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🌱 Patch AM: Skokie Identifies Lead Candidate For Unfinished Downtown Hotel Project

Coming up: Alumni Weekend Wine Tasting on the Skokie Patch calendar

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Hello Skokie! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Lead developer emerges to rescue stalled downtown Skokie hotel project
  • When Stephen Bishop's farewell tour stops at Skokie's North Shore Center
  • Former Evanston/Skokie District 65 leader admits to fraud and tax charges

Also on today's calendar: Alumni Weekend Wine Tasting and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Warmer with high clouds, with a high of 80 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Sunday: Clouds giving way to some sun, temps: high: 73, low: 63.
  • Monday: Very warm, with a high of 82 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Skokie Identifies Lead Candidate For Unfinished Downtown Hotel Project (patch.com) — Skokie officials say Murphy Development Group is now the leading contender to revive the long-stalled downtown hotel project, though no final developer has been chosen. The firm is working to reduce lien settlements and refine costs and timelines, while the village monitors ongoing foreclosure and arbitration proceedings and continues seeking the best path to complete this prominent site near the Science and Tech Park.
   

• Stephen Bishop plots farewell tour (themusicuniverse.com) — Stephen Bishop is bringing his 50th Anniversary of Careless farewell tour to Skokie's North Shore Center on April 3, 2027, giving local fans a chance to hear his hits live. The tour supports a limited-edition vinyl reissue of his landmark album and features stories, special guests, and an all-star band across select U.S., U.K., and Ireland dates.
   

• Tax Fraud Blotter: Friends in high places (accountingtoday.com) — A former superintendent of Evanston/Skokie School District 65, now in Georgia, has pleaded guilty to federal charges tied to wire fraud, misuse of school funds, and tax evasion stemming from his time in Illinois. While the case is now playing out elsewhere, it centers on how he allegedly handled contracts, district credit cards, and tax filings connected to the Evanston/Skokie community.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • North Suburban YMCA Hosts First-Ever Craft Fair on November 29 —North Suburban YMCA Read on Patch
  • TJX posted a job opening for Merchandise Coordinator in Skokie. Apply here.
  • Walmart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Lincolnwood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Skokie here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lincolnwood

  • 2026 Chrysalis Awards: Whole House Over $1,000,000 (qualifiedremodeler.com)
  • Editorial: Ram Villivalam for Illinois 8th Senate District (chicagotribune.com)
  • Dental Air Polishing Device Market to Accelerate on Preventive Dentistry Demand, Forecast Points Higher Toward 2035 (indexbox.io)

Winnetka

  • Winnetka's North Shore Country Day Honors 'Family Guy' Showrunner Richard Appel At Homecoming Reunion (patch.com)

Ok Skokie! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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