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.
Evanston Township High School athletic director Chris Livatino pulled the baseball team from the playoffs following a school investigation of “sexting” among team members. See what readers had to say.
The Evanston Township High School boys track team took 43 out of 74 teams at the state track meet this weekend in Charleston, Illinois. Wildkits participated in two relays and the 800-meter run.
The following information was reported by the Evanston Police Department on Friday, May 24, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
School officials pulled Evanston Township High School's baseball team from the regional playoffs amid allegations members of the team were sending indecent photos of high school girls via text message.
Evanston Township High School's athletic director asked the baseball team to step down from the playoffs following an investigation that team members had sent inappropriate photos via text message, according to ABC-7 News.
The following information was reported by the Evanston Police Department on Thursday, May 23, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
A jury decided in favor of Donald Trump Wednesday after an 87-year-old Evanston woman sued him, alleging that he sold her two $1 million condos in the Trump Tower with a promise of a share in the building's profits--then reneged on the deal.
In one week, Evanston Patch will have a brand new design and a whole new way to connect.
The following information was provided by the Evanston Police Department on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
A stranger drove up to four students walking near Crain Street and Kimball Avenue in Skokie and asked, “How was your day today,” according to District 65 Supt. Hardy Murphy.
The Michelin-rated restaurant in River North is opening a second location this summer at 703 Church St., offering 36 craft beers on tap and Midwestern cuisine sourced from local farms.
The following information was reported by the Evanston Police Department on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Where arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A 14-year-old sprained his ankle and suffered smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in the 1400 block of Fowler Avenue Tuesday afternoon, according to Evanston Fire Chief Greg Klaiber. No one else was injured in the blaze.
The following information was reported by the Evanston Police Department on Monday, May 20, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
Several community organizations and the city of Evanston are teaming up to co-sponsor a gun buyback program June 29. The city last held a gun buyback program in December 2012, when residents turned in 45 weapons.
In honor of Evanston's 150th anniversary in 2013, this year's annual garden walk includes a centuries-old burr oak tree at the home of Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin and his wife Gloria Callaci.
Evanston Township High School junior Parker English took second in the 200-meter dash and third in the 400-meter dash at Saturday’s state track meet in Charleston.
80-year-old Carlos Rodriguez, who has Alzheimer's and diabetes, went missing from the 149 Callan Ave. in Evanston Saturday morning. Chicago Police found him at a local hospital Saturday afternoon.
