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Wilmette Park Board sets lakefront survey in motion

May 10, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

Before the Wilmette Park District board approved a contract to aQity Research for that company to survey district residents on what they want to see at Gillson and Langdon parks,...

An official with the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahais of the United States said last week that three east Wilmette houses the organization bought in the last two years will be used for rental income.

Baha’is add three Wilmette properties to North Shore portfolio

May 10, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

The Baha'i Faith has added to its North Shore properties with three east Wilmette purchases in less than two years, but the addition of those high-end homes does not signal...

Wilmette resident Trudy Tonelli loves kittens and canasta, which she shared with Pioneer Press during a chat on Oct. 9 in the Mallinckrodt Community Center.

Shout Out: Trudy Tonelli, canasta player, kitten-lover

May 10, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

Wilmette resident Trudy Tonelli took time away from a game of canasta with friends at the Mallinckrodt Community Center, 1041 Ridge Road, to talk with Pioneer Press about cute animals,...

Jaylen Green likes psychedelic soulful electronica music, had a magical visit to South Africa when she was younger and doesn't like doing the dishes, all of which she shared with Pioneer Press on Oct. 1.

Shout Out: Jaylen Green, music aficionado

May 10, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

If fall weather calls for a pumpkin spice latte at The Rock House cafe, 1150 Central Ave., Wilmette, you might run into barista Jaylen Green, 30. She recently talked to...

Wilmette Public Schools District 39 board members received another report on the feasibility of full-day kindergarten when they met Sept. 28, but the possibility is still far off, Superintendent Raymond Lechner said Oct. 1.

Official: Full-day kindergarten in Wilmette District 39 still not close

May 10, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

For the third time in seven years, administrators in Wilmette Public Schools District 39 are looking at the feasibility of creating some sort of full-time kindergarten program in their elementary...

Visitors gather in the new Central School Learning Center in Wilmette on Sept. 1. School District 39 authorized architects to create bid packages for similar library upgrade projects at two other schools when they met Sept. 28.

District 39 OKs creation of library plans, with caveats

May 10, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

Wilmette School District 39 board members who met Sept. 28 approved authorizing a Chicago architectural firm to create bid packets for library upgrade projects at two of their schools. But...

This horse chestnut tree growing near the intersection of 5th Street and Forest Avenue in Wilmette shows the damage of a heavy leaf blotch fungus infection. Arborists say the trees will recover from the fungus.

Experts: Good prognosis for fungus-afflicted horse chestnuts

May 10, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

The horse chestnut trees in yards around the North Shore may look like rust-tinged shadows of their normally lush-green selves, but experts say the prognosis for the plants is much...

Wilmette Village Engineer Russ Jensen, right, smiles as he talks Sept. 24 with a west Wilmette resident who attended a municipal services committee open house and meeting on proposed new flood control plans for neighborhoods west of Ridge Road.

Flood-control proposals leave Wilmette seeking more information

May 10, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

When they appeared before Wilmette's municipal services committee Sept. 24, engineers had shaved millions of dollars from their earlier flood control proposals for west Wilmette by loosening anti-flooding guidelines and...

Signs put up in the lot at 3520 Lake Ave. by Chicago Parking Management and property owners MJK Real Estate in May warn drivers not to park in the lot and go to nearby locations.

Wilmette police: Man hammered boot off car after Dairy Queen visit

May 10, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

A west Wilmette parking lot that was the scene earlier this year of spats between private parking enforcement and drivers who parked there while visiting the Dairy Queen next door...

Wilmette park board could name Anderson as new member

May 10, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

After vetting 14 potential candidates to succeed former Wilmette Park Commissioner James Crowley, members of the park board appear to be close to appointing Gordon Anderson to fill Crowley's seat....

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