Schools Shift To Remote | Veterans Day Tradition | Cop Job Cuts

Highland Park IL

14 November, 2020

7:37 PM

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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. North Shore Native Sydney Barber Makes History At Naval Academy A Lake Forest native has become the first Black woman named brigade commander at the U.S. Naval Academy. Midshipman 1st Class Sydney Barber was tapped for the top student... Read more (U.S. Navy) Former ETHS Basketball Player Ryan Bost Shot Dead In Rogers Park Former Evanston Township High School basketball player Ryan Bost was fatally shot Monday in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood, authorities said. Bost, 20, was sitting in the... Read more (Ann Tarpey) Community Rallies Around Mailman With Coronavirus His smiling face is noticed by all along his Deerfield route and now the local community wants to help their mailman in his time of need. His name is Victor, and according to the organizers... Read more (Photo submitted) 4th Grade Teacher Honors Late Father's Veterans Day Tradition Every year ahead of Nov. 11, Katy Kennedy's late father had a tradition. U.S. Army Sgt. Jerry Glenn Forsyth, a veteran of the Vietnam War, sent out Veterans Day cards to a list... Read more (Courtesy Katy Kennedy) Lake Forest High School Considers Pausing Amid Coronavirus Surge Three weeks after the Lake County Health Department recommended all schools in the county shift to entirely remote learning due to increasing numbers of new coronavirus cases —... Read more Trump Megadonors Contract Coronavirus, Joining Fellow Billionaire Lake Forest billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein have contracted the coronavirus, they told employees at their Wisconsin-based shipping and packaging company Wednesday. The prolific... Read more Parents Plan Car Rally To Support In-Person Schooling In conjunction with local rallies simultaneously being held across Illinois, residents in Illinois School Districts 109, 112 and 113 (covering Deerfield, Highland Park, Highwood, Fort... Read more Northfield Township Schools Go Remote As State Coronavirus Cases Skyrocket As coronavirus cases in Illinois continue to surge, local school districts that were offering any in-person studies are making the move to a full-remote learning environment for the... Read more Employee Coronavirus Case Shuts Down Public Library An employee of the Northbrook Public Library has tested positive for the coronavirus. The library announced Thursday it was closing to the public until at least Dec. 8 as a precautionary... Read more Demolition Company Awarded Bid At Former Bess Hardware Site With project completion planned for next month, Fowler Services Inc. was awarded a contract as part of a resolution by the Glenview Village Board last week to finish the demolition... Read more 11 Police Officer Jobs Eliminated In Proposed Evanston Budget The Evanston City Council Monday gave preliminary approval to a draft 2021 budget that would reduce funding to police and raise the city's property tax levy by nearly 5 percent... Read more Kids Care Food Drive Brings In Over 18,000 Food Items For Pantry Maple School's Student Council, with co-sponsors Lynn Reimer and Iris Zhang, have been busy collecting items for the Character Counts! Kids Care Food Drive for the past two weeks.... Read more 'Superspreader' Sites Drive Spread Of Coronavirus, Model Finds A computer model developed by a team of researchers from Northwestern and Stanford universities accurately predicted the spread of the coronavirus based on demographics, according... Read more Beer Pong 'Devastating' Neighborhoods Around Northwestern Campus Alderman representing neighborhoods around Northwestern University said a lack of action by school administrators and absentee landlords led to last week's Evanston City Council Human... Read more 7-Hour Fire Burns 45 Acres At McCormick Ravine Firefighters battled a fire that burned for over seven hours Monday across more than 45 acres of wildland in southeast Lake Forest, according to the Lake Forest Fire Department.... Read more (Lake Forest Fire Department) NORTH SHORE REAL ESTATE (Realtor.com) Newly Built Lakefront Mansion Sells For $11.75 Million A lakefront mansion built last year on Sheridan Road in Kenilworth became the most expensive home sale in village history when its builders sold it for $11.75 million dollars... Read more LOCAL POLICE REPORTS (Jonah Meadows/Patch) Man Arrested After Firing Gun, Fleeing Into House In Evanston: PoliceArmed Robbers Steal Shoes At Gunpoint In Wilmette: Blotters$33K In Jewelry Stolen From Master Bedroom Of Home: Glenview BlotterResident Finds Handgun In Front Yard Of Home: Northbrook BlotterMan Faces Felony After Fleeing HP Police To Northbrook: HP BlotterWanted Man Found In Stolen Car After Running Stop Sign: LF/LB BlotterWaukegan Woman Gets $175K Bond For Burglary: Lake County Blotter Hit-And-Run Pickup Truck Kills Man In Lake Forest: Police IN MEMORIAM North Shore Death Notices: Nov. 2 To Nov. 9 EARLIER: North Shore Week in Headlines, Nov. 1–Nov. 7: Reps Re-Elected | Beer Pong Ban Proposed | Voters Favor Pot Shops | Records Reveal Police Shooting Timeline | Positive Test Closes Down Halas Hall 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.