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.
Police found a .380 semi-automatic handgun, ammunition and a small amount of cannabis at an Evanston home Thursday and arrested two Evanston men and one Florida man.
A 57-year-old Indiana man died Thursday morning after a beam fell on his head and chest while he was working at a construction site on the south end of Northwestern’s Evanston campus, according to police.
Students at Walker School panned for fool's gold, churned butter, square-danced and dressed in period attire for the annual "Pioneer Day" at Walker Elementary School.
The Wildkits rallied back twice from 3 run deficits to finally take a 7-6 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning. Closer James Hageman induced a 1-6-3 double play to end the game.
The following information was reported by the Evanston Police Department on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Where arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A 43-year-old Evanston man was sentenced to 9 years in prison after pleading guilty to the burglary of a Howard Street beauty shop, police say. The conviction is his fifth for burglary, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections.
The following information was reported by the Evanston Police Department on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Evanston police are questioning several individuals after multiple people reported hearing shots fired near the Fleetwood-Jourdain Center Tuesday afternoon. No victims had come forth as of Tuesday night.
Police found cannabis, “crack” cocaine and $1,200 in cash believed to be obtained from illegal drug sales in an Evanston home. They arrested the 33-year-old resident and charged him with multiple felonies.
Dozens of people spoke about a proposed $3.5 million expansion of Piven Theatre Workshop at the city-owned Noyes Cultural Art Center Monday.
Keith Woods offered a warm welcome, friendly conversation and good advice for nearly 30 years at the Evanston hot dog shop Mustard's Last Stand. He died Sunday at age 51, after a long illness.
The following information was reported by the Evanston Police Department on Monday, May 6, 2013. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Evanston resident Sarah B. Friedman died at age 95 on May 3, 2013. She leaves behind three children, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Student Aaron Clarke finished fourth in congressional debate at the national Tournament of Champions, an ETHS team finished fifth in a national math challenge and more school news.
Northwestern University sophomore Dmitri Teplov, a New York native, was found dead on campus on Sunday May 5, according to university officials.
The Wildkits won their second game against Waukegan on the road Thursday afternoon.
The Evanston Police Department recently deployed a new armored surveillance vehicle with six videocameras that record its surroundings and transmit a live feed to police at the station and in the field.
The following information was supplied by the Evanston Police Department on Thursday, May 2, 2013. Where arrests or charges are reported, it does not indicate a conviction.