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Bookends & Beginnings calls for help, raises over $46,000 so far

Evanston bookstore Bookends & Beginnings sent out a plea Wednesday evening asking customers to help offset declining sales and foot traffic with contributions or memberships to the store. Contributors had raised more than $46,000 as of Friday morning, with a goal of $60,000. “I’m stunned,” owner Nina Barrett told the...

Evanston, IL · 21h
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Palatine Retires Rand Road TIF, Freeing Up $5 Million for Schools, Village

Arlington Toyota — Reported Business Tied To Corridor Redevelopment. Palatine council members voted to dissolve the Rand Road Corridor Tax Increment Financing District, a move that will redirect more than $5 million in property taxes to the levies of local taxing bodies once the district winds down at the end of 2026. The district helped reshape a stretch of Rand Road into a retail corridor anchored by Walmart, Target and Arlington Toyota, and its retirement closes out more than two decades of village-led redevelopment along that strip.

Palatine, IL · 1d
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Evanston Public Library to host author event on Nov. 14 with Jill Vanneman, daughter of former mayor

The Evanston Public Library is hosting an author event with Jill Vanneman to talk about her new book, The Perfection Campaign: A Daughter’s Search for Acceptance. It will take place from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, in the Community Meeting Room (107) at the Main Library, 1703 Orrington Ave.

Evanston, IL · 1d
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Golf teams ‘stay the course’

The ball was going everywhere that senior Peyton Camardella didn’t want it to go. Between hitting the ball just short of the green or straight into the water, Camardella was having a very out-of-character match for her first nine holes of the girls’ golf sectional on Monday, Sept. 5. That was until she looked at the little number 19 written on her ball, her boyfriend’s jersey number, and was reminded that no matter what, it will be OK .

Mt Prospect, IL · 1d
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Students, staff reflect on late start implementation

On the last Wednesday of each month, the first bell will ring at 10 a.m. instead of 8:45 a.m. The later start gives teachers a block of time to work together and focus on professional learning before students arrive. These consistent late starts were introduced this year as part of...

Vernon Hills, IL · 2d

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A new way to connect: American Sign Language Club comes to ACHS

Founded by students, the new American Sign Language Club aims to teach others a different way to communicate and connect with those around them. Students at Antioch Community High School are finding a new way to connect with others through the school’s newest club. Seniors Tyler Eppers and Alyn Appelt started the American Sign Language Club and serve as co-presidents. They asked Tracy Aleckson, a hearing itinerant at Antioch Community High School who helps deaf and hard-of-hearing students, to sponsor the club.

Antioch, IL · 1d

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The Missner Group Begins Renovation of Northbrook Mercedes-Benz Dealership

The Missner Group has started construction on the interior renovation of Autohaus Automotive, Inc., a Mercedes-Benz dealership located in Northbrook, Illinois. The 19,550-square-foot renovation will modernize the dealership’s first-floor customer and employee spaces, including the showroom, customer lounge, vehicle delivery area, sales offices, service offices, and circulation corridors. Additional improvements include upgrades to mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, as well as the installation of new customer EV charging capabilities.

Northbrook, IL · 1d

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From Netflix to Skokie’s North Shore Center with writer, speaker and satirist Fran Lebowitz

For nearly 50 years, writer, speaker and satirist Fran Lebowitz has applied her sardonic wit to a variety of subjects. Reaching the “New York Times” bestseller list with “Metropolitan Life” and “Social Studies” in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, Lebowitz has more recently delivered her hilariously scathing critiques both on stage and on screen, appearing in seven episodes of the Martin Scorsese-directed conversational Netflix documentary series “Pretend It’s a City” in 2021.

Skokie, IL · 20h

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Online grocery sales rise 20.7% in third quarter

Brick Meets Click finds firm demand for food delivery.

Barrington, IL · 2d

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Evanston shelves empty as state THC drink ban takes effect

On Thursday, the shelves where THC drinks were sold at Binny’s Beverage Depot on Chicago Avenue were empty after customers bought up the remaining product in the days before a new state law took effect. The same was true at Lucky Platter’s pantry store. The law, known as...

Evanston, IL · 1d