Shout Out: Hallie Baer, a dancer who cares
Hallie Baer, a seventh-grader at Northbrook's Maple School, is raising money for the Heifer International "Send a Girl to School" program by trying to dance for four straight hours. She...
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Northbrook business panel asks village to opt out of minimum wage law
A Northbrook business commission recently backed the local chamber of commerce's plea for the village to opt out of the new Cook County minimum wage and sick-leave laws. That late-2016...
Northbrook trustees decide to spend instead of abate
Northbrook officials have managed to bring the village's property tax levy down from a 14.3 percent increase over the previous year to 10.6 percent more. They could have cut the...
Power outage darkens Northbrook’s Waukegan-Willow area
A large area of south Northbrook was plunged into darkness Saturday evening, as a weather-related problem shot down electrical power at 6:18 p.m., Northbrook officials said. At one point, 653...
Shout out: Keri Halperin, employment lawyer and mother
Keri Halperin, an eight-year Northbrook resident, is responsible for the employment law function of a global information technology company. She's also the mother of two and the stepmom to four....
Northbrook prepares to revoke permit for planned child-care facility
A large and controversial child-care facility planned as part of a development at 1000 Skokie Boulevard appears headed for the dustbin, and Northbrook officials so far are saying they would...
Five vie for four seats on District 31 School Board
West Northfield School District 31 board member Robert Resis is an incumbent and one of five running for four seats on April 4, but it's comparatively a lot harder than...
Northbrook trustee candidates face off in forum
As four candidates for Northbrook trustee engaged in a forum Monday night, the two relative newcomers to the Northbrook political scene stood out. Scott Bush, a Northbrook firefighter and business...
Village president says sober-living home will have low impact
Northbrook's village president said recently that Providence Farm, a group home for recovering drug addicts and alcoholics approved for a tony Northbrook neighborhood, will be unlikely to negatively affect the...
District 30 referendum-related events scheduled
Northbrook School District 30 will sponsor a tour of Maple School at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 18 in advance of the $36.3 million April 4 referendum to rebuild the school,...