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Wilmette residents Dr. Anne Nagle and Dory Hixon walk last month on a field that Loyola Academy in Wilmette plans to turn into a staff parking lot. Some neighbors will take their opposition to the plan to an April 6 Wilmette Zoning Board of Appeals meeting.

Loyola parking proposal to get April 6 Zoning Board review

May 10, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

Loyola Academy will take its plan for two new parking lots to Wilmette's Zoning Board of Appeals on April 6, with what a school representative said are landscape and lighting...

The concert band horn section practices at Wilmette Junior High School on Feb. 18. An estimated 100 to 150 students from Wilmette School District 39 and Avoca School District 37 participate in the junior high concert or synphonic bands. (Kevin Tanaka/Pioneer Press)

Rise and rehearse: students strike up the band with gusto in joint District 39-Avoca program

May 10, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

It was 7:15 a.m. on Feb. 17, and Wilmette Junior High School teacher Kimberly Farris had just noticed the young musicians she was conducting in the school's symphonic band weren't...

Nabil Quafisheh, Wilmette's director of water management, stands Feb. 26 near pumps that supply clean water at Wilmette's water plant facilities. Wilmette will sell Kenilworth water starting later this year, thanks to an agreement this month between the communities.

Kenilworth OKs pact to buy Wilmette water

May 10, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

Wilmette and Kenilworth have agreed to a 34-year contract that will allow Kenilworth to buy its water from Wilmette, rather than produce its own supply at the 87-year-old Kenilworth water...

Shout Out: Susie Silbert, glass curator

May 10, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

Wilmette native Susie Silbert learned to love art thanks to New Trier High School teacher Lynn Duenow, and to love glass thanks to an apprenticeship with Chicago-born artist Mark Peiser....

Wilmette trustees approved a three-year contract with the village's unionized patrol officers at their Feb. 23 meeting.

Wilmette, police union sign three-year contract

May 10, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

Wilmette and its unionized police officers have approved a three-year contract giving patrol officers a raise of 2.75 percent retroactive to Jan. 1, another .25 percent on July 1 and...

Rise and rehearse: students strike up the band with gusto in joint District 39-Avoca program

June 11, 2018 at 4:11 a.m.

It was 7:15 a.m. on Feb. 17, and Wilmette Junior High School teacher Kimberly Farris had just noticed the young musicians she was conducting in the school's symphonic band weren't...

Wind, weather lead to power outages, downed trees in Wilmette

May 10, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

An estimated 1,600 households, most of them in west Wilmette, lost power Friday afternoon when unseasonably high temperatures from a brief spring thaw and accompanying gusty winds caused electrical disruptions...

Mark Matejka of Wilmette, shown here last August in one of the rooms he rents out in his East Wilmette home through the Airbnb online rental service, says he understands why village officials might want to regulate the operation of short-term rentals.

Wilmette puts off Airbnb recommendations, awaits more input

May 10, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

Wilmette village officials have delayed making a decision about how to govern short-term rentals like Airbnb, saying they want more input from residents before deciding how to proceed. At a...

Shout Out: Johnathan Kiwala, passionate about parks

May 10, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

Johnathan Kiwala, director of parks and recreation at Kenilworth's park district, is a busy man, but he took time Feb. 17 to talk about why he likes his career, what's...

A Wilmette village board committee has recommended four zoning code changes to govern some types of townhouse construction in the village's low-density R2 residential districts. The proposals stemmed from debate over two Wilmette Avenue townhouse projects. One unsuccessful project led Wilmette Avenue residents to post these signs in late 2014 and early 2015.

Code changes could be in works for some Wilmette townhouse projects

May 10, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

The design of two recently-proposed townhouse developments – deemed out of place not only by some neighbors but by some village officials as well-- has prompted Wilmette trustees to review...

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