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(Editor’s Note: Hope Perry reported this story for Evanston RoundTable, a neighboring independent newsroom. It was shared with The Record as part of an ongoing collaborative effort.) Earlier this month, Evanston/Skokie District 65 administrators unveiled a plan to cut approximately $20 million from the budget, primarily by closing Dewey and Lincolnwood elementary schools, red...

Plans to open the Silver Dollar, a new bar set for 432 Sheridan Road in Highwood, have hit a roadblock after the City’s recent denial of its liquor license application. Proprietor Howard Hughes, who also owns the Wooden Nickel bar in Highwood, wants to open Silver Dollar in the former Teddy O’Brien’s space, as The […]

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Neighbors of a long-standing Glencoe home that faces a wrecking ball are rallying against its demolition, urging local officials for stronger preservation measures in response to what they’re calling the “wrong outcome for our block.” Several residents of Oakdale Avenue took to the lectern during the Village Board meeting on Thursday night, Oct. 15, each […]

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Daniel Zellner’s passion for theater began in nursery school, when he first got the opportunity to run around wild on stage and make believe, he said. He has since studied theater in New Orleans, Los Angeles and Chicago, launched his own theater company, worked under an Italian maestro of “commedia dell’arte” and coached the Renaissance-era […]

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Pete Kadens wants you to sit and stay for a while, and that desire is driving another change to Glencoe’s dining scene. The entrepreneur told The Record that Mensch’s Deli and Picnic will close their Glencoe locations in November to set the stage for the fourth reinvention of 668 Vernon Ave. since 2021. Since taking […]

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