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Campaign signs line the sidewalk next to Wilmette Village Hall on election day. Voters went to the polls on April 4 to cast ballots in several contested elections.

School, park, village board races on the line in Wilmette

May 10, 2019 at 4:37 p.m.

Unofficial results for four contested Wilmette area races came in quickly after the polls closed on election night. Wilmette Village Board candidates Kathy Dodd, Joel Kurzman and Stephen Leonard appeared...

Patrons line up in the Book Stall to have Chelsea Clinton sign copies of her book on April 6, 2017, at The Book Stall at Chestnut Court in Winnetka. Shop owner Stephanie Hochschild estimated that more than 500 people attended the event.

Clinton book-signing attracts hundreds to Winnetka

May 10, 2019 at 5:25 p.m.

When Chelsea Clinton visited The Book Stall at Chestnut Court April 6 to sign copies of her new book, "It's Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired and Get Going!" more...

Election judges at the Winnetka Community House said voter turnout had been quiet on the morning of April 4. From left, Diane Manning, Diana Logan, and Joan Wallgren.

Caucus-endorsed New Trier Township board candidates appear to have strong lead

May 10, 2019 at 5:25 p.m.

The first contested race in recent New Trier Township board history appeared to be headed for lopsided results, as all four members of the caucus-endorsed trustee slate tallied double-digit vote...

Wilmette formalizes new funding route for small capital projects

May 10, 2019 at 4:37 p.m.

Wilmette residents who want to kickstart deferred public works projects in their neighborhood now have a new tool with which to fund the project, thanks to a March 28 decision...

Bridge repairs mean summer detours for east Wilmette traffic

May 10, 2019 at 4:37 p.m.

Drivers planning on getting to Wilmette from Sheridan Road this summer may have to adjust their routes, as two eastern approaches to the village – the Linden Avenue bridge crossing...

Spending, transparency, visibility main themes of New Trier Township race

May 10, 2019 at 5:24 p.m.

For the first time in what both slates of candidates say are decades, and possibly a century, the election for four four-year New Trier Township board seats is contested. One...

Wilmette Village Engineer Russ Jensen took time March 28 to talk to Pioneer Press about the art and science of civil engineering, as well as a few extra subjects.

Shout Out: Russ Jensen, civil engineer and “Star Wars” fan

May 10, 2019 at 4:37 p.m.

Russ Jensen, Wilmette's village engineer, usually spends his time ensuring that the village's infrastructure is in good shape. On March 28, he took time to talk to Pioneer Press about...

Winnetka passes ban on fertilizers containing phosphorus

May 10, 2019 at 5:24 p.m.

Winnetka now has a working ban on phosphorus-containing fertilizer, after village council members who met March 21 approved a reworked ordinance. The ban, which was first introduced in January, was...

New Trier senior Griffin Dunne has his head shaved on March 16, 2017, by stylist Jola Madejska, from the Paul Rehder Salon in Winnetka, to benefit the St. Baldrick's Foundation, at New Trier's Winnetka campus.

New Trier students eschew hairstyles, hair, to show support for young cancer patients

May 10, 2019 at 5:24 p.m.

Not many teens will pencil in "get my head completely shaved in front of a crowded cafeteria's worth of my peers" on their daily agenda, especially in the often-chilly month...

In allowing liquor sales, Kenilworth follows the lead of other formerly dry suburbs that have moved away from such bans.

Dry no more: Kenilworth, one of last no-liquor holdouts, lifts sales ban

May 22, 2019 at 11:14 p.m.

Kenilworth — one of the last Chicago suburbs to prohibit the sale of alcohol — is dry no more. Leaders of the tiny North Shore village voted last week to...

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