Northbrook Star

Memorial Day parade continues despite fewer vets

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:21 -0500

NORTHBROOK — Northbrook veterans are inviting everyone in the community to participate in the upcoming Memorial Day activities, which may attract small numbers of veterans, but will be just as heartfelt as previous events.

District 225 trustees question chromebook plan for high schools

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:09:36 -0500

GLENVIEW — Trustees for Glenbrook High School District 225 discussed again at length the best way to implement Chromebook laptops for students learning in the classroom and at home.

Northbrook mom has her pulse on Chicagoland kids activities and more

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:20:00 -0500

NORTHBROOK — If you have kids, you are probably no stranger to museums, zoos, water parks, farms, family theatre and hundreds of other kids’ activities happening in and around Chicago.

Wood Oaks principal becomes student for a day

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:57:11 -0500

NORTHBROOK — When Wood Oaks sixth grader Jeremy Myers used his 30 “roar dollars” to have the principal shadow him for a day, he knew it would be “cool.”

Rare two-piano rock performance coming soon to Northbrook Court

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:12:54 -0500

NORTHBROOK — Adam Kromelow, a pianist who grew up in Wilmette studying under a Glenview teacher, will present on Tuesday (May 21) a one-of-kind concert in Northbrook. Kromelow, who now lives in New York, will play a piano duo called the Genesis Piano Project with Angelo Di Loreto of New York – on two pianos at the same time, not just two pianists at one piano. “We will play two-piano arrangements of the music of the rock band ‘Genesis.’ This is quite a unique performance because 99 percent of the duo piano music is either classical or improvised jazz. It’s …

Pink Flamingos aimed at bringing neghbors closer together

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:43:31 -0500

NORTHBROOK — Pink flamingos – not red-breasted robins – announce the beginning of summer get-togethers in Northbrook. Residents may pick up their birds from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, May 17 at Village Hall during a “meet’n greet” sponsored by the village’s Community Relations Commission.

Northbrook considers drafting regulations for food trucks

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:07:57 -0500

NORTHBROOK — Northbrook is thinking about setting rules for food trucks that would allow them to please the palates of foodies without aggravating restaurant owners.