Pick Pocketed in Glencoe?
GLENCOE – A Highland Park man, age 79, reported that he was pick-pocketed on July 23 at 10:15 p.m. as he left a performance at Writers Theatre, 325 Tudor Court. He said someone bumped into him month...
View ArticleUnlocked Bike, iPhone Taken
WILMETTE – Several instances of theft were reported in Wilmette recently — some of it preventable, such as an unlocked Raleigh bike that was reported stolen from Centennial Aquatic Center between 4 and...
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Chip Shots: Hickey 2nd at CEJA Championship
SUMMER GOLF TOURNAMENTS Glencoe’s Margaret Hickey, who will be a senior at Loyola Academy, took runner-up honors in the Illinois Junior Golf Association’s Chick Evans Jr. Am Championship at Itasca...
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Save Date: October HawkFest
FORT SHERIDAN PRESERVE – The agenda is set for the first annual Lake County HawkFest and registration for free events will be coming soon. The event will take place the weekend of October 14-16,...
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Golfers Raise $80,000-plus for Cancer Society
American Cancer Society Northwest Board Member and Northwest Group Manager for Wintrust Commercial Banking Russ Larsen hits one for a good cause. LAKE FOREST – Conway Farms Golf Club again hosted the...
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Opinion: Sky Not Falling on LF Mansions
The Schweppe Estate in Lake Forest I enjoyed DailyNorthShore.com’s article, “Finding Creative Uses for Big-Ticket Mansions,” for its alternative perspective to the recent Crain’s Chicago Business...
View ArticleArrest Made in Child Luring Incident
GLENCOE – A Chicago man has been arrested and charged after repeatedly asking two 11-year-old girls if they needed a ride. Huseyin Gungor, 34, was charged with two counts of disorderly conduct. Police...
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Northbrook Library To Rock in August
Bailey Dee will perform during the Northbrook Public Library’s Rock Month at 7 p.m. August 20. Photo courtesy of Northbrook Public Library. NORTHBROOK — In a place usually devoted to quiet, rock ‘n’...
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Child Left in Hot Car; Mom Charged
NORTHBROOK/HIGHLAND PARK — A Highland Park woman was charged with endangering the life of a child after allegedly leaving her 13-month-old in a closed and locked vehicle in 90-degree heat for...
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Lake Forest Day Honors LFHS
CROYA’s float is always a hit. Photo courtesy of City of Lake Forest. LAKE FOREST — When the city gathers for the annual Lake Forest Day celebration next week, it will pay tribute to Lake Forest High...
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Week in Review: When Lightning Strikes …
On July 23 right around the time lighting split the evening sky, my niece and her betrothed said their “I wills” at Kenilworth Union Church. The wind was so strong and the rain fell so hard for so many...
View ArticleNancy Harrison Winton
Nancy Harrison Winton of Glenview, IL, devoted wife of David, beloved mother of Susan and Linda; proud grandmother of Mitchell, Mia, Ellie, Anna and Tommy; and cherished teacher passed away peacefully...
View ArticleJames M. Hall
James M. Hall, 91, of Winnetka, passed away July 24, 2016. Beloved husband for 66 years of Clarine Hall; loving father of Susan (John) Farris, James (late Evah) Hall, Jr., Larry (Liz) Hall, and Tom...
View ArticleNorth Shorts: Full of Surprises
In a nearby music school, young and old students between classes look at a video one of them has downloaded. You figure this’ll be pretty avant-garde stuff. It’s anything but… The song was written in...
View ArticleTV: Finding a Common Ground
There are days when I feel like everyone around me is arguing. Political junkies are like pigs in slop, of course, but they are no less animated in their discourse then the sports fans or my family...
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Loyola Academy Learns How to Say Goodbye
This is our fifth story in a series highlighting exceptional students from the 2016 graduating class. When it was time for Mary Cormier, Loyola Academy’s (LA) 2016 valedictorian, to prepare the speech...
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Upsides to Downsizing
The woman is 86 years old. She has called her North Shore house “home” for 53 years. Realities settled in recently, forcing her to consider downsizing. The house was put on the market. It was sold....
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Sunday Breakfast: Stick-ing to Lacrosse
Lacrosse was a curiosity on the sports menu, nearing niche status in Illinois, when Mark Bundra played it for New Trier High School teams in the early 2000s. It was that “East Coast activity”, with the...
View ArticleIdentity Theft Exceeds $4,300
GLENCOE – A 40-year-old Glencoe woman who resides on Pinewood Drive reported identity theft with charges exceeding $4,300. She told police she was contacted by Best Buy Fraud Services on July 24,...
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Bravo Buddies Program Grows
Bravo Buddies 2016 More than 80 elementary and middle school students in Waukegan took 45-minute, one-on-one music lessons from Bravo Waukegan two days each week from mid-June through mid-July, and...
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