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 city’s human services committee decided not to move forward with an intergovernmental agreement establishing a “safe school zone” around Evanston Township High School.
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The park district held Glenview's first-ever "Pumpkin Smash and Bash" this weekend.
The holidays are upon us, which means its time for the Glenview Senior Center's annual Candy Cane Holiday Bazaar.
Rogelio Hernandez died at age 60, leaving behind two children and two grandchildren. He was an associate at the Evanston Home Depot.
The information in this blotter was reported by Evanston Police on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
The information in this blotter was reported by Glenview Police on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
Sandwiches from Cheesie's Pub & Grub, 622 Davis St., made Zagat's recent list of the 30 best grilled cheese sandwiches in the United States.
The city of Evanston shut down pop-up restaurant Under the Table because it did not obtain a food establishment license from the health department.
Bring in candy or other items to send to someone deployed to Afghanistan.
The information in this blotter was reported by Evanston police on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.
The American Legion hosts an observance at the Veterans Memorial downtown.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has said it would be interested in purchasing the mansion as a headquarters for its operations in the state.
A man pointed a gun at an employee at the gas station, located at Waukegan Road and Colfax Street, then made off with $875 from the cash register, according to police.
A man pointed a gun at an employee at the gas station, located at Waukegan Road and Colfax Street, then made off with $875 from the cash register, according to police.
A man pointed a gun at an employee at the gas station, located at Waukegan Road and Colfax Street, then made off with $875 from the cash register, according to police.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has said it would be interested in purchasing the mansion as a headquarters for its operations in the state.
The city council voted 8-1 to include electronic cigarettes in the city’s clean air act, banning them in all areas designated “smoke-free.”
