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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Several major speakers are lined up for the Chicago Humanities Festival’s annual “Evanston Day,” on Sunday, Oct. 13.
The following information was reported by the Evanston Police Department on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
The following information was reported by the Evanston Police Department on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
Patch readers had mixed feelings about Murphy’s resignation as superintendent of District 65 on Monday, just two weeks before the start of the school year.
A developer is renovating the former North Shore Retirement Hotel and constructing an eight-story addition.
Two citizens claimed Ald. Mark Tendam (6th Ward), should have recused himself from voting on matters relating to James Pritzker, who donated $1,000 to Tendam’s campaign.
The following information was reported by the Evanston Police Department on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not include a conviction.
The city is applying for funding to extend a regional bike-sharing program to eight locations in Evanston.
Members of the city council voted Monday to delay introduction of an ordinance that would create a safe school zone around Evanston Township High School.
Anne Bailey Race died at age 95 on Aug. 9, 2013.
Arlene Marie Hayes died at 89 on Aug. 3, 2013.
Carole C. Mallers died at age 80 after a brief illness.
A new health food restaurant is opening at 1622 Sherman Ave., where Lululemon is closing its downtown Evanston store this August.
See what else is going on at the Evanston Public Library.
The following information was reported by the Evanston Police Department on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
Hardy Murphy, who has served as superintendent of schools for the past 13 years in Evanston/Skokie School District 65, announced his resignation Monday.
The city and Evanston Township High School may create a "safe school zone" around the high school, where police can arrest people for trespassing. See what else is going on this week in Evanston.
