Peter Kaspari

Typically a routine session, the Winnetka Park Board of Commissioners’ annual meeting on Thursday to elect its officers resulted with one commissioner voting against the incumbent president for another term and a new vice president being selected over the incumbent candidate. The Park Board’s annual meeting was held immediately following the commissioners’ regular meeting Thursday […]

The long process of getting Elder and Centennial beaches refurbished continues after the Village of Winnetka returned the park district’s permit application, requesting clarifications and further information. Director of Parks and Maintenance Costa Kutulas provided the Winnetka Park Board received an update on the permits and the project timeline at its regular meeting Thursday, May […]

With extensive renovations nearing completion and its reopening expected within the next few months, the Winnetka Golf Club is getting a new logo to with its new look. The Winnetka Park Board reviewed and approved that new logo at its regular meeting on Thursday, May 23. The design was a collaborative effort between Winnetka Park […]

Northfield officials are hoping two new incentives will help attract police officers to their community as it faces challenges in filling vacant positions within the police department. The incentives, which the Northfield Board of Trustees unanimously approved at its regular meeting Tuesday, June 18, include financial bonuses for current Village staff, both within the police […]

Nearly five months after the Wilmette Park District’s website crashed during summer-camp signups, causing numerous residents to express their frustrations, the results of a follow-up survey and discussion were presented to Park Board members. The results, which were shared with the Park Board at its committee of the whole meeting on Monday, June 24, offered […]

Drainage equipment buried underneath property that the Village of Kenilworth hopes to develop could be removed if the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago is on board. An intergovernmental agreement was unanimously approved by Kenilworth trustees during a 40-minute special board meeting on Tuesday, July 2. They also approved an engineering agreement with Ciorba […]

What might a revised cellphone policy for students at New Trier High School look like? The district wants to answer that question during the upcoming school year and is forming a committee to examine the current policy and recommend any changes to the administration. Superintendent Dr. Paul Sally discussed the new committee at the School […]

New Trier Board of Education members heard a presentation on Monday, July 15, from Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates, the search firm that has been tasked with finding the high school’s next superintendent. At the board’s May meeting, Dr. Paul Sally announced that he will be retiring as superintendent at the conclusion of the upcoming […]

Northfield has prepared and served changes for how it defines a restaurant, a move that officials hope will attract more food service businesses to town. The modifications to the zoning code, which were unanimously approved during the Northfield Village Board’s regular meeting on Tuesday, July 16, came about from a discussion at a committee of […]

Northfield trustees approved a budget amendment that will allow officials to expand the ranks of the police department. The expansion means at full-force the department can have 21 officers, an increase from the previous cap of 19. At last month’s committee of the whole meeting, Village Manager Patrick Brennan reviewed the results of a recent […]