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  • Evanston, IL

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. 

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Thief Steals Gold Chain From Retirement Home

The following information was reported by Evanston Police on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.

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Evanston Seniors Spark Regional Volleyball Win

Caitlin Boer and Akilah Wilson combined for 9 kills as the No. 6 seed Wildkits ousted No. 9 Leyden by a 25-15, 25-14 margin at the Class 4A Evanston Regional tournament.

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Fleps Goal Sends Evanston Into Soccer Title Game

Fleps booted home the game-winning goal Tuesday with 5 minutes, 21 seconds remaining to send the Kits into Saturday’s ETHS Sectional title game.

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OfficeMax Opens Downtown Evanston Location

The new 5,000 square-foot location at 1612 Sherman Ave. offers business support services as well as the typical offerings of pens, paper, ink and toner.

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Robber Kicks Victim In Head in Downtown Evanston

The following information was reported by Evanston Police on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. Where arrests are included, it does not indicate a conviction.

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