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Wilmette, Kenilworth voters will have contested, uncontested races on April 4

May 10, 2019 at 4:33 p.m.

Wilmette and Kenilworth voters will have mixed bag of contested and uncontested races awaiting them on the April 4 consolidated election ballot. In Wilmette, Village President Bob Bielinski is unopposed...

Few contested April elections in Winnetka, Northfield

May 10, 2019 at 5:22 p.m.

The April 4 consolidated election will prove relatively quiet for Winnetka and Northfield voters, with all but a few races uncontested. According to the Winnetka Village Manager's office, the municipal...

Multiple departments battle Winnetka house fire Wednesday

May 10, 2019 at 5:22 p.m.

Cold winter temperatures made fighting a Winnetka house fire on Wednesday, the village's first of 2017, more difficult, Fire Chief Alan Berkowsky said. Firefighters from Wilmette, Glencoe, Highland Park, Glenview...

One Winnetka gets signal for preliminary council approval

May 10, 2019 at 5:22 p.m.

After walking through some of the conditions attached to the One Winnetka project – conditions they said would protect both the village and its eventual neighbors – Winnetka Village Council...

Project leader Jim Keene and UIC graduate students study property surrounding the Linden Avenue CTA station in January 2016. The students completed a development study for the CTA last month that recommends the CTA sell some of its Linden parking space for mixed-use retail and residential development.

Study says CTA could sell some Linden parking space for retail, residential development

May 10, 2019 at 4:33 p.m.

Chicago Transit Authority officials say they are reviewing the findings of a study that says the agency could net at least $2 million – and ultimately the possibility of a...

Katy Bradford is assistant lakefront manager at the Wilmette Park District. She's also the vice president of the Chicago-Northshore Chapter of the United States Lifesaving Association.

Shout Out: Katy Bradford, lifeguarding enthusiast

May 10, 2019 at 5:22 p.m.

Katy Bradford, assistant lakefront manager for the Wilmette Park District, is, in her own words, "excited about lifeguarding." Bradford is also vice president of the Chicago-North Shore Chapter of the...

Wilmette village trustees on Dec. 13 approved a zoning request by Laurel Avenue homeowners, agreeing that they could use their patio as an occasional parking pad, but only for one car.

When is a patio a parking pad? Wilmette board rules Laurel patio can be both

May 10, 2019 at 4:33 p.m.

It took more than two hours to decide, but Wilmette's village board agreed Dec. 13 to let a Laurel Avenue couple continue using their back yard patio as an occasional...

The Winnetka Village Council approved the Winnetka Park District's plan to improve Dwyer Park when it met Dec. 20. Plans for the park, shown to the village's plan commission in September by parks superintendent Costa Kutulas, have been under discussion since May.

Dwyer Park project wins unanimous nod from Village Board

May 10, 2019 at 5:22 p.m.

"I beseech you guys; let's move this forward." Winnetka Village Council trustees heard that Dec. 20 plea from Winnetka Park Board commissioner Brad McLane, and unanimously approved zoning changes that...

Avoca board decides not to renovate Avoca Central, gives tenants 12 months’ notice

May 10, 2019 at 4:33 p.m.

Avoca School District 37 won't be spending money to renovate the aging Avoca Central School that now houses two district tenants. The district school board also plans to give a...

Council wraps financial preparations for 2017, approves $72.4 million budget, sets 2016 levy

May 10, 2019 at 5:21 p.m.

It took little time for Winnetka Village Council members to approve numerous financial actions when they met Dec. 6, from giving final approval to the village's $72.4 million 2017 budget...

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