Winnetka News

Acclaimed author Margaret Atwood will present a 70-minute dramatic reading from her new novel, "The Year of the Flood," backed by a troupe of actors and a choir, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov.

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.

Primaries Feb. 2 are to determine who will face off Nov. 2, 2010, for the 10th Congressional District seat that incumbent Mark Kirk is leaving to run for U.S. Senate.

Share + Oct 27, 2009 4:23 pm US/Central CHICAGO In the mid 1930s, Geraldine Lawhorn was a student at Marshall High School in Chicago.

Candidates seeking election in next February's primary had the opportunity to be first to file petitions to get on the ballot last Monday.

Some 45 dealers from all over the country will showcase furniture, artwork, clothing, jewelry and more at "The Modernism Show: Exposition & Sale of 20th Century Design, 1890-1990," Nov.

The Haven Youth & Family Services has moved its headquarters from Winnetka to a more welcoming place with more room in downtown Wilmette.

It's really all comes down to just two guys talking. And that's what makes it great.

There are many hands that took part in laying the foundation on which Chicago's fine restaurants stand.

It would cost an estimated $185 million to renovate facilities on the Winnetka Campus, according to a presentation made Monday night by the architectural firm Perkins + Will to the New Trier High School District 203 Board -- contingent on a summer of 2010 start date and completion by summer of 2012.

Firefighters continue to battle a two-alarm fire at Matty's Wayside Inn in Glenview this morning.

Metropolitan Opera National Council, Central Region, will hold its Audition Finals at 2 p.m. on Nov.

If you loved Jacquelyn Mitchard's wonderful book The Deep End of the Ocean, you may wonder why she would want to tack on a sequel.

Today's fundraising winners in the 10th CD Today, you will be hearing a lot about the fund raising prowess of various federal candidates for office, as yesterday was the deadline for 2010 federal political candidates to file their disclosure reports detailing expenditures and contributions for the last quarter.

The amusements industry lost what trade leaders had termed a "critical" vote last week as Cook County voted for the second time in two weeks to opt out of legalized, operator-run video poker.

Through photographs and artifacts, students at New Trier High School have the chance to explore the history of African-Americans on the North Shore.

Cook County Commissioner Bill Beavers long ago christened himself "The Hog with the Big Nuts." His new colleague, Commissioner Bridget Gainer, may give him a run for his money.

William Harris Lee & Co. has opened a stringed instrument store in the Baker Building in downtown Wilmette to be closer to their customers.

When Willowbrook third graders in Northbrook/Glenview School District 30 learned about Hellen Keller, they thought they knew what it meant to be blind.

The Service Club of Chicago's kick-off party for their annual gala was surely the beautiful afternoon that precedes La Bella Notte on Nov.