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LF Holds Public Hearing On Affordable Housing

by Adrienne Fawcett • February 23, 2009

The City of Lake Forest is having a public hearing Monday about a proposed affordable housing development near the fire station and train station in west Lake Forest. The meeting…
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Everett Grads Reunite For Owl Prowl

by Adrienne Fawcett • February 23, 2009

The children were supposed to be quiet and they meant to be. But when the great horned owl swooped out of its nest at Everett Farm Nature Preserve last Wednesday…
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Missing Student Returns Home

by Adrienne Fawcett • February 22, 2009

Updated Monday, Feb. 23: The parents of Caroline Stitcher released a family statement thanking the community for its assistance and prayers. They said: "She is not yet fully communicative, but…
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Much To Do Sunday

by Adrienne Fawcett • February 22, 2009

There are so many interesting things to do in Lake Forest and Lake Bluff on Sunday that It's worth repeating the lineup. Ice Skating & Barrel Jumping: Sunday is skating…
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Weekend Forecast: Busy With A Chance of Jazz

by Adrienne Fawcett • February 20, 2009

Theatre, jazz, skating, barrel jumping, parenting support, foosball, history, self-defense, a capella music: There are many reasons to emerge from hibernation this weekend, and they're all close to home. LF…
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Memo To Self: Don’t Repair The Blinds

by Adrienne Fawcett • February 19, 2009

Editor's note: Did you wake up to a room full of sunlight this morning? Images of bountiful things filled my mind: children rushing out of preschool classrooms, wielding treasured art…
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Group Treats Homelessness And Entitlement

by Adrienne Fawcett • February 19, 2009

Just a few miles up the road from Lake Forest and Lake Bluff, the problem of children and homelessness is real, although it's somewhat easy to overlook from the comfortable…
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Ambulances At Issue In Knollwood

by Adrienne Fawcett • February 18, 2009

The Knollwood Fire Department is hosting a series of informational meetings starting on Thursday, Feb. 19, to inform residents about changes in ambulance service to the unincorporated community. Please continue…
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‘It Can Be Done’

by Adrienne Fawcett • December 30, 2008

The Lake County News-Sun is running an interesting story about three young adults from Lake Bluff and Lake Forest who in January plan to trek Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money…
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Strange Weather We’re Having

by Adrienne Fawcett • December 28, 2008

Is this a leftover Halloween gag, or is someone in Lake Bluff missing a cat? We hope it is the former, but it does seem possible for a feline to…
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