News Briefs: Halloween events remain, new bakery opens, Glencoe’s Kiraly honored

With only a few days left until Halloween, the North Shore is still offering opportunities to boost your spirits. Here are a few events coming up:

Halloween Candy Stroll: 3:30-5 p.m. on Oct. 30, Jens Jensen Park, 540 Roger Williams Ave., Highland Park

Trick or treat one day early in the Ravinia District this fall by visiting participating businesses and joining in on fall activities at Jens Jensen Park.

Haunted Heritage Cemetery Walk: BOOm & Bust: 11a.m.-1 p.m. on Oct. 31, St. Peter’s United Church of Christ Cemetery, 8530 Harms Road, Skokie

There’s a wealth of stories to be found in local cemeteries, and the Skokie Heritage Museum is here to tell them. Learn about the major booms and busts in Skokie’s development by walking St. Paul’s Lutheran and St. Peter’s UCC cemeteries. Each year reportedly features new stories and ghosts. Tickets cost $15 and children ages 7 and younger are free to attend with a paid adult. Tours last about an hour and depart from the cemetery’s gates every 10 minutes, with the last tour leaving at noon.

Halloween Hello: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Oct. 30, Village Hall, 675 Village Court, Glencoe

The annual Winnetka-Northfield-Glencoe Chamber of Commerce Halloween event returns this year with trick-or-treating at participating downtown Glencoe businesses and a “Ghosts in the Garden” experience from the Glencoe Historical Society. The Glencoe Public Library and Village Hall will also offer family-friendly activities. 

Boo Bash: 6-7:30 p.m. on Oct. 30, Northfield Park District, 401 Wagner Road, Northfield

The Northfield Park District will be hosting games, crafts, a balloonist and a train ride through Willow Park. Attendees are encouraged to wear costumes and bring their trick-or-treat bag. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Sweet Moon is open in Wilmette

Sweet Moon Café and Bakery is now open at 1222 Washington Court in Wilmette with hours of 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday-Monday.

According to previous Record reporting, this is the second location for the Chicago-based cafe, which specializes in Eastern European, Slavic and American breakfast food and desserts.

Aigerim Mambetova and Marlen Alchinov founded the cafe in 2021, and their niece Zhannat Raiymbek manages Sweet Moon.

Find more information on Sweet Moon Café on its Instagram page.

The bakery’s new Wilmette location occupies a storefront that most recently housed Fuel Fusion restaurant, which closed in September 2025, just a few months months after it opened. Fuel Fusion replaced the original Fuel restaurant in 2025, as previously reported on by The Record.

Glencoe leader joins international board

Glencoe Village Manager Philip Kiraly is the new Central Region vice president on the executive board of the International City/County Management Association.

Kiraly was sworn in on Oct. 20 during the organization’s annual conference in Long Beach, California. 

ICMA is a professional association dedicated to local government management, representing more than 14,000 local government professionals across the United States and the world. ICMA reportedly supports local government professionals in their efforts to build stronger, more effective and resilient communities.

As a regional vice president, Kiraly will serve on ICMA’s 21-member executive board, which provides strategic leadership and oversight of the association’s financial, membership and programmatic affairs.  

“I am deeply honored to begin my service on the ICMA Executive Board, representing the Central Region and bringing Glencoe’s perspective to an international stage,” Kiraly said in a press release. “Local government has an extraordinary impact on the daily  lives of our residents, and I have always believed in the importance of collaboration, ethical leadership and continuous  improvement in how we serve our communities.

“I look forward to working alongside dedicated professionals from around the world, sharing the great work being done in Glencoe and learning from the experiences of others.”

Kiraly is now the 11th local government professional from Illinois to serve ICMA in this way, and Glencoe is the only community to have two managers serve on the ICMA Executive Board, following Robert B. Morris in 1964.

Glencoe reportedly was the first community in Illinois and the 13th in the world to adopt the council/manager form of government in 1914. ICMA was formed the same year.

Appointed by the Village Board in November 2013, Kiraly is only the eighth person to serve Glencoe as its village manager. He has been a credentialed manager since 2015 and a member of ICMA since 2002.  

Kiraly’s three-year term on the ICMA Executive Board runs though October 2029. For more information about ICMA and its Executive Board, visit www.icma.org. 

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