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1 month ago | 
therecordnorthshore.org | Peter Kaspari |Martin Carlino |Neil Milbert
A proposal to redevelop the Indian Hill Metra lot into a senior living complex received a mixed reception from the Winnetka Village Council on Tuesday, leaving trustees with multiple questions regarding any future redevelopment.
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1 month ago | 
therecordnorthshore.org | Peter Kaspari |Martin Carlino
The Record North Shore is excited to expand its editorial team and is searching for our next community news reporter to cover Highland Park and stories that impact North Shore communities. The right candidate will report stories of meaning and value to local readers; that includes local government and business reporting, accountability and solutions journalism, event coverage, and feature and profile writing.
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1 month ago | 
therecordnorthshore.org | Peter Kaspari |Martin Carlino
A summary of preps sports competition from area schools over the past week. Send scores and highlights to [email protected]. BASEBALLNew Trier 3, Oak Park-River Forest 1Trey Meyers homered to lead off the game as the Trevians earned a nonconference victory on Thursday, April 3. Henrik Conniff earned the win with five strikeouts in four innings pitched for New Trier.
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1 month ago | 
therecordnorthshore.org | Martin Carlino |Peter Kaspari
One of the most highly anticipated and fiercely campaigned races in The Record’s coverage area came down to the wire. Challenger Jonathan Center appears to have ousted incumbent Kim Stone for a seat on Highland Park’s City Council by a thin margin, according to unofficial Lake County election results. Center holds a narrow lead of approximately 300 votes — 2,353 votes to longtime council member Stone’s 2,038 — with 25 of 25 precincts reporting, per county election data. Candidate Kevin K.
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1 month ago | 
therecordnorthshore.org | Zoë Takaki |Martin Carlino
The Flight 5342 Memorial Skating Performance at Wilmette Ice Skating Rink honoring the victims who died in the Jan. 29 plane crash was unlike a traditional skating performance. It offered a chance for the skating community to grieve and heal together. Many who skated in the event on March 8 at Centennial Ice Rinks in Wilmette were friends of those who died in the tragedy. Some participants were even with the victims just days before their passing.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
therecordnorthshore.org | Zoe Engels |Martin Carlino |Peter Kaspari
What do now-popular musicians Billy Strings, Caamp and Michael Marcagi have in common? They have all played in the same Winnetka living room. North Shore residents and music aficionados, Mark and Val Haller have since taken their successful living room music series to the Winnetka Chapel, where they bring new artists to hundreds of attendees twice a month, virtually for free (a $5 reservation fee, which Mark Haller compares to an artist “pre-tip,” deters no-shows).
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
therecordnorthshore.org | Martin Carlino |Peter Kaspari
!-— facebook open graph tags --> <!-— twitter card tags additive with the og: tags --> A previously discussed policy that would punish landlords for long-term commercial vacancies once again has the attention of the Highland Park City Council. But city officials expressed significant hesitations about turning the well-worn discussion into reality. The council during its Monday, Jan. 27 committee of the whole session reignited discussions on a vacancy tax for commercial properties within city...
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
therecordnorthshore.org | Martin Carlino |Peter Kaspari
!-— facebook open graph tags --> <!-— twitter card tags additive with the og: tags --> The following reports were pulled from the latest police summaries provided by departments in our coverage area (Wilmette, Winnetka, Highland Park, Northfield, Kenilworth and Glencoe). WILMETTE Jan. 25 • Several items reportedly was stolen from a home in the 300 block of Central Avenue. The home’s residents told police they saw individuals running out the front door as they arrived home. Jan. 20 • Items...
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
therecordnorthshore.org | Peter Kaspari |Martin Carlino
In its ongoing efforts to reduce flooding throughout the Village and improve stormwater management, Winnetka officials are now looking toward the eastern portion of town to address some of its most frequently impacted areas. The Winnetka Village Council received an update on Jan. 14 on a stormwater management study, which is currently being conducted by Strand Associates Inc., an engineering and design firm based out of Milwaukee.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
therecordnorthshore.org | Martin Carlino |Peter Kaspari
!-— facebook open graph tags --> <!-— twitter card tags additive with the og: tags --> The first meeting of Wilmette’s Village Board in 2025 focused solely on a project that will surely be one of trustees’ most thought-over endeavors in the year ahead. A special Committee of the Whole meeting of the board on Tuesday, Jan. 14, zeroed in on reaching tentative approval of the recommended building program for Wilmette’s new police station. Trustees ultimately reached a formal consensus to give...
