Jennifer Johnson

Jennifer Johnson is freelance writer for the Pioneer Press.

Cedille Records President and Founder James Ginsburg, son of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, names Glenview native Oliver Talukder, right, the winner of Cedille's second Emerging Artist Competition sponsored by the Zell Family Foundation. (Elliot Mandel)

Glenview native wins Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s son’s ’emerging artist’ music contest

June 19, 2025 at 11:39 a.m.

Glenview native Oliver Talukder, who plays oboe for the Opera Philadelphia Orchestra, is musically inspired by everyone from Lady Gaga to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. His closest brush with celebrity, however, came...

An electric vehicle charges up at a charging station at 2241 Willow Road in Glenview in May 2025, one of about 25 public stations in the village. (Jennifer Johnson/for Pioneer Press)

Glenview, plus Skokie, Evanston, Wilmette, Glencoe, smooths way to electric vehicle charging

May 27, 2025 at 9:20 a.m.

Glenview joined Electric Vehicle Readiness Program to prep for EV charging; Skokie, Evanston, Glencoe, Wilmette are members.

Priests from Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in Chicago and Ascension of Our Lord Greek Orthodox Church in Lincolnshire perform a prayer service at the makeshift memorial in Glenview for Marko Niketic May 12, 2025. Niketic had been about to graduate from Glenbrook South High School when he was killed in a car crash a year prior. (Jennifer Johnson/for Pioneer Press)

Loved ones honor Glenview’s Marko Niketic on one-year anniversary of fatal crash

May 19, 2025 at 5:15 p.m.

More than 200 gathered to mark the one-year anniversary of Glenview teen Marko Niketic, who was 17 when killed in a car crash.

Skokie Mayor-elect Ann Tennes during a Soul Good Coffee pop-up at Sketchbook Brewing, April 12, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)

20 years of conversations beat money, big names in historic Skokie mayor race

May 2, 2025 at 12:35 p.m.

A Skokie candidate with 20 years of networking and service beat a newcomer with big money, endorsements in the mayor race.

Protesters attend an April 26 rally opposing actions by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk outside the Tesla dealership on Skokie Boulevard in Northbrook. (Jennifer Johnson/for Pioneer Press)

Northbrook protesters demand Constitutional rights, prevention of fascism

April 28, 2025 at 11:46 a.m.

Northbrook protesters on April 26 demanded President Trump and Elon Musk stop fascism and uphold Constitutional rights.

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

Wilmette OKs $1.8 million in design contracts for new police station

April 28, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.

The village of Wilmette approved $1.8 million in design contracts for its police station, knowing its $50.5 million cost could rise.

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

Proposed Glenview townhomes, stalled since 2018, sent back to Planning Board

April 17, 2025 at 11:30 a.m.

Glenview trustees said townhouse plans approved in 2018 are too old; the village must review them again before the developer can build.

Wilmette Village Board reviews plans for $50.5 million police station

April 15, 2025 at 9:56 a.m.

Updated design plans and cost projections for a new Wilmette Police Station were shared with members of the Village Board and nearby neighbors this month. No action on the project,...

An architect's rendering shows one of the designs proposed for 20 duplexes, which translate to 40 residences, that received tentative approval from the Glenview Board of Trustees on April 3. (Village of Glenview photo)

Glenview tentatively OKs 40 new homes for Willow and Pfingsten

April 8, 2025 at 10:54 a.m.

Glenview residents applauded the village's approval of 40 homes, in lieu of a shopping center, to be built at Willow & Pfingsten.

Candidates for the Glenbrook High School District 225 Board of Education participated in a forum organized by the League of Women Voters Glenview/Glencoe chapter on March 16. From left are Julian Cheng, John "Jack" Downing, Lowell Paul Eisenstadt, Peter Glowacki, Beth Hope, Lisa Kane and Matthew O'Hara. On Election Night, April 1, 2025, Glowacki, Hope, Downing and O'Hara appeared headed to victory, per unofficial results. (Richard Requena/Pioneer Press)

For Glenbrook School Board, Downing, Glowacki, Hope, O’Hara, per unofficial results

April 2, 2025 at 6:30 a.m.

Glowacki, Hope, O'Hara and Downing have won, in unofficial results, the Glenbrook High School D225 school board election April 1.

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