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Architect estimates new Maple School cost at $44.3 million

May 14, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.

The administration of Northbrook/Glenview School District 30 came out in favor of a new Maple School that would cost, according to early estimates, $44.3 million. The District 30 School Board...

Northbrook library hit by truck

May 14, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.

A truck driver embedded his vehicle Friday in the Northbrook Public Library, closing it down for hours. No one was hurt, but there was extensive non-structural damage to the building....

Ritu Trivedi-Purohit shows some items from monthly gift boxes including "Goodwipes, for the below-the belt area, and also in lieu of bathing."

Northbrook psychologist creates gift packages for cancer patients

May 14, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.

A suburban Chicago clinical psychologist says she may have come up with just the right gift for the person who might lose everything. Ritu Trivedi-Purohit, who counsels cancer patients and...

Northbrook Potbelly robbed at gunpoint

May 14, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.

An armed robbery was reported Oct. 1 at the Potbelly Sandwich Shop in Northbrook, with the suspect entering the store before it opened. Two employees of the restaurant at 816...

Northbrook board will discuss repainting ‘Save Ferris’ on water tower

May 14, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.

Would repainting "Save Ferris" on the downtown Northbrook water tower be a boon to tourism, or just gauche? Some people say it could put Northbrook on the map. Others, noted...

In good weather, Northbrook's 10-acre downtown park is rarely without visitors, and those visitors are rarely without electronic devices.

Northbrook Park District: Free Wi-Fi coming to Village Green Park

May 14, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.

Visitors to Northbrook's iconic downtown park may soon have the use of free Wi-Fi there, as a result of an agreement with an Internet provider. That could be a data-points...

Officials: Worker injured after being caught in Northbrook steel machinery

May 14, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.

Officials said an employee of a local business was seriously injured but survived after being caught Tuesday in steel-fabricating machinery at a Northbrook metal fabricating plant. The worker was flown...

Northbrook firefighters rest Oct. 4 after putting out a house fire in the 1800 block of Spruce Street.

Dog injured in Northbrook fire

May 14, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.

Residents of a Northbrook house that caught fire near downtown Northbrook Tuesday escaped without injury, but the family dog was not so lucky, according to fire officials. "We did a...

Business leaders say that the Metra train that stops in downtown Northbrook doesn't provide enough transportation to fill local jobs.

Northbrook jobs: Are they good enough to attract workers?

May 14, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.

Northbrook business leaders trying to make the village a more welcoming place for employees say they're finding that most jobs in Northbrook have to be pretty good to get filled...

Life Time Fitness project gets final approval from Northbrook Board

May 14, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.

One of Northbrook's largest multi-use developments in recent years received its final go-ahead for construction Sept. 27 with little fanfare. The final plans for the Life Time Fitness-anchored development at...

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