I have worked for Patch as a local editor since September 2010, when I launched the Northbrook Patch site. I ran that site until taking over as editor in Evanston in May 2012.
I have been involved with the news business since age 12, when my first job was stuffing papers (folding the arts section into the news section, which came separately) for a local newsstand in my hometown. Within a year, I was promoted to selling them on the street, where my biggest sales day coincided with the impeachment of Bill Clinton.
I attended college at the University of Chicago, where I majored in English and wrote for the school newspaper, The Maroon. I went on to earn a master of science degree from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University.
While in New York, I covered community news for the weekly Our Town, in addition to writing for the alternative weekly New York Press.
Following graduation, I spent two years in St. Louis, working full-time as associate editor for the weekly newspaper Ladue News while freelancing for the West End Word.
You can get the traditional Polish fried pastries with fruit and custard fillings through Fat Tuesday, Feb. 12, at Bennison's and Tag's Bakery in Evanston.
City crews will close two lanes of westbound Davis Street near the intersection with Chicago Avenue while crews erect structural steel atop a building at 614 Davis St.
This edition of the Evanston police blotter includes information supplied by police on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A 24-year-old Chicago man faces felony charges of home invasion after police say he forced entry into an Evanston residence Monday, Feb. 4, armed with a loaded gun.
In partnership with the arts organization Changing Worlds, Evanston artist Indira Johnson will install ten "emerging Buddha" sculptures throughout the city this spring.
In Patch's ongoing real estate column, we look at a 5,000-square-foot, 102-year-old Evanston home designed by Dwight Perkins, a Prairie School architect who worked with Frank Lloyd Wright.
The Evanston Public Library main branch at 1703 Orrington Ave. will be closed until 2 p.m. Wednesday while a water main is repaired. Traffic at Orrington and Clark will also be impacted Tuesday through Thursday.
This edition of the Evanston police blotter includes information supplied by police on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Partners Chris Casas and Marco Ferrarini are planning to open a coffee roaster called Coffee Speed Shop in west Evanston, as well as a café and restaurant called La Macchina downtown this spring.
This edition of the Evanston police blotter includes information supplied by police on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Chicago Public Radio did a blind taste test of water samples from five Chicago area locations. Skokie water, which is treated in Evanston, was the hands-down winner.
A new burger shop has taken over the former location of Bop ‘N Grill at 1903 Church St. in Evanston. Owner Vincent Pryor says he hopes Fatty’s becomes known for good food and friendly service.
This edition of the Evanston police blotter includes information supplied by police on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Evanston aldermen reviewed a study that says Evanston needs bigger theater spaces—and Northlight Theater might return for the right venue. But there’s no obvious funding source at the time.
Developers and local officials held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for a Trader Joe's planned at 1211 Chicago Ave. in Evanston. The store is expected to open in October.
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This edition of the Evanston police blotter includes information supplied by police on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
This edition of the Evanston police blotter includes information supplied by police on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Evanston city crews began preparing early Wednesday for up to ½ inch of snow predicted to fall between 12 and 7 p.m.
Accompanied by local elected officials, developers will break ground on the site of a Trader Joe’s planned for 1211 Chicago Ave. on Thursday afternoon.
Construction has begun on the Smylie Bros. Restaurant and Brewery, owned by a New Trier graduate and former Winnetka resident.
