The phone call was for Mike Nerheim. It was always for Mike Nerheim. When the Lake County State’s Attorney and Waukegan native played football for St. Joseph High School in Kenosha, Wisconsin, he and many of his teammates slept at…
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Your new car conks out on Sheridan Road and stops cold. You roll to the curb, your engine eerily quiet. A message light warns against further driving. You press the…
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If the adage that “couples who play together stay together” is true, then Glenview’s Melinda and Ron Harris have it made in the shade. They manage and perform together with…
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It took the Lake County Forest Preserve District more than 50 years to turn a vision into a finished reality: the 31.4 mile Des Plaines River Trail and Greenway.
To…
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NORTHBROOK/GLENVIEW — Whether Maple School gets a thorough renovation or rebuilt is one of the major questions facing Northbrook/Glenview School District 30.
The district is studying was to modernize all…
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LAKE FOREST/HIGHLAND PARK — Two local not-for-profit organizations that help young people better navigate and succeed in school got a little richer.
Reading Power of Lake Forest and Highland Park-based…
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WILMETTE – Chicago is known for its stand-up comedy, but since Wilmette Theatre’s launching of Friday Funnies in February, the North Shore suburb is developing its own reputation as a…
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HIGHLAND PARK – The North Shore School District 112 favors a new boundary option that it believes will be beneficial to military families while keeping most students close to home….
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WILMETTE – Wilmette residents accustomed to an empty lot at 611 Green Bay Road, former home of Wil-Shore Ford car dealership, have probably noticed that construction has begun on a…
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LAKE BLUFF — It’s not unusual for people in Lake Bluff to enjoy a night-time rendition of “Taps” when the wind is blowing just so and carrying the solemn notes…
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Your new car conks out on Sheridan Road and stops cold. You roll to the curb, your engine eerily quiet. A message light warns against further driving. You press the four-way flasher, call a tow truck and think: “Who’d have…
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If the adage that “couples who play together stay together” is true, then Glenview’s Melinda and Ron Harris have it made in the shade. They manage and perform together with the Sing to Live Community Chorus, a group of 85…
The North Shore Weekend & More
Sheridan Road Magazine, September 2016
Forest & Bluff Magazine, September 2016
Evanston Magazine Issue 9, August/Sept. 2016
Cartoons from the Weekend
Sports
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New Tier senior quarterback Clay Czyzynski dropped back to pass, sidestepped a couple of Evanston pass rushers, scrambled left, stopped, pivoted and scrambled right to give him enough space to…
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The Scouts junior inside linebacker was very Brian Urlacher-like (remember him?) midway through the third quarter of Lake Forest’s 28-14 victory over visiting Libertyville on Sept. 23.
Deering, who plays…
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The dump winner landed in front of Lake Forest High School senior libero Brigid Brennan in a volleyball match last week. Point, Loyola Academy. Think dink in tennis. Think drop…
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Sarah Wojick was a difference maker.
In a match which was tight all the way, Glenbrook South wound up topping host New Trier 25-22, 22-25, 25-23 in CSL South action…
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During the obligatory end-of-the-game handshakes at midfield, Kyle Rock jumped in line looking like an NFL back-up quarterback.
Rock, a running back for Loyola Academy, was donning his “team issued”…
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You’d think politics would be in his future.
It’s certainly in his heritage (see paragraph 12).
But no, Glenbrook South senior David Magloire is more into psychology. Just ask a…
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Philip Martin was the soccer boy, no older than five. Philip’s father, Scott Martin, was the former state football champion from downstate Mascoutah High School. They often kicked a soccer…
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Soccer had been Jeremy Allen’s sport, his serious sport, until football came along four years ago and dropped him a wink. Allen, an eighth-grader at the time, was intrigued, a…
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Where’s Natasha Borkowski?
For a while, seven times to be exact, on the move. The Loyola Academy senior middle probably thought a U-Haul was the family vehicle at one point…
