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Northbrook officials are fast-tracking al fresco dining for Drumstix Market in the hopes that the downtown eatery will soon have sidewalk diners.

Al fresco dining gets a boost in downtown Northbrook

May 14, 2019 at 11:19 a.m.

The recent growth of downtown Northbrook's restaurant scene may become more visible after a popular restaurant in a previously troubled spot has applied for outdoor dining. Northbrook leaders say they...

Al fresco dining gets a boost in downtown Northbrook

May 14, 2019 at 11:19 a.m.

The recent growth of downtown Northbrook's restaurant scene may become more visible after a popular restaurant in a previously troubled spot has applied for outdoor dining. Northbrook leaders say they...

Cook County Clerk David Orr, center, addresses supporters of a minimum-wage increase in the lobby of Northbrook Village Hall prior to a meeting on the county wage law. To his right is the Rev. C.J. Hawking, Executive Director of Arise Chicago, which organizes support for the law.

Northbrook opts out of county minimum-wage law

May 14, 2019 at 11:19 a.m.

The Northbrook Village Board voted Tuesday night to opt out of a Cook County ordinance that would have raised the minimum wage, after hearing from passionate contingents of both supporters...

Northbrook opts out of county minimum-wage law

May 14, 2019 at 11:19 a.m.

The Northbrook Village Board voted Tuesday night to opt out of a Cook County ordinance that would have raised the minimum wage, after hearing from passionate contingents of both supporters...

Shout Out: Marilyn Fish, teacher, traveler, trapeze artist

May 14, 2019 at 11:19 a.m.

Marilyn Fish taught English to 7th and 8th grade students at Arie Crown Hebrew Day School, was the long-time gymnastics director at the North Suburban YMCA, and now works as...

Sides line up in Northbrook minimum wage, sick leave fight

May 14, 2019 at 11:19 a.m.

The Northbrook Village Board's decision about whether to opt out of Cook County laws on minimum wage increases and paid sick leave continued its evolution this week into one of...

The Rev. Melissa Earley is leaving the Northbrook United Methodist Church, and will lead the First United Methodist Church of Arlington Heights.

Activist pastor moves on from Northbrook

May 14, 2019 at 11:19 a.m.

The Northbrook faith community will lose a prominent member of its progressive movement June 25, when the Rev. Melissa Earley moves from Northbrook United Methodist Church to another suburban congregation....

Mockingbird Lane and Illinois Route 83 in unincorporated DuPage County near Willowbrook. One man was killed and four people injured at the intersection May 17.

1 dead, 4 injured in crash near Willowbrook: officials

May 22, 2019 at 5:21 p.m.

One person died and four others were injured late Wednesday near Willowbrook in what is being investigated as a hit-and-run crash, according to the DuPage County sheriff's office. The DuPage...

Family says groundskeeper killed on first day of mowing lawns at Green Acres

May 14, 2019 at 11:19 a.m.

The veteran golf course groundskeeper killed Saturday at Northbrook's shuttered Green Acres Country Club was mowing the lawn there for the first time, his daughter said. Rick "Bood" Bowden, 62,...

Shout Out: Steve DeLuca, firefighter and TEDx speaker

May 14, 2019 at 11:19 a.m.

Steve DeLuca is one of four people scheduled to deliver TEDx Talks at the Northbrook Public Library on the topic of "Embracing the Unexpected." He's a 27-year veteran Northbrook firefighter,...

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