When Wilmette resident Nicole Boomgaarden saw all the annual Halloween pumpkins go on sale in early September, she decided this was the year to act on an idea that had…
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Pedal Power
In 2007, a Wilmette third grader named Nicole Basil thought it might be a good idea to collect bicycles kids didn’t need any more and build a charity around finding…
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Re-Purpose for a Purpose
In 1912, Mary Garretson opened a thrift store to provide affordable clothing in Winnetka as part of the Clothing Sales Committee of the Relief & Aid Society. The shop also…
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Sunday Salon: Bob Hercules
The Art Center Highland Park’s (TACHP) new Sunday Salon series is already picking up a devoted audience and next month, it continues with a Peabody Award-winning filmmaker. Bob Hercules, documentary…
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Spook-tacular Stories
Halloween on the North Shore is never limited to one Hallows’ Eve. Between the Highwood Pumpkin Festival and Ragdale’s “Rags to Witches” event, children of all ages are tiptoeing out…
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In Perfect Harmony
While life in the 21st century seems overwhelming, Alyssa Rapp has found time to do it all. The Winnetka native, who spent the past 10 years as an entrepreneur in…
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The Great Pumpkin
Every pumpkin counts. They mean it. Big ones, puny ones, even the ugly ones have a home in the City of Highwood’s Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival. The 10th annual fest…
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Library Love
Susan Orleans’ New York Times-bestseller, The Library Book, is essentially a love letter to the institutions she adores. Built on an investigation of a devastating fire at the Los Angeles…
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Scream Scene
All eyes will be on Ragdale next weekend, in more ways than one. Four years after unveiling its wildly popular “Rags to Witches” family festival, a new “scream raiser” event…
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Wheels of a Century
According to a 1961 book about Lake Forest history written by Edward Arpee, Arthur Farwell (one of the J.V. Farwell boys) became the talk of the town right around 1900…
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