Tour Guide De Force
Remember pay phones? Bruce “Buzzy” Bertucci, 74, certainly does, and one of his favorite Highwood stories features the one that stood across the street from the restaurant Sandy’s, a man…
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by Bill McLean •
Remember pay phones? Bruce “Buzzy” Bertucci, 74, certainly does, and one of his favorite Highwood stories features the one that stood across the street from the restaurant Sandy’s, a man…
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by Bill McLean •
Bridget McGovern’s posture is ramrod straight, straighter than a wooden ruler positioned vertically in a student’s backpack. The fifth grader from Lake Forest also exudes composure, with an air of…
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Ravinia Festival President and CEO Jeffrey Haydon has seen the 2008 movie Slumdog Millionaire twice. The number of times he’s listened to tracks from the film, including the vigorous “Jai…
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Pickleball continues to sweep the nation, and perhaps no one enjoys hanging on to one of the “bristles” more than Kauri McKendry. “It’s incredible, the number of people signing up…
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Andrew Hotz looked at his tablemates under the Memphis sky one night this year and couldn’t believe his good fortune. A Winnetkan since 2020 and a part-time resident of Los…
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by Allison Duncan •
Starting at a young age, Dr. Sheri Dewan of Lake Forest spent a lot of time at the library. Her love of science which would lead to a career in…
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The golf bug bit Tom Kearney at Beverly Country Club in Chicago more than six decades ago. He was 11 and a first-year caddie, making $3.75 per loop. Or about…
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The compliment could have qualified as the understatement of the year. It ended up doubling as a career launcher. “You’re good at this,” a woman told ellie Nottoli, after Nottoli,…
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He stood outside his New York office on Sundays, greeting people for up to six hours in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson—a Russian-Empire-born…
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Highland Park mailman Dave Plucinski walked his route for the final time on June 30, and the numbers are in, none more eyeopening than the final one. 34: Years Plucinski,…
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