan Borja, shown in this 2003 picture with then-freshmen (from left to right) Tom Ryan, Courtney Daley and Sara Mostofi. Borja was the first principal to lead the building when it reopened in 2001.

New Trier High School names section of Northfield campus for Borja

May 10, 2019 at 5:26 p.m.

The New Trier High School board unanimously agreed this week to rename one building in the Northfield freshman campus for the first principal to lead the building after it reopened...

More than 30 people attended a May 11 community forum on heroin use, held at the Wilmette Public Library and sponsored by the Wilmette Police Department. From left on the dais: Wilmette resident Marsha Pesavento; Laura Parise, medical director of the Doreen E. Chapman Center for chemical dependency services; Wilmette police officer John Sokolnik; Sgt. Mike Robinson, Wilmette Police Department. At the podium is Wilmette Police Chief Brian King.

Put aside stigma to fight heroin addition, forum speakers say

May 10, 2019 at 4:38 p.m.

Heroin use isn't widespread on the North Shore, but its use has increased as cheap, high-quality powdered heroin has become widely available, Wilmette Police Chief Brian King said last week...

Two charged after allegedly fleeing police, crashing into tree

June 4, 2018 at 9:33 p.m.

Two people face charges after allegedly fleeing police following several crimes that occurred in Glencoe, Wilmette and Winnetka, according to public safety officials in the three villages. Winnetka Deputy Police...

Historical Museum heads to southeast Wilmette for Spring Housewalk

May 10, 2019 at 4:38 p.m.

The Wilmette Historical Museum is celebrating its 30th annual spring housewalk, set for May 21 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., by visiting what a museum spokeswoman called one of...

Wilmette village trustees Carol Ducommun, Cameron Krueger, and Ted McKenna departed the dais on May 9, while new trustees Kathy Dodd, Joel Kurzman, and Steve Leonard were sworn in.

Laughter, jokes mark departure of three Wilmette trustees

May 10, 2019 at 4:38 p.m.

As three members of the Wilmette village board left and Village President Bob Bielinski welcomed their successors – Kathy Dodd, Joel Kurzman, and Steve Leonard – to the dais Tuesday,...

Wilmette Park District commissioners have chosen Chicago-based Woohouse Tinucci Architects to design a replacement for the current Gillson Park beach house, shown in April of 2015.

Wilmette Park Board sets more Gillson Park public meetings

May 10, 2019 at 4:38 p.m.

Wilmette Park District residents interested in providing more input to the architects hired to create a new Gillson Park beach house and parking lot can do so at two meetings...

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