New postponement in Loyola Academy parking lot zoning fight
A hearing for Loyola Academy's request for permission to build two new parking lots has been postponed for a second time, until June 15. The hearing before Wilmette's Zoning Board...
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Shout Out: Craig Sonnenschein
Wilmette resident Craig Sonnenschein was out walking along downtown Park Avenue on May 3 when he stopped to talk about Mother's Day – from plans for this year's celebration to...
Organizers deem 2016 police, museum open houses a success
Neither Wilmette's police department nor the village's history museum needed sunshine to make their annual dual open house celebrations successful on May 1, organizers said Monday. The joint open houses,...
Data-gathering Wilmette buoy set to start second season in Lake Michigan
A team of aquatic scientists and engineers headed onto Lake Michigan early Tuesday, hoping to launch a 610-pound buoy into waters off Winnetka for a six-month mission to collect data...
Wilmette firefighters pull woman from auto after two-vehicle crash
Wilmette paramedics took one woman to Evanston Hospital on Monday after an early-evening traffic crash pinned her inside her vehicle. Wilmette Fire Chief Mike McGreal said Tuesday that firefighters were...
Shout Out: Jessica Durning
Winnetka native Jessica Durning, a 21-year-old senior at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut, just received a U.S. Fulbright Student Program grant that will send her later this year to...
Indian Hills the star of 2016 Wilmette Historical Museum housewalk
"Exploring Indian Hills," the 2016 Wilmette Historical Museum spring housewalk set for May 15, will truly be accessible, museum director Kathy Hussey-Arntson said April 21, since each of the five...
Wilmette adds village of Golf to water sale roster
Wilmette will soon begin selling water to the tiny 171-house village of Golf in a deal worth $30,000 to $35,000 annually, village officials say. Village trustees approved the agreement on...
Bielinski: Liquor license for downtown Walgreens won’t make Wilmette a Pottersville
Wilmette trustees on April 26 granted a liquor license to a downtown Walgreens store, despite objections from some neighbors. Granting an "I" class packaged liquor license to the Walgreens store...
Pickles, police and history at joint open houses
It isn't often that you can check out a modern police jail cell, talk with the men and women who serve and protect you, munch on a hot dog, then...