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Street closures in offing for Wilmette’s July 3 events

May 10, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

Wilmette's July 3 Independence Day celebrations will bring thousands to Gillson Park but the Wilmette Police Department reminded potential attendees and area drivers that those events will also shut down...

Wilmette Park District officials are gearing up for the village's July 3 Independence Day celebration at Gillson Park, events that will include family-oriented musical entertainment like this band at 2013 festivities.

Gillson Park the site for Wilmette’s July 3 activities

May 10, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

Wilmette Park District officials said it doesn't happen often, but when July 4 falls on a Saturday, it allows them to pack two days of Independence Day activities into one...

Anna Grubisich, 23, of Evanston, loves Gillson Park and the beach, even when she's not working there. She also likes thunderstorms and hockey games. She hates cheese.

Shout Out: Anna Grubisich, loves books, hates cheese

May 10, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

With summer officially started, a trip to Gillson Park in Wilmette was in order. We found Anna Gruisich, 23, of Evanston, holding down the fort at the Lakeview Center. She...

Blackhawk Road signs stolen in Wilmette after Stanley Cup

May 10, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

The Chicago Blackhawks' Stanley Cup win prompted several incidents of vandalism in Wilmette – at least two succesful – when thieves made off with Blackhawk Road signs, according to police....

Alleged copper thief nabbed in Wilmette police sting

May 10, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

A Chicago man who tried to steal valuable copper piping from a Wilmette construction site instead found that he was the subject of a sting operation, police said. Honorio Esquivel,...

Signs put up in April in the parking lot at 3520 Lake Ave. warn drivers their vehicles will be booted if they use the lot to patronize the Wilmette Dairy Queen store to the east. Dairy Queen owner Bill Ridge said that representatives of mall property owner JMK Realty met with him June 17 and agreed to stop booting after 9 p.m. each night.

Dairy Queen owner: Parking boots will be lifted after 9 p.m.

May 10, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

It may not be complete peace, but an icy detente may be in the cards for patrons of Wilmette's popular Lake Avenue Dairy Queen, some of whom faced the boot...

Aggressive campaign increases bus registration in Wilmette D39

May 10, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

Convincing families in Wilmette School District 39 to sign their children up for bus service has traditionally been an administrative headache for district officials, they said. However, this year a...

Some wildlife, like this fawn on June 19, seem to thrive in Kenilworth's "steep slope" area along the lakefront and in the eastern end of the Skokie Ditch ravine.

Kenilworth puts six-month hold on ‘steep slope’ construction

May 10, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

For the next six months, Kenilworth property owners with land on Lake Michigan or the easternmost end of the ravine known as the Skokie Ditch will have to put off...

Chicago artist and mould-maker Eric Stephenson, left, and team member Charlie Spears uncover a bas-relief inside the Woman's Club of Wilmette on June 12.

Artist’s granddaughter helps salvage sculpture at Wilmette Woman’s Club

May 10, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

Helen Meier remembers Feb. 17, 2015, as the day she ran, heart in her mouth, to the Woman's Club of Wilmette, after spotting a thick, black column of smoke rising...

As members of Wilmette American Legion Post 46 prepare to shutter and sell their building, officers who did an inventory of donated Army rifles discovered nine have gone missing since 1999.

Historical rifles disappear from Wilmette American Legion post

May 10, 2019 at 4:17 p.m.

During a recent inventory of rifles lent by the Army to Wilmette's American Legion Post 46, post Cmdr. Mike Jonscher discovered several of the historical weapons had disappeared. "You're supposed...

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