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.
Architect and Evanston Township High School grad Josh Gilbert is planning to open a brewery in a warehouse on Dempster Street this summer in neighboring Evanston.
Architect and Evanston Township High School grad Josh Gilbert is planning to open a brewery in a warehouse at 2000 Dempster St. this summer.
A 43-year-old Evanston man was arrested and charged with the burglary of a Howard Street beauty shop, police say. The man was recently released on parole for another burglary.
Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl recapped the ups and downs of 2012 and stressed the importance of economic development and jobs for young adults in her state of the city address Friday.
Evanston Police Chief Richard Eddington attributed the rise in violent crimes to an increase in aggravated assaults and battery connected with an ongoing conflict between members of two local factions.
Walgreens plans to build a new store with wind turbines, solar panels and other features in neighboring Evanston.
Evanston Township High School graduate and then acting U.S. Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin stopped by his alma mater for a visit while in town last week.
Walgreens plans to build a new store at 635 Chicago Ave. with wind turbines, solar panels and other features designed to produce the same amount of energy as the store consumes, if not more.
Evanston resident Dan Kaplan is searching for his cat, Reese, who went missing in the 800 block of Crain Street sometime between Monday night and Tuesday afternoon.
Incumbent Mark Tendam is running against challenger Mark Sloane for the sixth ward seat on the Evanston city council. Find their answers to our questions here.
Incumbent sixth ward Ald. Mark Tendam is running for re-election to a second term on the city council.
Chief financial officer Mark Sloane is running for election in the sixth ward against incumbent Mark Tendam. Sloane previously ran for sixth ward alderman in 2009.
The city of Evanston has declared a snow emergency between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, and Thursday, March 7, meaning residents must abide by alternate side parking restrictions.
Dawn Clark Netsch was a professor of law emerita at Northwestern University in Evanston and an Illinois state senator for 18 years. She was also the first woman to run for governor of Illinois as a candidate of a major political party.
The local coffee company Link’s Sweet Bean has closed down its Wilmette cafe and will be roasting and selling coffee at Rose’s Wheat-Free Bakery in Evanston, in partnership with local investor Marcus Lemonis.
Evanston-Skokie District 65 has canceled all after school activities except childcare due to the snowstorm on Tuesday, March 5, according to Supt. Hardy Murphy.
Arlan Cable lived in Evanston and designed several major projects in Chicago, including the Chicago Board of Trade addition, the Northwestern Atrium Building at Ogilvie Station and the O'Hare Blue Line Station.
The city’s streets and sanitation department is bracing for 5 to 8 inches of snow projected to fall on Tuesday, officials say, in what could be the biggest blizzard since February 2011.
Incumbent Judy Fiske is running against challenger Edward Tivador in the race for the first ward seat on the Evanston City Council. Find their answers to our questions here.
School superintendent Edward Tivador is running his first campaign for election to the city council in the first ward.
