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Remember “The Ryne Sandberg Game” at Wrigley Field in 1984? A 59-year-old Lake Bluff resident certainly does, and there’s a good chance he’ll revisit it September 12 for an audience…
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Lake Forest & Lake Bluff
Sweet Tells Bitter Tale
A book and Nancy Sweet were never far apart. Her husband, Phil Sweet, read three newspapers every day. Their son David, during his formative years in Lake Forest, often welcomed…
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Centennial Celebration
Put your books away and your party hats on and get ready to celebrate Lake Bluff Library’s 100th birthday. The library is teaming up with Lake Bluff Brewing Company for…
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Sunday Breakfast: Cilla Stoll
A few minutes into our conversation one summer morning in Lake Bluff ’s Scranton Alley, Forever Om owner Cilla Stoll demonstrated that she practices what she teaches. Breathe in, hold,…
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Large As Life
We’ve all seen plein air artists at work, their easels pitched near lovely garden vistas, delicately painting miniature representations of the scenes at hand. But Lake Forest-based artist Sam Rosenthal…
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Future Irish gridder eyes golden opportunity
On one of the best days of his young life— March 19, 2019, when he found out the University of Notre Dame had accepted him for admission—Eddie Scheidler said good-bye…
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All for Beauty
Austrian painter Gustav Klimt once said, “Even when I am being idle, I have plenty of food for thought both early and late—thoughts both about and not about art.” When…
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Twin Hasn’t Peaked
Paddleboarding is among Caroline Graham’s favorite escapes from volleyball. The Lake Forest High School junior-to-be—a 6-foot-1 outside hitter and standout front-row force for the Sky High 16-1’s North Shore club…
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Cardinal Win
A T-shirt triggered Kevin Lamp’s interest in college volleyball nearly 10 years ago. The future Lake Forest High School graduate was a third-grader in Lake Bluff at the time, cel-…
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