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Shout Out: Brooke Wilson, who’s led a seriously interesting life

May 14, 2019 at 11:17 a.m.

Brooke Wilson has worked at some familiar Northbrook places, including The Baby Back and Green Acres Country Club (bartending at 19). At 23, she traveled through Europe with Arlo Guthrie...

Contractors consult diagrams Monday morning as street work begins in downtown Northbrook.

Downtown Northbrook roadwork commences on Church, Shermer

May 14, 2019 at 11:17 a.m.

Drivers in downtown Northbrook should expect intermittent lane closures on Cherry Lane east of Meadow Road, and Shermer Road between Meadow and Church streets, this week, and likely next week,...

Opposition to minimum wage opt-out leads to vote postponement

May 14, 2019 at 11:17 a.m.

Northbrook Village President Sandy Frum has postponed discussion and voting on opting out of new Cook County minimum-wage and sick-time laws after activist groups announced plans to fight to keep...

Left to right, Muriel Collison, Jason Han, Kathryn Ciesla and Scott Bush, all running for three Northbrook Trustee seats, appeared at a recent candidates forum.

Independent candidate seeks spot on plan commission

May 14, 2019 at 11:16 a.m.

The Northbrook firefighter who fell short April 4 in his bid for a seat on the Northbrook Village Board said he believes he should be named to the fill a...

Maple School Principal Nate Carter, center, guides area residents Saturday, March 20, on the first leg of a tour of the school.

After request for $36.3 million approved, plans for Maple School in motion

May 14, 2019 at 11:16 a.m.

Now that voters have approved Northbrook/Glenview School District 30's request to raze and rebuild Northbrook's Maple School, school district leaders and architects will get to work making it happen. Unofficial...

Tight District 31 race awaits outstanding votes

May 14, 2019 at 11:16 a.m.

The five-way April 4 race for four seats on Glenview/Northbrook District 31 School Board was still not settled six days later, with unofficial vote totals on the Cook County Clerk's...

Maple School Principal Nate Carter, center, guides area residents on a tour of the school to a courtyard, where sandbags are kept to reduce chances of flooding into the school proper.

Maple School tour seeks to point out flaws before referendum

May 14, 2019 at 11:15 a.m.

Tony Riccardi said he took a School District 30 tour of Northbrook's Maple School Saturday to decide whether he backed plans for a $36.3 million referendum that would raze and...

Chocolate pretzels evocative of roasted shankbones were included at the HUGS Passover Dessert Chocolate Seder.

Sweet Passover treat offered for special-needs Jewish congregants

May 14, 2019 at 11:16 a.m.

Some people have seders on the first night of Passover, some have them the second. And some, like those at Congregation Beth Shalom on Sunday, have chocolate seders. About 50...

Northbrook trustee candidates discuss ‘bullet voting,’ caucus ties

May 14, 2019 at 11:16 a.m.

Scott Bush, a candidate in Northbrook's trustee race, has asked supporters to vote only for him, and his opponents are crying foul. At the same time, Bush has questioned the...

The sign at 1349 Shermer Road promises a much-anticipated restaurant will soon open in the historic space.

Restaurant to open soon in one of Northbrook’s most historic sites

May 14, 2019 at 11:16 a.m.

Lucky Fish, a new seafood restaurant, is expected to soon open in a historic Northbrook location, one that officials say might be a key to the downtown area's future. A...

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