Wilmette News

A North Shore businessman was arrested this week after he allegedly swindled investors out of several million dollars.

Regina Dominican High School's fall musical will be "Meet Me In St. Louis" at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the O'Shaughnessy Auditorium at the school, 701 Locust Road, Wilmette.

The Rotary Club of Wilmette just gathered 17,000 books from local libraries and schools for donation to needy schools in Chicago's impoverished neighborhoods.

Wilmette's Zoning Board of Appeals gave a thumbs up Wednesday for a drive-up window on a CVS drugstore proposed for 611 Green Bay Road, but wondered why the Village Board did not want a more extensive development on the site.

Chalet's Landscape Division has received the highly coveted Judges award from PLANET for its residential design/construction of a home in Lake Forest.

Following the lead of Lake Bluff, the Wilmette Park District is looking into building platform tennis courts, in response to some residents' interest in such facilities.

Duxler Complete Auto Care consolidated its operations Friday by closing its auto shop on Fourth Street, just north of Linden Avenue, in Wilmette.

Get started on your Christmas shopping in local stores Thursday evening, Nov. 19, when businesses in the Village Center will stay open late for a holiday open house.

Baker Demonstration School of Wilmette has received the 2009 Kermit W. Myers Achievement Award presented by Book Worm Angels for extraordinary contributions to the advancement of children's recreational reading.

Glenview village trustees will discuss a possible hike in water rates for the North Maine Water System that serves parts of Maine Township at their next meeting on Tuesday, Nov.

The Wilmette Historical Museum will present a lecture on 'Historic Gross Point Village' Sunday, Nov.

The Veterans Day holiday originated as "Armistice Day," a day dedicated to peace and to honor the veterans of World War I, "the war to end all wars." "Yet once again our country is at war," Michael Jonscher, the former commander of the American Legion Huerter-Wilmette Post 46, told the people gathered for a Veterans Day ceremony Wednesday in ...

A report on Illinois bridges, recently made available to the public, shows that most bridges in the Wilmette area are in satisfactory to good condition.

Objections have been filed challenging the nominating petitions of two of 12 candidates for the 10th Congressional District.

Ch. 2 political editor Mike Flannery has listed his longtime 17-room mansion in Beverly for $1.25 million.

If the Illinois Standards Achievement Test is any indication, students who attend public schools in New Trier Township leave eighth grade with a strong and comparable foundation for the more rigorous demands of high school.

In response to a string of thefts from customers at local restaurants recently, the Wilmette Police Department had undercover officers staked out at the Corner Bakery Cafe in the Edens Plaza.

Though turkey is the traditional star of the Thanksgiving table, you should consider spreading your wings and serve something different this year, says Dave Zier, master butcher.

Two Glencoe School District 35 schools are in the top 100 elementary and middle schools in the state, based on a Sun Times ranking.

Four Wilmette schools have placed among the top schools in Illinois on Sun-Times Media lists of the highest performers on the Illinois Standards Achievement Tests.