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Victim: It Looked Like a Gun
LAKE FOREST — What appeared to be a gun pointed directly at a motorist by another driver turned out to be a black object, but it resulted in the disorderly conduct arrest of a Northbrook man. Leonard...
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HP in 1908: Go Crescents Go …
Ravinia Baseball Grandstands; Highland Park Baseball Teams Collection. HIGHLAND PARK – The same year the Chicago Cubs won the 1908 World Series, a semi-pro baseball team known as the Highland Park...
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Parents: Work Yourself Out of a Job
Jessica Lahey speaks at Lake Forest Country Day School. Photo courtesy of Lake Forest Country Day School. LAKE FOREST — Here’s something parents don’t hear very often: The goal of childrearing is to...
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Football Recap: NT upends Marist in first round
Usually, Clay Czyzynski doesn’t play a lot of defense. But this was not just any game. Just moments after scoring on a four-yard run to break a 24-24 tie with 2:30 left to play in Friday night’s...
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Football Recap: HP falls in playoff opener
Highland Park didn’t see this coming. “[Plainfield North] was a lot better in person than on film,” said Highland Park assistant Tony Monken. Monken knows all about state playoff football. During his...
View ArticleFatal Crash in Wilmette
WILMETTE – The Wilmette Police Department i investigating a fatal crash that occurred at 2:33 p.m. at 3510 Lake Avenue on October 29. The preliminary information indicates that an 81-year-old woman...
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The Appointment
Mike Lubow This day’s been looming. You’ve seen it on the calendar and always felt it was down the road. But all roads finally come to an end. You’ve got to face your appointment today. It’s not...
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Sunday Breakfast with Patrick Mannelly
Patrick Mannelly It is mid-morning in early October, in a corner at Egg Harbor Café in Lake Forest. Former Chicago Bears long snapper Patrick Mannelly, a Libertyville resident, had just dropped off his...
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Rundown: Area runners make their way to Peoria
Detweiller Park, here they come. New Trier will send a full squad to the Class 3A state girls cross country meet in Peoria on Nov. 5 after taking third place at the Niles West Sectional on Oct. 29....
View Article2nd Act Players Reach Out To Veterans
EVANSTON – The 2nd Act Players are scheduling a special performances for U.S. veterans of The Institute, Coming of Age during the Vietnam War, on Saturday evening, November 12. Veterans will be...
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Opinion: Wilmette Preps Expensive Sewer Project
The Wilmette Village Board of Trustees is preparing to charge each homeowner $18,000 — without a popular vote. At the October 20 Village Board meeting, most Trustees seemed to favor a $77Million...
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Employees Accused of Robbing Senior Citizens
NORTHBROOK — Two Northbrook senior citizens were victims of unrelated crimes by former employees, according to Dan Petka, the Northbrook Police Department’s community relations supervisor. In one...
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Early Vote Yields Strong Turnout in Lake, Cook
The wait was about 20 minutes at the Highland Park police station last week. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER/JWC MEDIA North Shore voters began taking advantage of early voting when it started on October...
View ArticleDriver Charged in Gas Pump Damage
WILMETTE – Police responded to a 911 call on October 3 at 2:41 a.m. about a loud crash at the Shell gas station at 339 Ridge Road. Upon arrival an officer observed significant damage to a gas pump. A...
View ArticleUpdate: Wilmette Fatal Accident
WILMETTE – The Wilmette Police Department has identified the victim of a fatal crash that occurred on October 29 at 2:33 p.m. at 3510 Lake Avenue. The preliminary information indicates that an...
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Week 10 Football: LA, LF, GBN win playoff openers
Glenbrook North senior linebacker Luke Kincaid had come down with zero interceptions in organized football entering a Class 7A first-round playoff game on Oct. 28. Backyard football games? “A lot of...
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SportsFolio: LF claims first-round playoff win
Lake Forest opened postseason play with a resounding win at Riverside-Brookfield 40-7 on Oct. 28. The Scouts (7-3) will host St. Viator in the second round of the Class 6A state playoffs on Nov. 4 at 7...
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Footnotes: Evanston edges GBN in sectional final
Oh so close. Glenbrook North’s brilliant season came to close, when the Spartans fell to Evanston in a shootout in the Class 3A Sectional Championship at Maine East High School on Oct. 29. After...
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Volleys: New Trier wins Discovery Tourney
It figured to be a battle. After losing the first set 25-22, Lake Forest battled back to beat rival Lake Zurich in the Class 4A Deerfield Regional championship on Oct. 27. By winning the final two...
View ArticleLuncheon to Feature Great Lakes Naval Base …
LAKE FOREST – Intrigued to learn more about our military neighbor to the north? Come to Gorton for lunch and a look behind the gates of the Navy’s only basic training facility – Naval Station Great...
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