Wilmette Parks Seeks Candidates
WILMETTE – Members of Wilmette Park District Board are hoping more residents will apply for the vacant commissioner position left open when James Crowley left his post in late July. Tasked creating a...
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Lake Forest: We Are The Caucus
Letter to the Editor: As is now widely known in our community, the events surrounding the vetting and choice of the new Lake Forest High School principal back in June of this year uncovered, among...
View ArticleNew Trier Named #14 In U.S.
WINNETKA – New Trier High School is the 14th best high school in the country and the top open enrollment high school in Illinois, according to a list published this week by Newsweek magazine....
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D-67 Introduces New Teachers, Staff
LAKE FOREST – School District 67 welcomes its newest teachers and staff members. Deer Path Middle Schoot, front row, from left: Lauren Bell, DSS Teacher; Dana Miller, Speech Language Pathologist; Elana...
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Roundup: Girls Golf
Bloomington Raider Best Ball Invite: Glenbrook North captured top honors in this downstate event on Aug. 21 at Highland Park Golf Course in Bloomington. The Spartans finished with a 147 to edge...
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The Other Cubs’ Turnaround is Just as Impressive
Andrew Berlin Illustration by Barry Blitt Fifteen minutes after the South Bend Cubs have finished off another opponent, Andrew Berlin walks from the owner’s suite down to the field. He picks up a...
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Chef Has His ‘Ahi’ Moment
Little Ricky’s Ahi Tuna Salad features thinly sliced tuna. Photography by Joel Lerner “I was born and raised in the kitchen, to be honest with you,” says Josh Keating, seated at the bar of Little...
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Highwood Celebrates Garlic
Pat Lenzini and Sabrina Stefani of Highwood crowned 2015 Garlic Queen and Garlic Princess by last year’s winners. HIGHWOOD – Buffo’s won Best Savory Garlic Creation here at Garlic Fest on August 19...
View ArticleJudge OKs Winnetka Stormwater Fee
WINNETKA – Cook County Circuit Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy, in response to a motion filed by the Village of Winnetka, on August 20 dismissed with prejudice a complaint challenging the legality of the...
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Back to School Construction
North Shore high schools have been busy demolishing and renovating everything from classroom buildings to parking lots. As the first day of school approaches, here is a progress report on what parents...
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New Year Begins At LFC
Forester Football players pitched in on new student move-in day on August 21. LAKE FOREST – Lake Forest College welcomed the incoming Class of 2019 and a host of transfer students on move-in day for...
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Lake Forest’s Haeger Wins Sailing Gold
From Left, Lake Forest native Annie Haeger (East Troy, Wisc.) and Briana Provancha (San Diego, Calif.), Women’s 470 gold medalists at the 2015 Olympic Test Event. Photo: Onne van der Wal/US Sailing...
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The Entrepreneur
Tom Gimble, The CEO and founder of LaSalle Network When I first arrived at 200 North LaSalle Street on a weekday, I had to check in twice. Once on the first floor, and second 20 or so floors up, with...
View ArticleJames O. Johnson, Jr.
WINNETKA—James O. Johnson, Jr., of Rancho Santa Fe, California, and formerly of Winnetka, passed away peacefully at home on August 21, 2015, with his family by his side. He was 85-years-old. He was the...
View ArticleWoman Reportedly Pushed Into Bushes
HIGHLAND PARK—Police arrested and charged a 37-year-old Highwood man with violation of bail bond and domestic battery, after responding to a complaint that suggested a woman was pushed into the bushes...
View ArticleTwo Men Accused of Public Indecency
HIGHLAND PARK—Police arrested and charged two men with public indecency for two seemingly unrelated acts, the night of August 22. The first man, 28-year-old Daniel Campbell, was arrested in light of a...
View ArticleFrom Hot Dog to Down Dog in Winnetka
WINNETKA – The Village Council on August 18 introduced a special use permit for a new exercise studio in its East Elm business district. The studio, Yogi Barre, previously received unanimous approval...
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Highwood Sculpture Honors 9/11
HIGHWOOD – To honor the lives lost on September 11, 2001, the City of Highwood has commissioned a sculpture containing a remnant of the World Trade Center tower debris, created by world renowned local...
View ArticleBotanic Garden Braces For Stinking Bloom
Visitors of the Chicago Botanic Garden are lining up to witness the Chicago-area’s first-ever bloom of a rare gigantic plant called Titan arum, aka corpse flower, which is described as one of the plant...
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Gusty Day For A Regatta in Lake Bluff
From left: Chase Rupprecht, top junior, Lake Bluff; Gretchen Seymour, 4th place, Lake Bluff; Leland Brode, 5th place, Winthrop Harbor; Rich Chapman, 1st place, Libertyville; Scott Schappe, 2nd place,...
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