Luxury Mixed-Use Development Sparks Opposition
The project will feature a high-end, 93,000-square-foot Life Time Fitness and an enormous children’s facility and playground about the same size. The property will also be home to a four-story,...
View ArticleAll In The Family …
Sisters Melinda Kaplan, Samantha Shapiro, and Lena Blitstein with their mother, Susan Lurie, in 2010 at the Northfield ENAZ for Life store grand opening benefiting the Lynn Sage Cancer Research...
View ArticleScout Gets Behind Lake Forest Day
LAKE FOREST – Information about this city’s favorite Wednesday is easier than ever to find thanks to a local Boy Scout. Sean Fleming is working on his Eagle project for Boy Scout Troop 48 and in doing...
View ArticleWinnetka Library To Close Genealogy Room
WINNETKA – The Winnetka-Northfield Public Library Board of Trustees on July 20 voted unanimously to close the library’s genealogy room, despite protests from residents and people from neighboring...
View ArticleSydney Hass Corbett
WINNETKA—Sydney Hass Corbett, a longtime resident of Chicago’s North Shore, passed away at the age of 84 surrounded by her family after a long battle with breast cancer on July 17, 2015. She was born...
View Article19-Year-Old Accused of Criminal Damage
HIGHLAND PARK—Police responding to a report of an unwanted subject at a business on the 800 block of Edgewood Road the morning of July 19 arrested a 19-year-old woman and charged her with criminal...
View ArticlePolice Respond to Two Car Accident on Half Day
HIGHLAND PARK—Police responding to a two car accident on the 1000 block of Half Day Road the night of July 16 arrested a 44-year-old man and charged him with driving under the influence, speeding,...
View ArticleIf You Build It ….
Anson Taylor recognized the potential of the area that became Glencoe. Editor’s Note: This is the second in a summer series about the history of North Shore towns. Glencoe owes its existence to an...
View ArticleFamily of Toy Thieves Return to Court
Lela Bogdanov, along with her husband and daughter, allegedly stole more than $4.2 million in toys from stores across the country. A Northbrook woman and her husband and daughter will return to court...
View ArticleMulti-Chamber Biz Expo Wednesday
The multi-chamber event, sponsored by Whitehall of Deerfield and the Wyndham Glenview Suites, is open to the public at no charge (adults only). Expect upwards of 50 businesses and more than 400...
View ArticleFood Pantry Cupboards Are Bare
Glenview Credit Union is helping fill the Northfield Food Pantry shelves NORTHFIELD – Northfield Food Pantry shelves are bare. Children are without their school lunches while home for summer vacation....
View ArticleShare Your Voice: Glenview Looks Forward
This week’s workshops are at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 22, and Thursday, July 23 at Village Hall, 1225 Waukegan Road. Credit: Village of Glenview How can Glenview reach its fullest potential? That’s one...
View ArticleCountdown To LB Bike Race & Block Party
Pro women race at the 2014 Lake Bluff Criterium. event. Photo by Ethan Glading LAKE BLUFF – Professional cyclists from around the U.S. and many foreign countries will race on a circuit in downtown...
View Article‘Godspell’ To Open At Gorton
LAKE FOREST – There is a new summer musical theater ensemble in Lake Forest. Tom Beck, a Golden Apple Award winning teacher, has launched his first high-school summer musical – “Godspell,” for...
View ArticleLF Residents Create Watchdog Group
LAKE FOREST – A group of residents here has created Lake Forest Schools Watch, an independent watchdog organization following Lake Forest School District 115 and District 67. Jennifer Neubauer is...
View ArticleOn Target In Lake Bluff
The parking lot was almost full before Target opened the doors to customers in Lake Bluff for the first time on Tuesday, July 21 at 5 p.m. Village Board of Trustees President Kathleen O’Hara cut the...
View ArticleMan Confesses to Hit-and-Run
LAKE FOREST—Police responded to an alleged hit-and-run crash on Route 41 the evening of July 12. Reportedly, a silver Chevy Impala damaged two vehicles before fleeing north on Route 41. Officers...
View Article29-Year-Old Brandishes Replica Pistol
LAKE FOREST—Officers investigating a complaint of a motorist brandishing a pistol during a traffic altercation on Route 41 the morning of July 2 discovered that the gun was in fact a replica. Officers...
View ArticleJudith W. Spencer
LAKE FOREST & LAKE BLUFF—Judith W. Spencer, a resident of Lake Bluff and Lake Forest for the past 48 years, passed away on July 18, 2015. She was born in Cumberland, Maryland in 1933, the eldest...
View ArticleMilton Podolsky
Milton Podolsky RIVERWOODS – Podolsky|Circle CORFAC International is sad to announce the passing of its founder, Milton Podolsky. Milton passed peacefully over the weekend at the age of 94. Milt...
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