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  • Evanston, IL

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. 

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District 65 Begins Search for New Superintendent

Members of the District 65 school board will meet with four different search firms as they begin the process of replacing former superintendent Hardy Murphy.

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Wildkits Score Two Wins at State Tennis Finals

Olivia Luby and Kate Kremin combined for a 1-2 doubles record in three matches, while Jessica Ampel won in the consolation round before also being eliminated.

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Gunfire Reported on Custer

The following information was reported by the Evanston Police Department. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.

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