Jon Davis

D225 seeks community help in strategic planning

May 14, 2019 at 3:45 p.m.

Glenbrook High School District 225 officials are looking ahead to the next three school years and want public input into their strategic planning. Superintendent Mike Riggle told school board members...

GBN students test their particle physics theory at Fermilab

May 14, 2019 at 3:45 p.m.

If the hunch of several Glenbrook North High School students is correct, the nuclear power industry may someday owe them a major thank you. Currently, the durability of rods used...

A sprinkler waters a lawn in Glenview in 2007. The Village Board has granted preliminary approval to restrictions on lawn watering that are required by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

Glenview moves forward on state-ordered sprinkling restrictions

May 23, 2019 at 5:48 p.m.

Unlimited watering of lawns would be banned in Glenview starting next year, under new, state-mandated restrictions given unanimous preliminary approval by village trustees on Tuesday. If trustees give them final...

Leery of revenue shifts, D34 increases life-safety projects

May 23, 2019 at 5:48 p.m.

Citing historically low interest rates and the uncertainty of state funding, Glenview School District 34 tripled the amount of life-safety projects slated for the next two school years and plans...

Glen streetscape work includes preserving landing lights

May 23, 2019 at 5:48 p.m.

Revamped sidewalks and streetscapes and new entrance signs for The Glen won quick approval Tuesday from Glenview's Plan Commission, which added one request to keep a subtle historic nod to...

First GBS graduating class celebrates 50 years in September

May 14, 2019 at 3:44 p.m.

Fifty years ago, they were the first to depart Glenbrook South High School as new graduates. Now, GBS' inaugural graduating class returns to town. Glenbrook South's class of 1965 plan...

Official: D225 finances solid, but state could deliver blows

May 14, 2019 at 3:44 p.m.

Glenbrook High School District 225 has a solid financial base with strong reserves and opportunities to refinance some of its debt, but a big cloud looms on the horizon, Superintendent...

Glenview grants preliminary OK to downtown brewpub

May 23, 2019 at 5:48 p.m.

Glenview's first brewpub is on tap for the village's downtown. Village trustees on Aug. 4 gave unanimous preliminary approval for a conditional use permit allowing Ten-Ninety Brewing to open a...

GBN grad nominated for editing Emmy for ‘Deadliest Catch’

May 14, 2019 at 3:44 p.m.

Perhaps few Northbrook area residents were waiting with bated breath when the Emmy Awards nominees were announced on July 16. But in Los Angeles, Northbrook native and Glenbrook North High...

Plan Commission recommends orthodontics office in retail space

May 23, 2019 at 5:48 p.m.

Glenview Plan Commission recommended approval Tuesday of an orthodontics office in retail space near The Glen and called for a review of zoning rules that currently ban such uses from...

All Stories