Reparations Approved | Coach Honored | Teacher Charged

Highland Park IL

28 March, 2021

6:00 AM

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Miss a day, miss a lot, so take a moment to catch up on some of the past week's headlines from across the North Shore. First Evanston Reparations Fund Initiative Approved: $25K Housing Grants The Evanston City Council Monday approved the first allocation of funding to its first-in-the-nation municipal reparations program for the city's Black residents. Aldermen authorized... Read more 'Real Reparations' Requires Direct Payments, Daily Show Host Says After news of the City Council's vote to approve the first allocation of funding from the Evanston Reparations Fund hit national and international wire services Monday night, The Daily... Read more Outside Group Offers $75,000 In Cash Payments For Black Residents Ahead of a vote on the first money to be distributed from Evanston's historic local reparations program, a California-based group has offered $75,000 for cash payments to Black Evanston... Read more Evanston 'Dark Money PAC' Launches Attack Ads In Aldermanic Races A recently formed political committee has launched an ad campaign in support of five City Council candidates in the April 6 election, warning four challengers and an incumbent would... Read more COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments Available For Lake County Seniors Vaccine appointments are now available for all Lake County seniors registered through the county's online system, Lake County Health Department officials announced Wednesday. Anyone... Read more District Cuts Jobs, Halts Admin Raises To Cover $1.9 Million Deficit Facing financial projections of a structural deficit growing from nearly $2 million to almost $15 million over the next four years, the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board... Read more High School Launches Search For New Principal With last week's announcement that Principal Chala Holland is departing when her contract expires at the end of June, Lake Forest Community High School District 115 officials... Read more Wiseacre Farm To Be Featured On History Channel Back in December of last year, a television production crew from the History Channel made a special visit to Glenview. Wiseacre Farm, a family-owned hydroponic farm, will be featured... Read more 'Imminent Theft Risk': Library Moves Dr. Seuss Books Behind Desk Staff at Lake Forest Library have moved copies of several recently discontinued Dr. Seuss books behind a desk and limited them to in-building use to stop anyone from stealing them,... Read more Chicago Bears Honor GBN Football Coach Matt Purdy Though his team may have kicked off the season with a tough loss, it was still a winning week for Matt Purdy, Glenbrook North High School varsity football coach, and his program.... Read more NORTH SHORE REAL ESTATE Real Estate Developer Unloads Highland Park Home At $550,000 Loss A 120-year-old home a block from Lake Michigan sold last week for more than a half-million dollars below the price paid the seller in 2007. The $2.1 million sale is... Read more (Realtor.com) LOCAL POLICE REPORTS (Jonah Meadows/Patch) Teen Boy Fatally Struck By Yellow Line Train In EvanstonGlencoe Tutoring Lounge Director Charged With Sexual Assault Ex-Deputy Police Chief IndictedTeens Found With Illegal Guns, Quantity Of Marijuana: BlotterHit-And-Run Driver Had Nearly Twice Legal Alcohol Limit: Blotter Fleeing Trio Arrested After Crashing Into Squad Cars: Blotters DUI, Aggravated Speeding Among 4 Charges For 18-Year-Old: BlotterBattery, Graffiti With Derogatory Terms Reported At Park: Blotter Death Of 11-Year-Old Girl Under Investigation: Police IN MEMORIUM North Shore Death Notices: March 15 To March 21 EARLIER: North Shore Week in Headlines, March 14–March 20: Reopening Plans | Vaccine Eligibility Expands | Lewd E-Learning | Little League Name Change Petition | High Schools To Open Full-Day ALSO ON PATCH Learn how to post events, letter and articles on Patch with a user accountLike us on Facebook: Evanston • Highland Park • Winnetka-Glencoe • Lake Forest • Deerfield • Northbrook • Glenview • Skokie • Wilmette-Kenilworth • Niles-Morton Grove For more local stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts or download the iPhone or Android app.