Kenyan activist brings thanks to his adoptive village of Northbrook
Fred Outa returned to "his second village of Northbrook" from Kenya, to thank Elementary District 28 for a decade of fundraising that has helped him build a high school to...
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Churches join together for MLK day of service
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day has officially been the National Day of Service for 22 years, but if you looked for an organized volunteer opportunity anywhere in Northbrook for Jan....
Starbucks to end sales of alcoholic beverages nationwide, including suburban locations
Starbucks Jan. 10 cut off the drinkers in all 439 of its shops nationwide where alcoholic beverages were available, but it won't make much of a difference to anyone who...
New owner of Northbrook’s aging Dunbrook Center promises upgrad
A bid to change Northbrook code to allow 16-foot "monument" signs in front of the Dunbrook Center signals the first step in a refit of that aging strip mall, according...
Anti-Trump crowd throngs Northbrook meeting
Resistance to the Donald Trump administration was the central theme as about 100 people crowded a North Shore library meeting room Tuesday, where a fledgling group started on the road...
Shout Out: Izabella Yelizarova, Oakton student, Northbrook Court saleswoman
Izabella Yelizarova, 21, is working her way through Oakton Community College as a sales associate at Lucy, a women's active wear store in Northbrook Court. She's on her way to...
Embattled assisted-living builder says he won’t cut planned Northbrook units
The prospective owner of a planned assisted living building said he won't cut apartments, despite a warning from the Northbrook Plan Commission to substantially reduce the size or risk a...
Northbrook native loses ‘Jeopardy,’ but the game is the thing
There were multiple reverses of fortune, and odd happenstance, but in the end, Northbrook native Jack Paleczny lost his Jan. 9 match on "Jeopardy" because he got something wrong. The...
Northbrook’s Green Acres land remains in limbo
The old year ended and a new one began with the anticipated sale of Northbrook's 125-acre Green Acres Country Club for redevelopment not completed. When it comes, that sale could...
Northbrook’s days have been nice — for ice
Winter can't be stopped, so life goes on in spite of its challenges. Jan. 5, a clutch of young hockey players mixed it up on the Tower Rink in the...