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Park board settles on W.B. Olson as beach house construction manager

May 10, 2019 at 4:36 p.m.

The Wilmette Park District should soon have a construction manager for its upcoming Gillson Park beach house project, now that the district's board has authorized its staff to negotiate a...

Michael D'Onofrio has headed Winnetka's community development department for the past 16 years. He will be retiring June 16 and spoke this week about the changes he has seen in the village, and in community planning in general, during that time.

D’Onofrio prepares for Village Hall retirement

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

Michael D'Onofrio jokes that he still doesn't know what to do when he grows up. But D'Onofrio, who has led Winnetka's community development department for the past 16 years, will...

Lucas Boomgaarden, 9, center, talks about the Amtrack Empire Builder train trip that he and his brother Ashton, left, took to Whitefish, Mont., as attendees of the Going Green Matters environmental fair listen. The eleventh annual fair was held March 12, 2017, at the Michigan Shores Club.

Art, environment and a giant globe draw hundreds to 2017 Going Green Matters fair

May 10, 2019 at 4:36 p.m.

More than a thousand people visited, volunteered, exhibited and otherwise experienced the 2017 Going Green Matters environmental fair on Sunday, undeterred by cold weather and lured by the possibility of...

Bill Lambrecht, the Wilmette Park District's superintendent of parks and planning, points to erosion and cracks in the Gillson Park beach house during a 2013 tour. Woodhouse and Tinucci, the architectural firm hired by the district to design a new beach house, is seeking public input at two workshops, set for March 20 and March 23.

Gillson Park architects seek input at two March workshops

May 10, 2019 at 4:36 p.m.

Wilmette residents who want to help shape a future Gillson Park beach house and its surrounding parking lot will have two chances to do that, at workshops scheduled for March...

Loyola Academy ideas foresee more green space, more fine arts, parking space as well

May 10, 2019 at 4:36 p.m.

"Loyola Forward 2025," the effort by Loyola Academy in Wilmette to create a long-term master plan for its 1100 Laramie Ave. campus, has taken some first conceptual shapes with help...

Julie Cooke, co-owner of Alchemy Coffee and Bake House at 416 Linden Ave. in Wilmette, normally keeps busy providing patrons with coffee, scones, and other goodies. On March 8, she stopped to chat with Pioneer Press.

Shout Out: Julie Cooke, coffee alchemist

May 10, 2019 at 4:36 p.m.

Julie Cooke, co-owner of Alchemy Coffee and Bake House at 416 Linden Ave., normally keeps busy providing patrons with coffee, scones, and other goodies. On March 8, she stopped to...

Winnetka's historic Fell building on 511 Lincoln Avenue is shown here. The Winnetka landmark preservation commission has directed One Winnetka developer David Trandel to do a historic and architectural impact study on the building before the commission approves demolition permits for it.

Fell building to get historic, architectural impact study

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

Winnetka's landmark preservation commission has ordered the developer of One Winnetka to pay for a historic and architectural impact study of the Fell building, the former Lincoln Avenue clothing store...

Wilmette village trustees passed a ban on the sale and use of coal tar sealants, commonly used to seal cracks in driveways and parking lots, when they met Feb. 28.

Wilmette passes ban on coal-tar sealants

May 10, 2019 at 4:35 p.m.

It took a second session of more than an hour in length – much of which involved Village President Bob Bielinski debating Canadian science reports with an industry lobbyist –...

More than 1,000 exhibitors, volunteers, public officials and visitors annually become involved in "Going Green Matters," the environmental fair organized by Go Green Wilmette. The fair takes place this year on March 12 at the Michigan Shore Club, shown here during the 2016 fair.

Giant globe will invite visitors in at 2017 Going Green Matters fair

May 10, 2019 at 4:35 p.m.

When visitors to the 2017 Going Green Matters fair walk in the door of Wilmette's Michigan Shores Club on March 12, one of the first things greeting them will be...

New Trier officials: seminar day attendance lower than normal, higher than 2016 event

May 10, 2019 at 5:23 p.m.

Student attendance for New Trier High School's seminar day on racial civil rights was lower than a regular school day, but higher than last year's Martin Luther King Jr. Day...

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