Tom Robb Journalist

08/22/2024

A Niles cyclist struck by a Toyota on Milwaukee Avenue in Glenview on Aug. 15 succumbed to his injuries yesterday. Glenview and NORTAF MCAT investigation continues.

(iStock.com/katifcam) Glenview police are asking for the public’s help investigating a fatal bicycle vs. car crash, which occurred just before 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15 in the 800 block of Milwaukee Avenue near Linneman Street. After he was struck by a 2017 Toyota Avalon, the cyclist, identified as...

08/21/2024

A 17-year-old rising GBN senior, too young to vote, is volunteering instead at the DNC this week, and plans to keep volunteering after the convention.

Rising Glenbrook North Senior Nicole Rogoff provides directions to attendees of a pre-DNC party at Navy Pier last weekend. (Photo submitted) Glenbrook North High School senior Nicole Rogoff is 17 and will not be old enough to vote by November’s presidential election, but that is not stopping her f...

08/21/2024

Glenview School District 34 voted to put property tax limiting rate increase referendum question on the Nov. 5 Presidential Election ballot.

Glenview School Dist. 34 logo. Glenview School Dist. 34 Board of Education members approved placing a property tax increase referendum on the Tuesday, Nov. 5 presidential election ballot at their Monday, Aug. 19 board meeting. The district’s goal is to raise $5 million in additional revenue in the...

08/20/2024

We have an update from the Navy, the planned remediation of the burn pit landfill site in the Glen at the former Naval Air Station Glenview site has been pushed back to the fall. Also, we filed a FOIA for additional information which was returned today, so look forward to an update once we've had a chance to go through that.

Site 26 Western Landfill NAS Glenview, sits fenced-off behind an old half-basketball court in the 900 block of Buccaneer Drive in Glenview. (Tom Robb/Journal photo) Navy officials now say a remediation project for a former burn pit and landfill in Glenview will begin sometime in September or early O...

08/19/2024

Lots of local Northwest Suburban politicos will be attending this week's , for State Senator Laura Fine of Glenview, she will be a delegate for Harris now as she was in 2020.

(From left) State Sen. Laura Fine (D-9th), US Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris, and Fine's son Jeremy when Harris was a candidate for president and Fine one of her deligates to the Democratic National Convention in 2020. (Photo submitted) State Sen. Laura Fine (D-9th) of Glenview will be on the....

08/16/2024

Palatine's own Aaron Del Mar was appointed Illinois State Republican Party co-chairman yesterday.

Aaron Del Mar (Photo submitted) Aaron Del Mar, one of three in the running last month for Illinois Republican Party chairman, was appointed state party co-chair on Thursday, Aug, 15. Del Mar, Palatine Township Republican committeeman and Republican state central committeeman for the 5th Congressiona...

08/15/2024

Roof replacement is underway at Glenview's Wagner Farm using the old-school skip sheeting method to install shingles.

Workers restore the Wagner Farm barn roof with new cedar shingles this week. (Photo by George LeClaire) Work described as a restoration of roofing at Wagner Farm in Glenview is underway. Glenview Park Board commissioners awarded a $77,706 contract to Tu Construction for the removal and replacement o...

08/14/2024

Hometown Coffee & Juice was given a half million dollars in village assistance to open a location across from the Downtown Metra Station. The owner of Glenview Grind 2 blocks away, open for 11 years, was not happy about that.

Rendering of the proposed Hometown Coffee & Juice which would be located on Depot Street. Glenview trustees approved a $500,000 incentive grant agreement to facilitate the building of a new Hometown Coffee & Juice location across from the downtown train station, combining three sites on Depot Street...

08/14/2024

Elio Erraez outside Sabor Steakhouse, a new restaurant and live music venue he hopes to open this fall at 6873 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Niles. The planned Sabor a Cafe Steakhouse at 6873 N. Milwaukee Ave., on Niles’ far south side, will feature a wider range of South American cuisine than the owners.....

