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Wilmette Mandarin-language students travel to China

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

For some Wilmette Junior High School students in China this summer, the highlight was the bright golden lights of nighttime Shanghai and the majesty of the Great Wall. For others,...

Wilmette board denies higher fence request

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

A Chilton Lane couple will have to get rid of a 6-foot-high solid fence around their west Wilmette side-yard, despite having the written support of most of their neighbors, after...

Wilmette resident and substitute librarian Bronwyn Parhad shared tips to keep cool in a late summer hot spell, and provided an enthusiastic book recommendation as well, when Pioneer Press chatted with her on Sept. 2.

Shout Out: Bronwyn Parhad, cool librarian with a warm smile

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

Wilmette resident and substitute librarian Bronwyn Parhad was keeping cool at the Wilmette Public Library's youth services desk on a recent warm Wednesday, but she shared a warm smile and...

Students, families, teachers and others gather in the "story studio" area of Central School's new learning commons. The commons, a fusion of library, technology studios and general learning spaces, opened Sept. 1 in the Wilmette k-4 school.

Whimsy, color mark Wilmette school’s learning commons

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

It was uncomfortably hot in the lobby of Wilmette's Central Elementary School on a recent Tuesday afternoon, but a wall-to-wall crowd of Central students, families, teachers and staff braved the...

Wilmette Park District commissioners now have the names of 14 people from whom to choose an appointed replacement for James Crowley, shown in a file photo. Crowley resigned in July after moving out of the district.

14 Wilmette residents vying for park district vacancy

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

More than a dozen Wilmette residents put their names in the hat as potential replacements for former Wilmette Park District Commissioner James Crowley, park board Director Steve Wilson said. Now...

A Wilmette official has warned Lake Avenue motorists heading east toward the Edens Expressway to be aware of lane closures that will narrow eastbound traffic to one lane, as crews complete another leg of the village's flood control projects.

Wilmette warns of Lake Avenue lane closures for sewer project

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

Drivers who use Lake Avenue to head east to the Edens Expressway or into Wilmette can expect delays between now and the end of the November, as crews working on...

Construction projects hike Wilmette District 39 budget

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

Wilmette School District 39 board members approved a $71.4 million 2015-16 operational budget recently, with officials saying roughly $4 million of that having fueled a construction and rehab schedule that...

Wilmette Village President Bob Bielinski, shown during an April village board meeting, named nine people to Housing Our Own Wilmette, the private board created to raise funds for Wilmette's housing assistance program.

Wilmette names board for private housing aid group

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

More than a year after a committee charged with finding ways to privatize Wilmette's housing subsidy program delivered its findings to village trustees, Wilmette has an official nonprofit fundraising group...

Joseph Sperling, left, and his attorney, Jon Loevy, show a video in 2014 of a traffic stop leading to Sperling's arrest. After the video surfaced, Glenview police officer James Horn was accused of lying during Sperling's trial. Horn was fired Aug. 24 by the village's Board of Fire and Police Commissioners.

Glenview police board fires officer accused of lying in drug trial

May 23, 2019 at 12:48 p.m.

The Glenview Board of Fire and Police Commissioners has fired a Glenview police officer charged with lying on the stand during a 2014 drug trial. On Monday, the board issued...

Wilmette School District 39 enrollment at the start of the 2015-16 school year is relatively steady, compared to entrollment last year, according to a report board members received at their Aug. 24 meeting.

Official: Enrollment steady as District 39 school year starts

May 10, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

With the 2015-16 school year underway in Wilmette, enrollment in Elementary School District 39 schools is relatively steady, an official told school board members Monday. Heather Glowaki, the new human...

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