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Park Board outlines preliminary plan for $3M donation; President prioritizes district’s urgent matters

Following an area property owner’s offer to offer a donation to the Winnetka Park District to finish long-planned beach work, park commissioners discussed next steps on whether to simply accept the donation. Last month, Justin Ishbia offered to donate $3 million to support renovation efforts...

Resident of Glencoe Advocates for North Shore’s Migrating Cranes: A True Champion

As Hall Healy spoke recently on the Skokie Lagoons about his lifelong love of birds, especially cranes, he kept his binoculars close at hand. Now and again, he’d pick them as much as gaze fixedly at birds out on the water and discover them: a...

Temporary path gives public access to Langdon Beach for first time since 2019

Dean Lindsay likened an open Langdon Beach to an amusement park. And he was a kid running to be the first one in. While it’s not a long-term fix, a gravel and stone path was installed last week to offer public access to Langdon...

Openlands preserve finally reopens – The Record

More than 70 acres of lakeshore parkland has reopened in north Highland Park. After a two-plus-year ordeal, and now under new oversight, the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve and its 1-mile of shoreline is open to the public after a ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 31. Openlands...

Small Cheval plans get necessary approvals

Small Cheval’s arrival in Wilmette is closer to reality after two village governing bodies granted the acclaimed restaurant the necessary support it needs to move forward. The restaurant’s request for a needed special-use permit made its way in front of Wilmette’s Village Board during...

Tickled Pink: Locals get in on Barbenheimer fun at the theater

The Wilmette Theatre is small. It has two screens. One is located in a lounge with less seating than a corner pub — though it’s more comfortable. The front of the house has a single point of sale. There’s a humble concession area with...