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.
"He has to be the nicest kid," said owner Julio Andino, who has run Gigio's Pizzeria, currently located at 1001 Davis St., for the past 45 years.
The information in this blotter was reported by Glenview Police on Dec. 9 and 10, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
The information in this blotter was reported by Glenview Police on Dec. 9 and 10, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
The information in this blotter was reported by Evanston Police on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
Cameras would stretch along the entire length of Dodge Avenue and most of Church Street, in order to provide a safe route for kids to walk to school, according to the mayor.
Tompary leaves behind his wife, three children, five grandchildren and his brother.
Kelly leaves behind her husband, three children, one grandchild and her father.
Lavinia McClaurine lived in Evanston and was born in Lincolnshire, England.
Lavinia McClaurine lived in Evanston and was born in Lincolnshire, England.
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The office building at 2601 Patriot Blvd. houses the headquarters of Beltone.
Officials must assess underground water lines for breaks that may have been caused by the accident.
A man attacked a 23-year-old woman and tried to undress her in the 1300 block of Maple Avenue just after midnight Saturday, Dec. 8.
A man attacked a 23-year-old woman and tried to undress her in the 1300 block of Maple Avenue just after midnight Saturday, Dec. 8.
Kids went all out decorating gingerbread farms at Wagner Farm's Annual Gingerbread Jubilee.
In other school news: An ETHS senior won a 2013 National Scholastic Press Association award for cartooning, and two ETHS seniors took top spots at a speech tournament.
Downtown Evanston business group executive director Carolyn Dellutri has accepted a position as senior director of programs and services for the National Main Street Center in Chicago.
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The information in this blotter was reported by Evanston Police on Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
A man attacked a 23-year-old woman and tried to undress her in the 1300 block of Maple Avenue just after midnight Saturday, Dec. 8.