Community Corner
Top 10 Glenview Stories of 2012
The 10 topics that most interested readers during the past year were stories about child endangerment, a train derailment, local deaths and more.
Now that the year is nearing its end, it offers an opportunity to look back on which stories most interested Glenview Patch readers. What story did you follow most closely?
1. A 4-year-old drowns at a Glenview pool while with his child-care center.
Vincente Cardenas was visiting Roosevelt Pool, 2239 Fir St., with Glenview-based Wesley Child Care Center. Eight counselors were at the pool with the kids.
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Lifeguards unsuccessfully administered CPR before Cardenas was transported to Glenbrook Hospital.
2. Neal Pagano dies after after falling into a firepit.
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Neal Pagano, 46, died at his Glenview home after falling into a firepit in his backyard.
The frieght train, which was carrying coal from Wyoming to a utility plant in Wisconsin, derailed in July. It then collapsed a bridge near the Glenview and Northbrook border.
Two people - Burton Lindner and Zorine Lindner - were crushed to death in a car beneath the bridge.
4. Northbrook deals with suicides of two young men.
Billy Garrity, a GBN football player and school volunteer, and Ryan McCarthy, a 20-year-old Glenbrook North alumni, both commited suicide this summer.
5. A car crash kills a Glenbrook North student over the summer.
A 17-year-old Glenbrook North High School senior, Kyle Caraher, died after his car collided while he was driving to his friend's house in Wisconsin where his family was vacationing.
6. The final chapter from Sunset Village
As families leave the mobile park one by one due to unsanitary living conditions and sky-rocketing living costs, one resident shares the community's story of struggle.
7. Fifth floor fall kills Glenview woman
A Glenview woman was found dead in the bushes outside her apartment building.
Police say the couple's three children were living in a home with 35 dogs.
Police: Glenview Women Injected Heroin at Wilmette Dairy Queen
Police reported that during the ensuing investigation, they recovered one hypodermic syringe with heroin in it, two empty hypodermic syringes, a spoon with residue and five foil packets containing heroin.
10. Glenview's Village Manager is the second highest paid in Illinois.
Village Manager Todd Hileman's annual salary is ranked second highest in the state, according to conservative organization For The Good of Illinois. Hileman banks more than Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel, the study said.
