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.
The information in this blotter was reported by Glenview Police on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
The nation's first "net-zero energy" retail store is expected to generate as much energy as it uses, if not more.
The nation's first "net-zero energy" retail store is expected to generate as much energy as it uses, if not more.
Listed at $980,000, the six-bed, three-bath home was built in 1910 and is located in the city's Lakeshore Historic District.
Listed at $980,000, the six-bed, three-bath home was built in 1910 and is located in the city's Lakeshore Historic District.
No one was hurt, according to an employee of Glen Lake Cleaners, 1360 Patriot Blvd. in Glenview.
The information in this blotter was reported by Evanston Police on Thursday, Nov. 21. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
Glenview resident Basil Shubitz leaves behind his mother, brother, sister, and many nieces, nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews. Services will be held Friday, Nov. 22.
Residents are invited to share their thoughts at one of four public forums or via a survey online.
The city counts 19 new businesses that opened in the third quarter of 2013, including Trader Joe's, Temperance Beer Company and two retail fashion stores.
The information in this blotter was reported by Evanston Police on Wednesday, Nov. 20. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
Nicole Pederson is up for an award from the Chicago-based Jean Banchet Awards for Culinary Excellence.
Spot Santa Claus on an Evanston Fire Truck, sing Christmas carols and watch the mayor flip a switch to light the giant tree in Fountain Square.
Residents are invited to share their thoughts at one of four public forums or via a survey online.
'The Oracle' took 4th place for best in show at the National Scholastic Press Association Fall Convention, and GBS grad Zoe Schancer's story won 2nd place for news story of the year.
The information in this police blotter was reported by Glenview Police on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
Also on tap this weekend: an indoor farmers market with a bounty of fresh produce and ladies night at Whole Foods.
The village's 2014 budget includes storm water projects expected to benefit as many as 1,395 parcels in Glenview.
Take a look at this video created for the Glenview Chamber of Commerce, which spotlights a number of multi-generational family businesses in town.
Listed at $980,000, the six-bed, three-bath home was built in 1910 and is located in the city's Lakeshore Historic District.