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.
Former District 65 school board member Mary Anne Wexler recommends voters choose Andy Bezaitis, Doug Holt, and Deborah Graham for the Evanston Township High School District 202 Board of Education.
A semi-truck got stuck Thursday afternoon under the viaduct on Dempster Street, near Bagel Art.
President Barack Obama mentioned Justin Murray, who was shot and killed last November, during a speech in Denver Wednesday.
Evanston’s Central Street Cafe, 2800 Central St., shut its doors for good last weekend. The bistro-style cafe and retail wine and cheese shop opened in August 2011.
Evanston’s Central Street Cafe, 2800 Central St., shut its doors for good last weekend. The bistro-style cafe and retail wine and cheese shop opened in August 2011.
In Patch's ongoing real estate column, we look at a three-story, five-bedroom Victorian home in North Evanston with ornate stained glass windows and other historic details.
Evanston’s planning and development committee stalled on proposed ordinances would affect short-term rentals on sites like Airbnb, Craigslist and vrbo.com.
Arsen Demirdjian died at age 80 on March 26. He was co-owner of Sayat Nova, an Armenian restaurant in downtown Chicago. Demirdjian and his brother, Levon, first opened the restaurant in Rogers Park in 1965.
Arlene R. Haney, of Evanston and formerly Wilmette, died at 82 on March 22, 2013. She was a longtime volunteer at local hospitals and was known to her grandchildren as the “Cook of the Cowboys."
In Patch's ongoing real estate column, we look at a three-story, five-bedroom Victorian home in North Evanston with ornate stained glass windows and other historic details.
Evanston police arrested a 44-year-old Evanston man after he stole a $2,600 Louis Vuitton purse from a car waiting in line at a car wash, according to police. The victim — a Wilmette woman — and two other people chased him down.
Evanston police arrested a 44-year-old Evanston man after he stole a $2,600 Louis Vuitton purse from a car waiting in line at a car wash, according to police. The victim and two other people chased him down.
Ald. Judy Fiske, the incumbent candidate in Evanston’s first ward, has called on her opponent, Edward Tivador, to return a campaign contribution from a part-owner of a proposed bed and breakfast on the lakefront.
Wilmette native Elissa Froman died at age 29 of Hodgkin's lymphoma. Friends and coworkers remember her dedication to social justice and her unusual ability to build community in the personal and political spheres.
Evanston resident Mindy Wallis, who has long been involved with the District 202 school board, shares her endorsements for election April 9.
Evanston Township High School Supt. Eric Witherspoon shared a note on the District 202 website following the death of Kevoyn Cox, 18, in a car crash Friday. Other ETHS students were injured in the crash on Howard Street.
A supporter of first ward candidate Edward Tivador criticizes the campaign tactics of the incumbent, Ald. Judy Fiske.
Wilmette native Elissa Froman died at age 29 of Hodgkin's lymphoma. Friends and coworkers remember her dedication to social justice and her unusual ability to build community in the personal and political spheres.
Wilmette native Elissa Froman died at age 29 of Hodgkin's lymphoma. Friends and coworkers remember her dedication to social justice and her unusual ability to build community in the personal and political spheres.
Two longtime Evanston/Skokie residents write that Elena Garcia Ansani, Bill Geiger, Casey Miller and Pat Savage Williams are the best District 202 candidates to close the gap at Evanston Township High School.