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New Trier school board chooses Sally to succeed Yonke as District 203 superintendent

May 10, 2019 at 5:20 p.m.

New Trier Township District 203 school board members have chosen Paul Sally, the district's associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction, to succeed retiring Supt. Linda Yonke. Sally, 53, who began...

District 39, teachers, ink new three-year contract

June 9, 2018 at 12:11 a.m.

Wilmette Public Schools District 39 and its 333 teachers have approved a new three-year contract that will run from the current school year through the 2018-19 school year. The agreement...

Moderator Jerome McDonnell, left, host of WBEZ's "Worldview" and John Nichols, right, national affairs correspondent for "The Nation" magazine, talk during the 37th annual dinner for the Chicago Area Peace Action group, held Nov. 19 in Wilmette. The two, along with community organizer Mariame Kaba, talked about the post-election future for progressives.

Progressive activists urge coalition building, resistance at Chicago Area Peace Action event

May 10, 2019 at 4:32 p.m.

American progressives who want to move past the shock of the Nov. 8 election must remember how to build coalitions and listen to racial, religious and other marginalized communities whose...

Officials at Avoca School District 37 want to hear more about potential ways to maintain tenants at Avoca Central before deciding the fate of the building, District Supt. Kevin Jauch said Nov. 16.

District 37 will take more time to decide fate of Avoca Central

May 10, 2019 at 4:32 p.m.

Avoca School District 37 officials appear to be putting the brakes on any immediate decision on the former Avoca Central School. School board members now want administrators to research what...

Winnetka village council members introduced the official 2017 budget and utility fees, as well as the 2016 property tax levy, when they met Nov. 15.

Council formally introduces Winnetka’s 2017 budget and utility fees, 2016 tax levy

May 10, 2019 at 5:20 p.m.

Winnetka village trustees formally introduced their $72.4 million 2017 budget when they met Nov. 15, following a public hearing on the budget that same night that attracted no public comments....

Wilmette park commissioners working on their 2017 budget and their five year capital plan are at least informally looking at moving up from 2018 to 2017 the addition of two new paddle tennis courts at the West Park platform tennis facility they opened in 2013.

Wilmette Park Board tackles lakefront, paddle tennis project timing

May 10, 2019 at 4:32 p.m.

Timing isn't everything, but it's important when it comes to planning construction projects, as Wilmette Park Board commissioners were reminded this month when they grappled with five years of capital...

Libby Baker, new executive administrative assistant at the Wilmette Park District, talked to Pioneer Press about the fun of park districts, causes she cares about, and more.

Shout Out: Libby Baker, recreation booster

May 10, 2019 at 4:32 p.m.

Libby Baker says much of her life has revolved around recreation. Baker recently made the move from the Winnetka Park District to the Wilmette Park District. She spoke with Pioneer...

Father Michael Pfleger ponders a question during a talk he gave Nov. 14 at Kenilworth Union Church. Pfleger, pastor of Chicago's St. Sabina Catholic Church, talked about efforts to reduce gang violence and other interconnected problems to more than 150 listeners.

Be first responders to save at-risk youth, Pfleger urges Kenilworth audience

May 10, 2019 at 4:32 p.m.

Asked Monday what people of faith can do to help the world, Father Michael Pfleger advised listeners to pray, especially in the wake of last week's presidential election. "I'd say,...

Edie Rowell, left, and Barb Bischoff, right, officers in the Woman's Club of Wilmette, stand Nov. 10, 2016, outside the club's former home, which was destroyed in a 2015 fire, but which they hope will reopen in mid-2017.

Woman’s Club of Wilmette looks to mid-2017 reopening

May 10, 2019 at 4:32 p.m.

The neat black and white awning that tops the 10th Street door to the Woman's Club of Wilmette looks crisp and new; an illusion, Woman's Club membership chair Edie Rowell...

U.S. Army Capt. Carrie Hoza welcomes guests to the Veterans Day observance at the Winnetka Community House on Nov. 11, 2016.

Winnetka honors America’s veterans during Nov. 11 Community House observance

May 10, 2019 at 5:20 p.m.

Winnetka residents honored the service and sacrifice of America's military men and women at a Nov. 11 Veterans Day observance at the Winnetka Community House, 620 Lincoln Ave. The evening...

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