When school board members of Township High School District 113 in Highland Park meet to discuss strategic plans, policies that govern the district, or any of the other initiatives necessary…
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Dream Factory
It’s time! All of those brilliant ideas for new products, services, and creations that the young people in your lives have cooked up, now have a place to shine. The…
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Sunday Breakfast: Rachel Wills
Smiling and bright in a periwinkle blue T-shirt and jeans, Rachel Wills looks surprisingly fresh for someone who just finished the grueling 200-mile Dirty Kanza gravel bike race in Kansas…
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Citizen K-9
The newest member of the Lake Forest Police Department (LFPD) has big brown eyes, a winning grin, and an endearing habit of cocking his head to one side when listening…
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Pint-Sized Gardeners
It’s been raining all day, but inside the learning center upstairs at Chalet in Wilmette, a paper plate sunshine smiles down on a group of wiggly children. Gathered in a…
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Sunday Breakfast: Mike Delfini
Just west of “Main Street,” the central corridor running through Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago, sits Turtle Rock, home to four Southern Painted turtles. It’s a hot spot of…
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Sweet Indulgence
The little brown-eyed girl moves slowly, palms flat against the sleek curved glass of the display case, taking every gelato flavor in. At first I think she’s going for the…
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Garden of Remembrance
By 6:30 a.m. on a recent Tuesday, soft shafts of morning sunlight had already worked their way past the West Lake Forest Train Station, and across Telegraph Road. There, they…
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Sunday Breakfast: Annie McAveeney
There are many parts that make up the whole. In the ideal family situation, that “whole” includes parents and the unconditional love they show their children—love that shows up in…
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Sweet Success
Meeting at Goodies candy shop on a sunny afternoon to talk through details of their upcoming 30th anniversary celebration June 7 and June 8, co-owners Lisa Meitus, Robin Roth, and…
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