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Challah and ‘Talent’ at Chabad
Learning to bake challah at Chabad Center for Jewish Life and Learning WILMETTE – Some 150 eager women filed into the Chabad Center for Jewish Life and Learning on Jan. 22, greeted by elegant pink...
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WILMETTE – The Chicago engineering firm MWH-Stantec will perform a value engineering review of a proposed sewer project to bring flooding relief to residents of west Wilmette. The Village Board...
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On a Grey Day, Beauty Is … Somewhere
The rock suited my mood. Photo by Adrienne Fawcett It was a gloomy morning thick with fog. I went on a walk and looked for beauty but the first thing I saw down the road from my house was a rock that...
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Wilmette Public Library Welcomes New Director
Heather McCammond-Watts, the new director of the Wilmette Public Library who took leadership at the start of 2017, is eager to hear from residents. “My primary goal is to get to know this community,”...
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624 Elmwood Avenue, Wilmette
Beautifully renovated in 2012, this stately Georgian home in the sought after CAGE area of Wilmette is just two blocks from Lake Michigan. The home’s highly desired layout features 4 bedrooms, 3...
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NT Senior Plays GRAMMY Awards After-party
Erik Findling Erik Findling doesn’t remember a time when he didn’t play guitar. He can get close; he remembers his first lesson at 5 years old. Now a senior at New Trier Township High School, it’s a...
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Burglars Hit 4 Darkened Homes
WILMETTE – The Wilmette Police Department is investigating four residential burglaries that occurred on Friday, Jan. 27, between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. Locations of the burglaries were: 3400 Wilmette Ave....
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Boys Hoops Recap: Fenwick 46, LA 37
Just blame it on the schedule-makers. Nah, not really. Playing in big games and going up against highly touted foes has been the norm of late for Loyola Academy. And LA head coach Tom Livatino...
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Baker Demonstration: From Inside Out
WILMETTE – Baker Demonstration School has announced a $6.25 million fundraising initiative called From the Inside Out: Baker’s Centennial Campaign. To date, Baker has raised $2.8 million in gifts and...
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NT Kinesis to Perform Feb. 2-4
New Trier 2017 Kinesis NORTHFIELD — The Performing Arts Division at New Trier High School is proud to present Kinesis — a student dance company — in concert Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 2-4. The Kinesis...
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Flipside: NT, GBS win regional titles
New Trier’s Avery Faulkner, seen here in earlier action, took third in the all-around at the NT Regional. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE PFOERTNER Their scores are soaring — at just the right time. Both New...
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Safe Landing: Synagogue Refugee Families
Rabbi Steven Lowenstein and others from Am Shalom with welcome signs at the airport. Photo from Am Shalom’s Facebook page. Refugee families sponsored by two North Shore synagogues arrived in Chicago...
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Science Meets Fiction at Wilmette Theatre
Editor’s note: This story was updated on Feb. 3 to correct the date “Anaconda”. It will be shown at the Wilmette Theatre on March 28 at 7 p.m. Kayla Carter serves fresh popcorn to Kati Hochstadt, of...
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Marie Murphy Science Team Rocks
Marie Murphy Science Olympiad team celebrates their 7th place finish WILMETTE – Students from Marie Murphy School took 7th overall in field of 60 teams from 13 states at the Wright State Science...
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Regina Student Building Bridges
Katie Burke of Regina Dominican High School WILMETTE – Regina Dominican junior Katie Burke took first place in the North Suburban Chicago division at the regional Bridge Building Competition at the...
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A Rare Breed in Butcher Shops
Al’s Meat Market owner Joe Spera. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER/JWC MEDIA Don’t call Al’s Meat & Poultry Market and ask for Al — you might hear a dial tone. Most customers know owner Joe Spera by...
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NT, Murdock upbeat after 2nd-place finish
Maeve Murdock of New Trier goes airborne during her balance beam routine at the Stevenson Sectional. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER Had Maeve Murdock been slightly sullen and disappointed after the...
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Athletes of the Month: Williams, Giannakopoulos
Lake Forest’s Delaney Williams. PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEVE HANDWERKER Two basketball players — Lake Forest High School’s Delaney Williams and Glenbrook South’s Matt Giannakopoulos — have been named...
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New Trier ‘Day On Race’ Riles Parents
Top left: title from the website for Parents of New Trier, which seeks changes to the Race Day lineup. At right, logo for a petition in support of the high school’s Seminar Day on Race. Bottom left, an...
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Inspiration, Hope Rise at Concert
Students from Avoca West Elementary, Marie Murphy School and New Trier Varsity Voices join in song at the 6th Annual Avoca District Choral Concert. WILMETTE – Students from Avoca West, Marie Murphy and...
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