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.
Construction has begun on the Smylie Bros. Restaurant and Brewery, owned by a New Trier graduate who left his career as a commodities trader to become a restauranteur.
Members of the city council approved the addition of a second police officer at Evanston Township High School, who will serve as a school resource officer.
The League of Women Voters of Evanston recently announced the winners of its annual Constitution Contest, which asks kids to tell what the Constitution means to them.
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.
Accompanied by local elected officials, developers will break ground on the site of a Trader Joe’s planned for 1211 Chicago Ave. this Thursday afternoon.
Evanston aldermen approved a new tax-increment financing district that runs along Chicago Avenue from Dempster to Oakton streets by a 7-2 vote Monday night.
Construction work has already begun at 1615 Oak Ave. downtown, where Smylie Bros. Restaurant and Brewery is expected to open in August or September.
This edition of the Evanston police blotter includes information supplied by police on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Chicago’s Home of Chicken & Waffles opened at 2424 Dempster St. the evening of Thursday, Jan. 24. Manager Darnell Johnson said the reception so far has been “excellent.”
Chicago’s Home of Chicken & Waffles opened at 2424 Dempster St. the evening of Thursday, Jan. 24. Manager Darnell Johnson said the reception so far has been “excellent.”
This edition of the Evanston police blotter includes information supplied by police on Friday, Jan. 24, 2013. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Diners rave about the authenticity of the crepes at this one-year-old Evanston restaurant, managed by the owner of another French hotspot, Bistro Bordeaux.
Services were held Monday for Richard J. Underriner, Jr., who leaves behind his wife and daughter, among many other family members.
City plow crews are preparing for up to one inch of snow that is predicted to fall early Thursday morning.
Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl issued a press release today outlining her support of a proposed assault weapons ban and calling for residents to join her.
This edition of the Evanston police blotter includes information supplied by police on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2013. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
John Fasula 50, died after rescuing an elderly woman from a fire in Chicago high-rise, according to the ‘Chicago Tribune.’ He was a CTA maintenance manager who worked in Evanston for years.
The Maisonette Condominium Association, at 2000 Sherman Ave., filed suit against the owner of a unit, alleging that he refused treatment for a serious bedbug infestation, the ‘Chicago Tribune’ reports.
Evanston Public Library staff and materials have officially moved in to a branch location at 900 Chicago Ave., the former site of the volunteer-run library The Mighty Twig.
An Evanston Township High School graduate and a Connecticut priest were among five people indicted last week as part of what federal officials described as interstate meth trafficking ring.
