Kathy Routliffe

Romona School parents Lauren Litchfield (from left), Shannon Zock and Tania Bouwman stand at the Locust Road crosswalk served by a crossing guard. Parents want to make the guard permanent.

Romona parents say request for crossing guard may lead to Wilmette dropping one at another location

May 10, 2019 at 9:48 p.m.

Romona School parents who earlier this year lobbied Wilmette for a Locust Road crossing guard at Wilmette Junior High School plan to keep up the pressure when the village’s Transportation...

Teacher Melissa Brody stands behind her new desk, designed to lower or raise so that she can sit or stand.

Classroom furniture at landmark Crow Island School fits modern needs — but maintains historic look

May 10, 2019 at 10:39 p.m.

The third-grade students in Melissa Brody’s Crow Island School classroom in Winnetka were nearly unanimous when asked what they liked best about their new chairs, with flexible backs and legs....

Shout Out: Charlie Fargo of Winnetka, rower and silver medal winner at Junior World Rowing Championships

May 10, 2019 at 10:39 p.m.

Charlie Fargo was a freshman at New Trier High School when his father convinced the Winnetka teen to try out in the school’s rowing program. He didn’t know then that...

The afternoon sun shines on 2,977 U.S. flags, placed on Winnetka's Village Green to honor each victim of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Flags blossom on Winnetka Village Green to honor victims of Sept. 11 attacks

May 10, 2019 at 10:38 p.m.

J.P. Forrest remembers growing up in the shadows of the World Trade Center towers as they were built. She also remembers being back in New York on a business trip...

Friends and neighbors gather on the lawn of Thornwood Park.

Thornwood Music Festival builds community in Wilmette park

May 10, 2019 at 9:48 p.m.

When Terri and Tony Lorenz moved to Wilmette in 2002, they fell in love with their Thornwood Park neighborhood, but couldn’t help noticing that the park itself was largely empty,...

Gillson beach house project officially underway in Wilmette

May 10, 2019 at 9:48 p.m.

The Gillson Park beach house and parking lot project is now officially underway following a Wednesday groundbreaking with work to begin Monday removing asbestos in the existing beach house, said...

Host Richard Laible, front, and comics Christina Lundin, top, and Melissa Richelle, listen to another comedian at The Book Stall.

Comics bring giggles and guffaws to The Book Stall in Winnetka

May 10, 2019 at 10:38 p.m.

Comedy may be one of the toughest jobs anyone can take on before an audience, as the cliche goes, but people who filed into the back section of The Book...

Longtime teacher and coach Jane McNamara is honored before Friday's football game at New Trier High School. The new concession stand at the stadium was dedicated in her honor.

Trevians honor Jane McNamara, Miss Mac, for decades of athletic dedication

May 10, 2019 at 10:40 p.m.

She taught hundreds of New Trier High School students, coached hundreds of others, mentored still more and has been a familiar sight at New Trier athletic events for decades. On...

Loyola Academy's drumline leads students from the Wilmette school's campus to the New Trier High School Northfield football stadium.

Loyola’s march to New Trier adds to the school’s football tradition

May 10, 2019 at 10:38 p.m.

The road between Loyola Academy in Wilmette and the New Trier High School football stadium in Northfield was a sea of maroon and gold Friday, as hundreds of Loyola students,...

Five arrested after reported Winnetka robbery charged with felony drug possession

May 10, 2019 at 10:38 p.m.

A Cook County judge set bail Thursday at $10,000 for two men charged with felony marijuana possession in a Monday Winnetka incident. Three other men involved in the same incident,...

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