Northfield News

When he was a kid, David Jarvis and his family traveled across the border from Amherst, N.Y. to Niagara Falls, Canada, to attend a fish fry.

Drive-by egging led to criminal charges against six teenagers, Deerfield police said.

There are many ways to say "thank you" -- with letters, phone calls, e-mails, text messages, hugs, handshakes, smiles, and commercial thank-you notes and cards.

The following incidents were listed in the official reports of the Winnetka and Northfield police departments.

A mixture of anger, frustration and curiosity drew about 30 people to Harms Woods Saturday for a tax protest "tea party." The group listened to speakers decry increasing taxes at all levels though most of their ire was directed at county and state officials who they said have been wasting money and forcing residents to pay higher and higher taxes.

Fire investigators suspect a faulty attic fan may have started a fire early Sunday in a two-story house on the 400 block of Maple Avenue.

Evanston fire investigators are working to determine whether construction was the cause of a fire that broke out Monday afternoon near the building of Evanston Hospital's Kellogg Cancer Care Center, resulting in evacuation of some of the hospital's patients from the adjacent existing building.

During the summer months street festivals seem to be happening almost every weekend, but few in the Northern suburbs consistently draw as many people for as many years as the Glenview Summer Festival and Street Sale scheduled for Saturday June 27.

Northfield Township hosts a free recycling event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Northfield Township Road District Garage, 1928 Lehigh Ave.

The Winnetka Community Nursery School will host the 64th annual Winnetka Children's Fair June 12 and 13 at the Village Green.

Northbrook Community Nursery School held a James Bond-themed gala for 140 guests -- complete with martini bar and craps table -- on March 9 at Sunset Ridge Country Club in Northfield.

Police and firefighters rescued a Glencoe couple and their two dogs from a fire that badly damaged their ranch-style home in the 1100 block of Green Bay Road early this morning.

The Benefit Board of North Shore Country Day School held the opening act of this year's annual auction party The Purple Curtain on Feb.

Visit the Glenview Dairy Bar this summer and help support the Northfield Township Food Pantry.

The Kenilworth Union Church held their Annual Outreach Benefit on April 24 at the Michigan Shores Club in Wilmette.

López Negrete designed this point-of-sale poster to fit in with Dr Pepper's new campaign.

Storage space is usually slim at the Northbrook Township Food Pantry, especially when current demand is high for helping the needy.

A 19-year-old was killed in a rollover crash early Saturday on the Edens Expressway in Northfield, police said.

NORTHFIELD, ILL. : A coalition representing accountants in broadcast media issued a heads-up today on a letter from one of Chrysler's media buyers.

Advocates for senior citizens are attempting to save a volunteer program that would cost the state about $401,000 next year but generates about $25 million in benefits for 9,500 suburban Cook County residents.