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The Glenview Village Board recently contributed $500,000 toward the Youth Services of Glenview/Northbrook ACT Now Campaign. The money will be used to rehab and expand the non-profit’s space in the 3000 block of West Lake Avenue in Glenview. Construction is slated to start this summer. (Brian L. Cox/Pioneer Press)

Glenview Village Board approves donating $500,000 to non-profit youth services agency

April 8, 2024 at 2:57 p.m.

COVID-19 has been out of the headlines for almost two years, but workers at Youth Services of Glenview/Northbrook are still seeing the emotional and psychological impact of the pandemic on...

The Wilmette Village Board recently gave two businesses zoning relief to open in Westlake Plaza, moving one trustees to suggest the village reexamine its parking requirements for leased spaces. (Brian L. Cox/Pioneer Press)

Wilmette’s Westlake Plaza to welcome Jersey Mike’s and Lake Pointe Urgent Care

April 4, 2024 at 4:17 p.m.

Signing off on zoning relief to allow Jersey Mike’s sandwich shop and Lake Pointe Urgent Care to open in Wilmette’s Westlake Plaza has prompted trustees to ask staff to reexamine...

A sign against a referendum proposing to close one school and expand another in Avoca School District 37 stands next door to one supporting the referendum on Ferndale Road in Glenview. (Phil Rockrohr)

Voters reject referendum that would have closed Avoca West Elementary School

April 2, 2024 at 3:13 p.m.

Jasmina de la Torre and others in Wilmette and neighboring communities worked tirelessly to defeat a referendum on the March 19 election ballot put there by Avoca School District 37...

Evanston firefighters responded to reports on a gas leak at an apartment building in the 900 block of Judson Avenue in the north suburb at around noon on Monday. More than a dozen residents were evacuated but no injuries were reported. (Photo by Brian L. Cox)

South Evanston apartment build evacuated for gas leak Monday

April 2, 2024 at 11:41 a.m.

More than a dozen people were evacuated from an Evanston apartment building around noon on Monday after the Evanston Fire Department responded to multiple reports of a gas leak in...

Glenview Village Board approves update of the community’s Plan for Nature

April 1, 2024 at 3:22 p.m.

With urban sprawl continuing to threaten natural habitat across Cook County, Glenview lawmakers have updated the village’s 2008 “Plan For Nature” to include everything from ecological restoration to urban ecology...

Easter lawn signs outside the First Presbyterian Church of Evanston, in the 1400 block of Chicago Avenue in the north suburb, were vandalized during the Christian “Holy Week.” Police are treating it as a crime of vandalism and criminal damage but church officials say it could be a symptom of a larger more serious problem. (Photo by Brian L. Cox)

Easter signs outside Evanston church vandalized ahead of holiday

March 29, 2024 at 6:07 p.m.

Annette Stover has a message for the person who vandalized a dozen Easter signs on the front lawn of her Evanston church. “There’s a lot of actions taken against Christians...

Students and staff at The Gardner School of Glenview-Northbrook recently celebrated the school’s 10th anniversary by filling a time capsule that will be unearthed in 10 years. (The Gardner School)

The Gardner School preschoolers prepare time capsule for May burial

March 25, 2024 at 4:22 p.m.

Preschoolers at The Gardner School (TGS) in Northbrook know what they’ll be doing in 10 years. Unearthing a time capsule buried on the school’s property. TGS of Glenview-Northbrook celebrated the school’s...

The Wilmette Park District is in negotiations to buy the 4.8 acre Beth Hillel Congregation Bnai Emunah synagogue campus in the 3200 block of Big Tree Lane in the north suburb, officials said. They said details of the sale will not be made public until the deal is closed, probably sometime this summer. (Brian L. Cox/Pioneer Press)

Wilmette Park District in talks to buy Beth Hillel Congregation Bnai Emunah synagogue campus

March 19, 2024 at 1:58 p.m.

The Wilmette Park District is in negotiations to buy the 4.8-acre Beth Hillel Congregation Bnai Emunah synagogue campus, officials said. “We are in the process of drafting a formal contract...

Evanston Township High School announced it received a $7 million donation from Class of 1963 alum Leonard Schaeffer. (Brian L. Cox/Pioneer Press)

ETHS forms working group to tackle antisemitism, islamophobia

March 12, 2024 at 4:06 p.m.

Evanston Township High School student Niamh O’Brien has some advice for a new group forming at the school to counter antisemitism and islamophobia in the wake of the war in...

Glenview man facing multiple possession of child pornography charges

March 11, 2024 at 11:47 a.m.

A Glenview man has been charged with 12 counts of possession of child pornography after investigators allegedly found pornographic images and a video on his computer, authorities said. Bruce...

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