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.
Libertyville High School landed at No. 20 in Illinois on a U.S. News and World Report ranking of public high schools. LHS fell four spots from 2012, when it ranked No. 16.
Evanston Township High School landed at No. 18 in Illinois on a U.S. News and World Report ranking of public high schools. ETHS dropped one place from 2012, when it ranked No. 17.
Evanston police arrested a 21-year-old Chicago man after they found $8,700 in cash, “crack” cocaine and marijuana in a locked safe that belonged to him.
Evanston police arrested a 21-year-old Chicago man after they found $8,700 in cash, “crack” cocaine and marijuana in a locked safe that belonged to him.
Stevenson High School is among the most challenging public high schools in the United States, according to annual rankings by the Washington Post.
A cleanup is planned at the Ladd Arboretum Saturday, April 27, followed by an Earth and Arbor Day Celebration at the Ecology Center.
Chicago coffee shop Dollop and Hoosier Mama Pie Company are considered a combination cafe and pie shop in the new AMLI apartment building going up at 631-749 Chicago Ave. in Evanston.
Grayslake North High School is among the most challenging public high schools in the United States, according to annual rankings by the Washington Post.
Libertyville High School is among the most challenging public high schools in the United States, according to annual rankings by the Washington Post.
Highland Park High School is among the most challenging public high schools in the United States, according to annual rankings by the Washington Post.
Deerfield High School is among the most challenging public high schools in the United States, according to annual rankings by the Washington Post.
Lake Forest High School is among the most challenging public high schools in the United States, according to annual rankings by the Washington Post.
See a list of 25 Evanston Township High School students honored during a student of the month breakfast April 19.
Vernon Hills and Stevenson high schools are among the most challenging public high schools in the United States, according to annual rankings by the Washington Post.
Stevenson High School and Buffalo Grove high school are among the most challenging public high schools in the United States, according to annual rankings by the Washington Post.
The Evanston Children’s Choir will lose its space in the city-owned Noyes Cultural Arts Center if the aldermen approve plans for a $2.2 million expansion of Piven Theater.
Evanston Township High School was ranked among the top 2 percent of the most challenging public high schools in the United States, according to annual rankings by the ‘Washington Post.’
City officials said flooded basements were one of the biggest issues following a heavy rainstorm that dumped more than four inches of rain on Evanston beginning Thursday night.
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 has canceled all after school activities Thursday, April 18, due to the weather.
Where are you seeing road closures in Evanston?
