This Week in Glenview Watch

— The village manager defends his new finance chief.

— The two men say they’re out to change the culture at Village Hall.

— A judge says Glenview must review its decision to fire police officer Melanie Meyer.

— Construction is finally underway on car dealerships at Patriot and Willow,

— And there’s another sign of the times in the middle of Willow Road.  A developer has planted trees there!

Also, you can check out Courtney Flynn’s story on Glenview Watch in the Metro Section of today’s Chicago Tribune.  Village President Kerry Cummings tells the Trib she doesn’t read The Watch because it contains anonymous comments from readers.  Do you buy that? 

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This Week in Glenview Watch

— Wanted: A Few Good Citizens,

— Musical Chairs at Village Hall,

— Buying Votes by Buying Gas?

— Ground Broken for a Dog Park,

— And Fireworks Over a Fourth of July Float.

This Week in the Watch

— A Green Flag for Widening Willow Road,

— A Surprising Prospect for the Dominick’s site,

— Von Maur Sets the Record Straight,

— The Village Launches a Satisfaction Survey,

— And We’ll Tell You Why Village Hall is Closing.

This Week In Glenview Watch

— Commissioners choke on plans for 156 townhomes, stores, offices and two hotels.

— The village unveils its pothole plan of attack.

— Cameras are set to catch those who run red lights on Willow Road,

— Local fees may be going up,

— And we’ll tell you why the new library may not.

This Week in Glenview Watch

— The plan commission caves on Chestnut Avenue construction,

— One commissioner has a meltdown over information overload,

— A Glenview family that made a fortune in construction says it’ll build library parking at cost,

— and Wagner Farm plans an orchard.

This Week in Glenview Watch

— The library board scales back on plans for its new building,

— While staffers cope with a flood downstairs.

— The village battles plans to put postal services for Northfield and Winnetka here.

— A consultant’s hired to assess development potential for the former Dominick’s site,

— And The Noodle announces plans to leave.

Also in This Week’s Watch

February 18, 2008

— The village warns the library to get going or lose funding.

— Glenview faces a pothole crisis.

— The roof at Northfield’s Dominick’s caves in.

— Glenview’s fire chief tells why.

— We’ll tell you why emergency services may take longer,

— Why the proposed civic center’s getting smaller,

— And where you can go for the hottest new coffee in town.

February 4, 2008 – This Week in the Watch

• Sparks fly as the plan commission reviews proposals for a new library,
• Howard Silver gives a traffic planner hell,
• Are burglar alarms robbing the taxpayers blind?
• And where are Glenview’s top speed traps?

January 27, 2008 – This Week in the Watch

• The plan commission weighs in on the look of a new library,
• Valley Lo and Tall Trees battle for open space to keep traffic off Chestnut,
• Howard Silver scolds a developer for sloppy paperwork,
• And we’ll tell you where to find judicial endorsements and other primary details.