Jennifer Johnson

Jennifer Johnson is freelance writer for the Pioneer Press.

Lena Pastucha, 2, of Glenview places a ball on a maze that is a new addition to the Youth Services play area at the Glenview Public Library. (Jennifer Johnson/for Pioneer Press)

Glenview Library opens play space to help kids learn, thanks to $200,000 from foundation

March 10, 2026 at 9:38 a.m.

Glenview Public Library opens play space to help kids learn, thanks to $200,000 in fundraising from library foundation.

The former Harley Davidson motorcycle dealership at 2929 Patriot Blvd. in Glenview may become an auto dealership. (Jennifer Johnson/for Pioneer Press)

Glenview OKs tax incentive to Genesis auto dealership to open in suburb

March 9, 2026 at 1:29 p.m.

Glenview OKs tax incentive to Genesis auto dealership to open; it will spend $6.8 million to convert former motorcycle dealership.

Members of the Glenview New Development Commission heard a village proposal, at their Feb. 11, 2026 meeting, to encourage more food and entertainment businesses in the downtown and reduce the number of service businesses, including doctors. Shown is restaurant Jackman & Co., which opened in summer 2025. (Pam DeFiglio/Chicago Tribune)

Glenview slows plans to turn downtown into entertainment district, ban service businesses

February 24, 2026 at 1:05 p.m.

Glenview slows plans to turn downtown into an entertainment district, ban service and retail businesses, including doctors.

Members of the Glenview Development Commission consider a proposal for four "light industrial" buildings along 2211-2305 Sanders Road in Glenview on Jan. 28, 2026. (Jennifer Johnson/for Pioneer Press)

Glenview Zoning Board OKs plan for four ‘light industrial’ buildings with 53 truck docks

February 11, 2026 at 8:11 a.m.

Revised plans for a new industrial development along I-294 in Glenview are headed to the Village Board for a vote amid opposition from nearby residents. The Glenview Development Commission on...

Federal troops walk from a C-130 Hercules after landing at the Glenview Naval Air Station, circa August 1968. The Naval Air Station closed decades ago, and the Glenview History Center is sorting objects from the museum as a permanent museum is sought. (Val Mazzenga/Chicago Tribune)

Glenview History Center to oversee Naval Air Museum as it seeks permanent location

February 5, 2026 at 8:10 a.m.

A former museum housing a helicopter and thousands of photographs, personal letters, documents and historic objects related to the long-shuttered Naval Air Station Glenview will be temporarily leased by the...

An architectural rendering from Williams Architects shows what new play features will look like after upgrades are completed at Splash Landings Indoor Aquatic Center in Glenview. (Glenview Park District)

Glenview indoor water park closes for months during $8.4 million in upgrades

January 15, 2026 at 9:45 a.m.

Glenview Park District's indoor water park Splash Landings is closed until September for work on $8.4 million in upgrades.

The Oil Lamp Theater launched “Light the Way,” a $5 million capital campaign to renovate a vacant storefront—the former Country Cobbler Shoe Store—across the street from the existing theater at 1723 Glenview Road, Glenview. Once completed, the new theater will have 5,700 square feet of space, 143 seats and a stage triple the size of the current stage. (OIl Lamp Theater)

Glenview’s Oil Lamp Theater begins $5 million campaign to expand, add 83 seats

January 7, 2026 at 10:33 a.m.

Since its early beginnings in the living room of a Lakeview condominium 20 years ago, Glenview’s Oil Lamp Theater has prided itself in delivering an intimate live performance. And that...

One downtown Glenview restaurant, Jackman & Co., offers its own valet service, as shown in this July 2025 photo, but the village of Glenview is renewing and expanding a program to offer valet services to shopping and dining patrons at The Glen and in downtown Glenview. (Pam DeFiglio/Chicago Tribune)

Glenview to fund free valet service for diners at Glen, downtown, for another year

January 7, 2026 at 8:45 a.m.

Glenview trustees to fund free valet service at shopping, dining areas The Glen and downtown Glenview for another year.

Glenview, along with many other towns, instituted a 1% grocery tax starting Jan. 1 after the state eliminated its grocery tax. It was one of many Glenview developments in 2025. The photo shows customers shopping at a Glenview grocery store in 2022. Nam Y. Huh/AP

Glenview sees development proposals, crash tragedies, armed robbery, composting in 2025

December 30, 2025 at 7:59 a.m.

Here is a look back at 10 of the top happenings of 2025 in the village of Glenview. Glenview police officer mourned The Glenview Police Department and village officials mourned...

The Glenview New Development Commission on Dec. 10, 2025 considered a proposal for an industrial campus on the 29-acre site formerly occupied by CVS Health. Commissioners had mixed reactions and decided to continue the discussion in January. (Jennifer Johnson/for Pioneer Press)

Proposed Glenview industrial project on 29-acre site, with Northbrook address, gets mixed reaction

December 19, 2025 at 11:54 a.m.

Redevelopment plans for the former CVS Health headquarters and vacant land belonging to Northwestern Memorial Hospital near I-294 in Glenview received a mixed response from a village panel charged with...

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