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A parade float passes by Glenview House at the Nov. 30, 2024 at the Holiday in the Park and Parade in downtown Glenview. Plans call for the restaurant to become a Mediterranean eatery. (Karie Angell Luc/Pioneer Press)

Glenview in 2024: restaurant plans, cardiac center, no Upside Foods

December 29, 2024 at 9:17 a.m.

Glenview experienced a wide range of news events during 2024, from a tragic auto accident to multiple development projects downtown. In the first four months of the year, Glenview government...

Glenview Village Hall sign. (Brian L. Cox/for Pioneer Press)

Glenview passes budget without property tax increases for homeowners

December 21, 2024 at 1:20 p.m.

Glenview trustees have passed a 2025 budget that includes a 3.5% levy hike that is not expected to increase property taxes for local homeowners, per village officials. The Village Board...

Northbrook Village Hall. (Pioneer Press)

Plans for Starbucks in ‘kind of blighted’ area of Northbrook move ahead

December 12, 2024 at 11:42 a.m.

Village trustees are excited about the prospects of Northbrook getting another Starbucks, at 4109 Dundee Road

Glenview giving $750,000 loan to bring Smoque BBQ to downtown

December 12, 2024 at 2:39 p.m.

Trustees have awarded Smoque BBQ $750,000 in sales tax breaks to open a 3,500 square foot restaurant in downtown Glenview.

The Winnetka house where the Christmas-themed movie "Home Alone" was filmed attracted crowds Dec. 8. The documentary "Making the Movie Home Alone" will be screened by the Winnetka Historical Society Dec. 18. (Pam DeFiglio/baiduhai)

‘Making the Movie Home Alone’ documentary in Winnetka to spill insider stories

December 9, 2024 at 12:19 p.m.

The family who lived in the "Home Alone" house spill stories of what it was like during the making of the movie in a documentary, "Making the Movie Home Alone,"...

After 30 years, the future of the tiny coffee shop inside Northbrook’s Metra commuter station is uncertain. (Phil Rockrohr/for Pioneer Press)

Future of Northbrook’s Metra station coffee shop cast into doubt

December 5, 2024 at 10:09 a.m.

After 30 years, the tiny coffee shop inside Northbrook's Metra train station faces an unclear future, with commuters waiting to see whether they'll still be able to get their morning...

Northbrook has enacted its own ordinance to regulate the sale of tobacco products to minors. Buzz Smoke & Vape, 2855 Dundee Road, is one of 11 stores selling tobacco products in the village. (Phil Rockrohr/for Pioneer Press)

To better control tobacco sales to minors, Northbrook passes ordinance

November 27, 2024 at 9:25 a.m.

Northbrook has enacted its own ordinance to regulate the sale of tobacco products to minors to make prosecuting such offenses “expedient, convenient and less costly,” a village spokesman said. “The...

Northbrook gives tax break to Hometown Coffee despite some objections

November 23, 2024 at 8:17 a.m.

Despite some opposition to the package, the Village Board has approved sales tax breaks that will bring the popular Hometown Coffee and Juice to downtown Northbrook. Village officials said a...

Padel players Stephen Cadiz, from left, of Chicago, Kevin Vigallon of Chicago, Trevor Bird of Des Plaines and Dale Zwack of Bartlett practice padel at Padel Clube in Mundelein. (Phil Rockrohr/for PIoneer Press)

Padel, the ‘fastest growing sport’ you never heard of, coming to North Shore

November 19, 2024 at 9:22 a.m.

Abigail McCulloch is banking on the growing sport of padel taking hold on the North Shore.

A $95 million Northbrook School District 28 referendum that would demolish and rebuild Meadowbrook Elementary School, pictured, and renovate its three other schools, including Northbrook Junior High, Westmoor School and Greenbriar School, appeared to be approved on Election Night, April 1, 2025, per unofficial results. (Phil Rockrohr/for Pioneer Press)

Northbrook School District 28 floats $95 million in school upgrades

November 15, 2024 at 2:17 p.m.

After two years of planning and collecting input from the community, Northbrook School District 28 is eyeing $94.9 million in bonds to replace one school and renovate its three others....

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