08/14/2024

Glenview village trustees approve $2.9 million in assistance (grants and loans) to the operators of Des Plaines' Foxtail on the Lake to renovate, open, and operate The Foxtail Glenview House.

Glenview House. (Image submitted) Glenview trustees approved $2.9 million in financial assistance for the operators of Foxtail on the Lake restaurant in Des Plaines to open a new restaurant in the historic Glenview House at their Tuesday, Aug. 6 village board meeting. The assistance takes the form o...

08/14/2024

Glenview School District 34 board members are expected to vote on whether to put a referendum question to increase the property tax limiting rate on the Nov. 5 ballot at Monday's school board meeting.

Glenview School Dist. 34 logo. Glenview School Dist. 34 Board of Education members are expected to vote on placing a limiting rate referendum on the Nov. 5 election ballot at their Monday, Aug. 19 school board meeting. If approved by voters, revenue from the new limiting rate would add $5 million in...

08/13/2024

Some Glenview residents were a little concerned about a plan by the Navy to start a soil remediation project this month at what was a burn pit and landfill at the former Naval Air Station Glenview (now the Glen) on Navy-owned land. The village and US Rep. Jan Schakowsky are watching the details of the development closely.

The 2.2-acre Site 26 Western Landfill NAS Glenview, as seen through a fence in the 900 block of Buccaneer Drive, Glenview. (Tom Robb/Journal photo) Residents living near the 900 block of Buccaneer Drive in Glenview were alarmed to find notices on their doors about upcoming remediation of a former Na...

08/11/2024

They were performing Shakespeare in Gallery Park today. It was all Much Ado About Nothing.

08/11/2024

It was all Much Ado About Nothing in Jackman Park today. The CenterStage in Lake Forest staged the Shakespeare play working with Glenview Park District

08/08/2024

Roadwork is coming soon to Milwaukee Avenue in Glenview and outside Glenview around I-94 at Old Orchard Road, this week, which will see overnight I-94 road closures.

Illinois Dept. of Transportation (IDOT) officials announced a Milwaukee Avenue resurfacing project starting Monday, Aug. 19, which will likely include intermittent daytime lane closures between Glenview/Dearlove Road on the south, north to Kennicott Lane through November. Elsewhere, an Old Orchard R...

08/08/2024

Kids, cops, a county commissioner, and even a few firefighters, were at National Night Out Tuesday, hosted by Glenview Police Department and Glenview Park District at the Glenview Park Center

08/08/2024

School is starting, which can mean paying a lot for sports equipment, but Greener Glenview and the Glenview Park District have that covered with their upcoming SportsSwap.

Greener Glenview and the Glenview Park District are partnering for a second year to present the Glenview SportsSwap later this month. The event allows residents to drop off gently used sports equipment in exchange for vouchers to purchase other sports equipment. Those not dropping off can come to th...

08/08/2024

In other Glenview restaurant news, Lettuce Entertain You's Ema hopes to see a September opening on Patriot Blvd.

Lettuce Entertain You rendering of the Ema restaurant planned for The Glen at East Lake and Patriot. The new Lettuce Entertain You restaurant Ema, 1320 Patriot Blvd. near Lake Avenue in Glenview, is hiring staff in anticipation of a late summer opening. Lettuce Entertain You spokeswoman Cara (Yaffe)...

08/06/2024

People have wondered about the future of Glenview House ever since it closed in March of last year. Now we know.

Glenview House. (Image submitted) Glenview trustees were expected to consider financial incentives for the historic Glenview House to undergo a $5.25 million renovation and reopen as The Foxtail Glenview House, at their Tuesday, Aug. 6 village board meeting. The proposed incentives include a $1.5 mi...

08/01/2024

If you are planning to run for local municipal, school board, park, or library board, in the spring 2025 election, a new state law has changed dates when you file nominating petitions, etc.

