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Because Northwestern University's Welsh-Ryan Arena, shown here during the 2015 New Trier Township High School commencement, will be under renovation at the time of the school's 2017 commencement, New Trier has moved its ceremony to a Hoffman Estates location, school officials said.

New Trier moves 2017 graduation to Hoffman Estates

May 10, 2019 at 5:19 p.m.

When the New Trier Township High School graduating class of 2017 marks its commencement next June, the more than 1,000 seniors expected to participate will do so in a new...

Wilmette police nab three for alleged Carson Pirie Scott theft following car crash

May 10, 2019 at 4:30 p.m.

Wilmette police have charged three women with retail theft following an Oct. 7 incident that started at the Edens Plaza shopping center and ended shortly before 10 p.m. a short...

Canvasback Needlepoint store owner Eilene Isaacs, left, along with former owner Sally Volkert-Bissell, confer with Beth Binder of Highland Park, right, on a project at the Northfield shop on Oct. 10.

Northfield’s Canvasback Needlepoint enters a new stage with new owner

May 10, 2019 at 5:19 p.m.

When Eilene Isaacs says that needlepoint isn't for the faint of heart, she knows what she's talking about; the Northfield resident has been a needlepoint stitcher for years. Creating art...

Taste of Wilmette and Kenilworth benefits three groups this year

May 10, 2019 at 4:30 p.m.

This year's Taste of Wilmette and Kenilworth, the Wilmette/Kenilworth Chamber of Commerce's annual celebration of local cuisine, will help the Kenilworth Park District celebrate its acquisition of the historic Kenilworth...

When police deal with a rash of retail thefts of one item, such as recent razor and razor blade thefts logged in Wilmette, the reason for the multiple incidents can stem from the items' popularity as resale goods, some North Shore police chiefs say.

Rash of razor, razor blade thefts likely linked to black market, not a need to shave, police say

May 10, 2019 at 4:30 p.m.

Reporters who work suburban police beats see their share of crime reports. While many of them are sad, even tragic, there are more that can sometimes be just plain confusing....

GOP candidate Joan McCarthy Lasonde responds to questions from students about gun violence, the economy, bipartisanship and other issues during an Oct. 4 League of Women Voters event at Wilmette Junior High School.

Policies, not personalities, mark WJHS students’ questions to Schakowsky, Lasonde

May 10, 2019 at 4:30 p.m.

On a night when political junkies watched America's vice-presidential candidates try to talk over each other on national television, Wilmette Junior High School students watched two congressional candidates calmly and...

District 36 board gives nod to $44.9 million budget for 2016-2017

May 10, 2019 at 5:18 p.m.

The $44.9 million budget approved last month by the Winnetka Public Schools District 36 board reflects the district's determination to return money to taxpayers and rein in fund balances while...

Teacher Katarina Jaksic sings with her kindergarten butterflies on their migration through the halls of Greeley School in Winnetka on Sept. 30, 2016.

Greeley School butterfly migration is bright parade of song, wings

May 10, 2019 at 5:18 p.m.

Outside Winnetka's Greeley School, the weather was dank and gray on Friday. Inside, however, a ribbon of kindergartners bedecked in orange, yellow and black butterfly wings and guided by teacher...

A view from the 10th hole of the Canal Shores golf course in Evanston shows low-lying land on which Joseph Keefe hopes to build an access road to property he owns in Wilmette. Keefe said Sept. 29 that he is focusing efforts to get approval for the easement on Evanston's city council.

Keefe now looking to Evanston for easement help

May 10, 2019 at 4:30 p.m.

A Glencoe man trying to gain access to land his family owns in Wilmette has pivoted direction in his efforts, from the Wilmette Park District to Evanston city officials. Joseph...

Costa Kutulas, Winnetka Park District's superintendent of parks, explains district plans to modernize Dwyer Park at a Sept. 28 Winnetka Plan Commission meeting. Commission members approved the plan, but were wary of proposals to build a gazebo in the center of the park. The proposal must be reviewed by the zoning board of appeals and the design review board, before the Winnetka Village Council makes a final decision.

Dwyer Park plans pass plan commission muster despite gazebo concerns

May 10, 2019 at 5:18 p.m.

Winnetka plan commissioners have given their approval to Winnetka Park District plans to extensively update Dwyer Park, but that doesn't mean that the district's proposal to build a gazebo at...

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