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.
The following information was reported by the Skokie Police Department on Friday, May 31, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
Under a proposed law passed by legislators today, Illinois children would have to start school at age 6 instead of age 7.
Community Partners for Affordable Housing just celebrated its 10-year anniversary. The nonprofit has homes in Lake Forest and Highland Park and more planned in Evanston.
A new bakery selling artisan breads, pastries, espresso and salads opens for business at 810 Dempster St. in Evanston.
Start planning things to do with the kids once school is out for the summer.
Planning and zoning manager Dennis Marino will retire this year after more than two decades with the city of Evanston.
The following information was reported by the Evanston Police Department on Thursday, May 30, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
Find new homes for sale in Evanston on this page every week, from our partners at Zillow.
The following information was supplied by the Skokie Police Department on Thursday, May 30, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
Evanston police arrested and charged a 43-year-old Chicago man in the 1992 murder of Deeondra Dawson. Dawson was found stabbed to death in her Evanston apartment at age 25.
Patch gets a spiffy new look today. Take the new site for a test drive and tell us what you think.
The following information was supplied by the Skokie Police Department on Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
Evanston police arrested a 36-year-old Evanston man and charged him with unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver and possession of ammunition without a FOID card.
The following information was reported by the Evanston Police Department on Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
Evanston resident Robert Taylor died at age 72 this May. He worked for the Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization for nearly 30 years and ushered for the Cubs in retirement.
The following information was reported by the Evanston Police Department on Tuesday, May 28, 2013.
Evanston police issued citations to four local businesses that sold tobacco to underage minors during a sting operation affecting 40 Evanston businesses.
Five new restaurants have opened or are opening soon in downtown Evanston, including a new 90-seat Starbucks, the Michelin-rated Farmhouse Evanston and Lao Sze Chuan, offering authentic Chinese cuisine.
During a crackdown on traffic violations from May 10 to 27, Evanston Police issued 23 tickets to drivers talking on their cell phones and cited 64 people for not wearing a seat belt.