Niles village and ethics board candidates board candidates line up to file nominating petitions on the first day of candidate filing in December 2022 at Niles Village Hall for the April 4, 2023 municipal election as Mayor George Alpogianis looks on. (Tom Robb/Journal photo) Gov. JB Pritzker recently...

07/30/2024

Glenview Park Center. (Journal file photo) Glenview Park Board commissioners adopted their $45,800,555 spending budget for fiscal year 2024-25 at their Thursday, July 25 board meeting. The fiscal year runs from May 1, 2024 to April 30, 2025. The budget sees expected revenues outpacing expected expen...

07/30/2024

Classes at Glenview School District 34 start Aug. 22, ahead of that the district is hosting a community resource fair on Aug. 13 in the Attea Middle School parking lot getting you all the info you need to start the year off right.

Northfield Township caseworker Hilda Morales (left) and Township Communications & Community Outreach Coordinator Roxanne Dunn (right) talk to a student at the Glenview School Dist. 34 Community Resource Fair outside Attea Middle School in August 2023. (Photo submitted by Dist. 34) Glenview School Di...

07/30/2024

A Glenview Park District concept rendering for planned improvements to the Avoca Nature Park. Glenview Park Board commissioners on July 25 authorized a $400,000, 2025 Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development (OSLAD) grant application to develop the 1.1-acre Avoca Nature Play Playground at 1127 H...

07/29/2024

Democrats from across the North, Northwest Suburbs, and Lake County gathered in Wheeling Saturday, strategizing about local campaigning efforts now that VP Kamala Harris has replaced President Joe Biden in the race for president of the United States.

(Left to right) State Rep. Mary Beth Canty (D-54th); a cardboard cutout of Vice President Camala Harris; Rianne Hawkins, director of advocacy and campaigns for Planned Parenthood of Illinois; Abby Rackocy, a volunteer es**rt for patients of the Aurora Health Center; State Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl (D-57t...

07/28/2024

Elected Democrats and grassroots activists from the Northwest Suburbs and Lake County gathered in Wheeling, energized by President Joe Biden pulling out of the race, endorsing VP Kamila Harris, discussed strategies for energizing voters to support Harris.

07/25/2024

Johns Drive resurfacing is coming this week, as work continues on stormwater detention along Pine Street.
Yes, that is Village President Mike Jenny who stopped to chat with workers at the Pine Street project last week.

A base layer stormwater detention vault is set under what will be a rebuilt Pine Street off Glenview Road near the Glenview Hoiuse as Village President Mike Jenny stops to chat with construction workers on the project on Friday, July 19. (Photo by George LeClaire) More road work is coming, this week...

07/25/2024

Niles has not only a great-sounding Greek restaurant coming in the fall but a father-and-son team of owner-chefs leading that effort with a century of award-winning family history to back it up in Jimmy Bannos Sr. of Heaven On Seven and his James Beard Award-winning son Jimmy Bannos Jr. of the Purple Pig.

Chef Jimmy Bannos, Sr. (left) and son, chef Jimmy Bannos, Jr. in the former Amici Ristorante at Milwaukee Avenue and Howard Street, take a break from renovations Thursday to discuss plans for Koukla Greek restaurant they plan to open this fall. (Tom Robb/Journal photos) Father and son chefs Jimmy Ba...

07/23/2024

We have an update on the Glenbrook South yearbook controversy.

A quote about the Israeli war on Hamas in Gaza, printed in the Glenbrook South High School yearbook. (Dist. 225 photo submitted) Glenbrook High School Dist. 225 school board members discussed restrictions on student publications and changes to three other district policies in the wake of yearbook ar...

07/22/2024

We have local reaction to President Biden's announcement he is backing out of the race for president and backing VP Harris.

President Joe Biden speaking at the Clayco construction site for Microsoft's data center campus in the Elk Grove Technology Park in October 2021. (Tom Robb/Journal photo) The following statements were issued Sunday after President Joe Biden announced he was pulling out of the November Presidential E...