Dr. Patrick Birmingham’s father, John, was essentially Mayberry Sheriff Andy Taylor in a pharmacist’s white coat for decades. He’d work every day but Christmas as an independent pharmacist in Connecticut…
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Arts + Environment
Rhoda Pierce sat among an audience of approximately 400 at a local event in the late 1960s. Nobody knows for sure how many words speaker Gloria Steinem uttered on that…
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“His Home Was His Work”
The scene following the interment of Gerry Geffen—owner of the North Shore’s exceptional Once Upon franchise of family restaurants—made his son, Steve, stop on the way to his car in…
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The Goldman Standard
On your mark, get set … go. And dream big That’s exactly what a Glencoe sprinter named Peter Goldman did in his grammar school years in the 1950s. His personal…
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Chipper Blue Chipper
Newspaper articles about politics and world news bored Richard H. Driehaus in the 1950s. Sports pages did not hold the teen’s attention, either. But reading all those tiny numbers and…
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Remembering Anthony Terlato
Anthony “Tony” Terlato wouldn’t dare share a recipe with a friend or an international winemaker until he had prepared it perfectly at home for his family. Now you know why…
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Making The Grade
When William Yates’ grades slipped his freshman year at Kenwood Academy in Chicago, his parents made him quit basketball. He’d have to settle for elevating his 6-foot-something frame and taking…
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The Licorice Project
Boy Scout Will Gutrich could have proposed to build a footbridge at a park for his Eagle Scout Service Project last October. Or a shaded pavilion for a school playground….
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Pursuit Of Purpose
The world was crying in the wake of George Floyd’s death earlier this month. So the Rev. Wayne A. Gary came up with a plan to stem the sorrow at…
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A Negotiator And A Navigator
Former FBI Special Agent Phil Andrew should be investigated for cornering the market on the Sunday morning smile. You know the look. It’s quick and easy and utterly genuine. It’s…
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