Trapp has been a steady Eddie for LA
Loyola Academy’s Eddie Trapp gets ready to toss a bounce pass during earlier action this season. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE PFOERTNER Marlene Ren, a teacher, wanted to flap a green poster of an exclamation...
View ArticleBlind Date With A Book At HP Library
The Youth Services Display at the Highland Park Library HIGHLAND PARK – At first glance the descriptive lines “Love in a romantic and dangerous place,” and “Likes long walks, deep conversations and...
View ArticleDonald J. Mooney
Donald J. Mooney, 82, passed away Saturday, February 6, 2016. Beloved husband to the late JoAnn, father, grandfather, a favorite uncle and best friend. Loving father of Darrell, Denise (John) Varner,...
View ArticleDPM Helps With Honor Flights
DPM Game Night LAKE FOREST – Thanks to the generosity of Deer Path Middle School families and staff members, two Lake County veterans will be able to take “Honor Flights.” The donations came from Deer...
View ArticleWhat’s Your Home Worth?
Wonder what your house is worth and want an easy way to figure it out? A new tool allows people to quickly estimate the value of their home or a property they are interested in buying. Aimed at...
View ArticleBaker Students Test Boat-Building Skills
Baker 8th graders test their boat-building skills in the pool WILMETTE – Eighth-grade students at Baker Demonstration School put months of research and design work to the test on Feb. 5, hitting the...
View ArticleSexual Assault: Wilmette Man Charged
WILMETTE – A 49-year-old Wilmette man has been charged with sexual assault of a girl between the ages of 11 and 13-years old. Edmund H. Glueck was charged Feb. 12 with predatory criminal sexual assault...
View ArticlePaintings of Nature In Northbrook
An exhibit of paintings by Elena Crumbaugh is on display in February at the North Suburban YMCA’s Community Gallery. NORTHBROOK – The North Suburban YMCA’s Community Gallery is featuring a show of...
View ArticleOpinion: Wait For Guidelines, Lake Bluff
The February 9th meeting of the Lake Bluff Zoning Board & Architectural Review Board pertaining to the Central Business District (CBD) Block 3 was civil and courteous; call it Lake Bluff Nice, but...
View ArticleOpinion: Vote No on $198M Referendum
During the course of my 20 years in public service, I have often asked my fellow elected officials to help me find ways of reducing the huge tax burden on our Highland Park and Lake County residents....
View ArticleOpinion: Support For D-112 Referendum
I’m a lifelong resident of Highland Park, a graduate and a proud parent of graduates of Highland Park’s elementary schools. One distinct aspect in Highland Park is the deserved pride we hold in our...
View ArticleStop & Smell The Roses At Local Florists
David Hook, owner of Edwards Florist in Winnetka; photography by Joel Lerner/JWC Media Though local florists are fading across the nation there are many still left on the North Shore — and this is a...
View ArticleThis Buyer Really Knows The Books
Allison Mengarelli with long-time employee Lynn Mattson and not so long time employee Maggie Baker. Photography by Joel Lerner/JWC Media NORTHBROOK — For most of her life, Allison Mengarelli has...
View ArticleClyde J. Canovi
Clyde J. Canovi formerly of Gurnee, Illinois passed away peacefully on February 08, 2016 at Alliance Hospice House in Pleasant Prairie, WI. Clyde was born on July 30, 1926 in Coalton Illinois, living...
View ArticleSandra Bard
Sandra Ann Bard, nee Laskin, age 79. Beloved wife of Gerald. Cherished mother of Loryn (Norberto) Kogan, Nancy Bard, Jeffrey (Lori) Bard, Corey Bard and Betsy (David) Yager. Devoted grandmother of...
View ArticleRoundup: Boys Basketball
New Trier vs. Maine South — This game was going nowhere. It was lackluster. It was dull. It needed an infusion of energy. It needed some excitement. And Aaron Peltz supplied it. The New Trier junior,...
View ArticleChinese New Year at DPM
LAKE FOREST – Cherokee Elementary School fourth graders celebrated Chinese New Year and five years of Mandarin immersion at their school recently. Most of the students have been studying in the...
View ArticleThe High School Entrepreneur
After spending last year as a part-time academic tutor, Ethan Feinberg saw an opportunity to build a business. Over the summer, he taught himself how to build a website, he gathered a team of talented...
View ArticleNorthlight Theater’s ‘Mothers and …
Katharine Gerard, a Dallas matron, wears her mink coat like armor, and she’s reluctant to relinquish it. She has arrived unannounced at the New York apartment of Cal, the former lover of her son,...
View ArticleThe Art of Giving
The love story started at a summer resort in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Holly was 13 years old. Barry was 14. The girl lived in Evanston in the early 1960s, the boy in unincorporated Glenview. A jukebox...
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