Former TV Anchor Skinner Lifted Spirits with Her …
It was a Maureen Skinner thing. A radio station would play an Elton John song. She’d turn the volume up on the car radio. She’d then sing along, at the…
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People
Drama King
Zach Demet hears it all the time. A stranger sees his 6-foot-2, 260-pound frame, makes an immediate assumption and blurts, “You play football, right?” The gregarious-to-the-bone Demet usually smiles and…
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United They Bond
Eighth-grader Lindsey Apple didn’t know much about Parkinson’s disease when she signed up for Sidekicks, a four-week program of workshops that pairs local youths with adults living with Parkinson’s. Apple,…
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Legend in Our Midst
Marian Phelps Pawlick, sitting in her magnificent Lake Bluff home near Crab Tree Farm on an August afternoon, glances at a list of past Local Legends honorees. It had been…
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Skits Dazzle
The Village of Lake Bluff event Time Travelers is no longer a thing of the past. It returned, to the present, on October 11 — with an emphasis on the…
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Tackling Politics
Karimar “Kari” Brown grew accustomed to seeing the name of her husband, former Chicago Bears defensive end Alex Brown, on signage. But the poster boards were turned recently. Kari Brown…
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Opening Their Homes — And Hearts
Day Four of a whirlwind four-day summer weekend had finally calmed down when an Israeli child visiting Winnetka asked Winnetkan Lori Komisar a simple question: “Why am I here?” Komisar…
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Check Out the Librarian’s Book
Wilmette Public Library Youth Services librarian Lisa Bigelow began writing her second book more than a decade ago. This summer, when Drum Roll, Please finally came out, audiences were ready…
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Can-do Sisters Create ’cane relief Fund
An uncle of Lake Forest sisters Sofia Perez Westmeyer and Astrid Perez Piccolo had to climb onto his roof in Puerto Rico last year — to make a phone call….
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SEALed, with Distinction
When Mike and Robin Zafirovski of Lake Forest agreed to meet with their friend Bill Strong recently, they had no idea what he was going to tell them. Strong had…
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