Northbrook Caucus turns from veteran incumbents
The Northbrook Caucus Sunday opted not to recommend slating a school board president and a 12-year Village Board member for the April 4, 2017 local elections. For three seats on...
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Northbrook sets trick or treat hours
Monday, Oct. 31 is the official trick or treat day in Northbrook, and official hours are 4-8 p.m. Northbrook officials advise residents to turn on porch lights or other exterior...
Shout Out: Steven Zane, Northbrook singer/songwriter
Northbrook singer-songwriter Steven Zane is actually Steven Zane Buzil, but he drops the last part at showtime: "People have a hard time with Buzil. Spelling it. Pronouncing it." He's often...
Pumpkin play finishes the Northbrook farmers market season
There were dozens of little toddler tushes on the tarmac at the Meadow Shopping Plaza parking lot Wednesday as the Northbrook farmers market ended its eighth season with free pumpkin...
Former Winnetka leader Tucker in stretch of race to unseat Gabel in 18th
Former Winnetka Village President Jessica Tucker, who favors term limits, is trying to deny a fourth two-year term to the incumbent state Democratic Rep. Robyn Gabel from Illinois' 18th House...
Northbrook trustees order study of downtown regulations
After years of delay, Northbrook leaders may have just set in motion the machinery to grow the village's tiny, quiescent downtown. Or they may have condemned the town's center to...
Shout Out: Meryl Schumacker, genealogist from Northbrook
Meryl Schumacker owns We Go Way Back, a Northbrook-based boutique genealogy company specializing in New York City and Chicago-based research. She's written for animated kids TV shows: for PBS Kids...
Task force backs District 30 building, $40 million referendum
Thirty members of a task force of Glenview/Northbrook Elementary District 30 parents, residents and business people voted unanimously Monday to recommend that a new Maple School be built and that...
Fire Prevention Week calls residents to Northbrook fire station
The Northbrook Fire Department invited the public Saturday to an open house to watch firefighters take part in various demonstrations, intended to expose visitors to fire-safety information, and so youngsters...
Shout Out: Lynette Swanson Gilbert, Yarn boss
Lynette Swanson Gilbert is a former social worker turned entrepreneur. Fifteen years ago, she founded Three Bags Full Knitting Studio, a place to learn to knit, buy yarn and get...