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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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Find Haunted Houses Near Evanston

Are you ready for a scare? With Halloween fast-approaching, find out what the Chicagoland has to offer for haunted houses by scrolling over the markers on our interactive map.

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Robbers Hit Victim With Metal Pipe

The following information was reported by Evanston Police on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.

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Evanston Man Charged in Skokie Cat Burglaries

An 18-year-old has been charged with eight counts of home burglary and 12 counts of vehicle burglaries. An arrest is merely an accusation, not evidence of a conviction.

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Gunfire Reported at Custer and Dobson

The following information was reported by Evanston Police on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Where arrests are included it does not indicate a conviction.

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Obituary: Northwestern Grad George Bailie, 90

Bailie was a graduate of Northwestern University and the University of Chicago and worked for the Union Carbide Corporation for 29 years.

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