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Affordable housing development stirs debate at Wilmette meeting

May 10, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

Wilmette village trustees who met Nov. 10 got a brief taste of the affordable housing debate village plan commission members heard a week earlier, when five residents spoke about the...

Jeanne Winter lays a wreath at the Veterans Park memorial during the Veterans Day ceremony in Wilmette.

Wilmette remembers, honors veterans at Veterans Day ceremony

May 10, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

Under a warm sun and blue autumn skies, Wilmette residents on Nov. 11 honored the service and sacrifices of American military veterans during a Veterans Day ceremony in the center...

Julie Yusim served as executive director of the Wilmette/Kenilworth Chamber of Commerce between 2000 and 2009. She is back in that position and looking forward to her second term.

Shout Out: Julie Yusim, returning Chamber of Commerce Director

May 10, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

Julie Yusim's latest stint as the Wilmette/Kenilworth Chamber of Commerce executive director was just seven days old when Pioneer Press talked to her on Nov. 10, but it wasn't her...

Wilmette trustees won't be raising their proposed 2016 property tax levy more than the 3.34 percent already planned, but they agreed Oct. 29 to meet in February to talk about road repair needs, and possible future tax increases.

Wilmette board to look at roads, tax hikes in February

May 10, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

As they took a last official look at a proposed $63.9 million 2016 budget on Oct. 29 in advance of its final Nov. 10 adoption, Wilmette village trustees said they've...

More than 40 people from a crowd of more than 120 spoke on Nov. 3 for and against a proposed affordable housing apartment building project proposed for the site of the former Wilmette American Legion post at 1925 Wilmette Ave. The plan commission takes up the case again Dec. 1.

Wilmette affordable housing plan draws passionate crowd

May 10, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

Wilmette plan commissioners who met Tuesday to review plans for a 20-unit affordable housing apartment building a developer wants to build for disabled and low-income renters got an earful at...

Visitors can walk to and from the Lake Michigan beach through four different ecological zones at Wilmettes Elmwood Dunes Preserve. The preserve was dedicated Nov. 1.

Supporters celebrate opening of Elmwood Dunes Preserve

May 10, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

Wilmette residents, elected officials and nature lovers came together recently to celebrate the transformation of a once-neglected strip of Wilmette lakefront property into its new identity as the Elmwood Dunes...

David Toledo talked about his favorite holidays, his favorite colors, and some well-remembered poetry, among other things, when Pioneer Press caught up with him on Nov. 3 at Elmwood Dunes Preserve.

Shout Out: David Toledo, agriculture booster

May 10, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

Waukegan nature lover and former teacher David Toledo was taking time from his job to eat an afternoon snack and enjoy the vista at Wilmette's newly dedicated Elmwood Dunes Preserve...

Wilmette firefighters and the village board have reached agreement on a three-year contract with the help of a federal mediator.

Wilmette and its firefighters agree to three-year contract

May 10, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

Wilmette's village board has approved a contract with the village's unionized firefighters, one that leaves firefighters as the sole group of village employees not subject to a two-tier wage system....

Wilmette Public School District 39 board members got their first look at a $51.3 million 2015 levy proposal when they met Oct. 26.

Wilmette’s District 39 looks at $51.3 million tax levy

May 10, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

Wilmette Public School District 39 board members now have a proposed $51.3 million 2015 property tax levy to consider and approve at their November meeting. District officials presented the levy,...

The process of rebuilding the Woman's Club of Wilmette, destroyed by fire on Feb. 17 of this year, could begin as early as December, representatives of the club told the Wilmette Zoning Board of Appeals on Oct. 21.

Fire-gutted Woman’s Club of Wilmette gets zoning board OK on extension

May 10, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

Assurances that work can begin on a permanent roof for the fire-damaged Woman's Club of Wilmette as early as December and that the club is addressing neighbors' safety and appearance...

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