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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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Photos: Inside Bookman's Alley

The store in an alley off Sherman Avenue in downtown Evanston is closing at the end of September after 33 years in business.

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'Proof Of Insurance? It's On My Smartphone, Officer'

Gov. Quinn signed a law Friday allowing Illinois motorists who are stopped by police and asked for proof of insurance to display it on a digital device. The move could end frantic searches through the glove compartment.

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Burglars Use Key to Steal TVs, Wedding Ring

The following information was supplied by Evanston Police on Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.

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22-Year-Old Restaurateurs Experiment At Company

Friends since fifth grade, Max Mora, Anthony Scardino and Chikoo Patel are hosting two dinners next weekend at the pop-up restaurant space Company in Evanston.

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