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.
Evanston police believe the shooting of Robert Gresham in 2005 at the Keg may have launched a violent and deadly give-and-take between two extended families with gang ties.
This edition of the Evanston police blotter includes information supplied by police on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl released a public statement after the shooting of Javar Bamberg, 23, on Tuesday, Dec. 12. Bamberg's shooting is the third shooting and second death in two weeks.
This edition of the Evanston police blotter includes information supplied by police on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Javar Bamberg died after he was shot in the head in Evanston Tuesday morning, according to police. Investigators say his death is related to a feud between two extended families with gang ties.
Evanston aldermen ultimately voted to grant $7,947 from the city’s façade improvement fund to Chicago’s Home of Chicken & Waffles, a restaurant opening soon on Dempster Street.
Javar Bamberg died after he was shot in the head on Grey Avenue Tuesday morning, according to police. Investigators say his death is related to a feud between two extended families with gang ties.
Kathryn Millar, a 7th-grader at Pope John XXIII School, says Democrats and Republicans need to learn to work things out--just like her parents tell her and her sister to do when they disagree.
This edition of the Evanston police blotter includes information supplied by police on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Evanston’s city council voted Monday night to support a $15,000 loan to the nonprofit café at 2922 Central St., which hires ex-offenders.
This historic six-bedroom home in southeast Evanston has four fireplaces and is located just steps from Lake Michigan at 1217 Michigan Ave.
Information submitted by the Evanston Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Evanston police do not have enough information yet to bring charges in two recent shootings, but they have identified suspects, according to a spokesperson for the department.
Released Thursday, the five-year American Community Survey offers detailed demographics on Evanston. The community is younger, wealthier, more educated and more diverse than Illinois as a whole.
Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and other local officials called for an end to violence at the funeral of Justin Murray, 19, who was fatally shot last week.
A 20-year-old Evanston man was shot several times early Saturday morning, in what may have been a retaliation for the homicide of Justin Murray last week, according to police.
Coast Sushi Bar in Bucktown is planning to open a second location in Evanston at 2545 Prairie Ave., the former site of Hota Restaurant.
Along with a handful of other high schools and colleges in Illinois, Evanston Township High School will participate in the Humane Society’s “Meatless Monday” campaign.
This edition of the Evanston police blotter includes information supplied by police on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Patch is sharing recipes with readers for the holidays. Here's a tried and true recipe for moist pumpkin chocolate chip bread or muffins.
