Redoubtable Thomas
Lindsay Thomas, nee Loekle, earned her wings in high school without spending a minute in flight school. Maybe you’re thinking right about now, I’ll fly to any destination in the…
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Wilmette
Feels Like Home
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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Mr. Wilmette
Did you hear the one about the Civil War veteran from Wilmette who headed to work one day, lunch pail in hand, and went missing for more than 20 years?…
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Candy Land
Like many of us, Susie Riskind Thompson was born with a healthy sweet tooth. When she was growing up in Highland Park, she would often go out to fine restaurants…
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Women Supporting Women
Wilmette’s Liz Prior spent 25 years in advertising, co-founding a digital agency in 2006. As she approached the 15th anniversary of launching her own business, Prior began thinking about another…
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Winter Wonderlands
The holiday season is fast upon us. Here is a quick round-up of just a few of the festive events throughout the North Shore you might want to save the…
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Red, White and Crew
Four words, uttered calmly by her grandfather, turned a terrifying moment on board a boat into an exhilarating one for Maggie Shea. “I was young, sailing on Lake Michigan, and…
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Would You Hide Them?
The scene unfolds around a dining room table at a family gathering in Hoffman Estates in 2019. Beth Lane is surveying the room, asking her aunts, uncles, siblings, cousins, nieces,…
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Green Scene
If you’re ready to spring into a garden or backyard makeover and want to find plants and flowers that will thrive in our Midwest climate, plan to make a stop…
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Royal Remembrances
Rotary Club of Wilmette member Don Olson’s vivid memories of Prince Philip’s visit to the Chicago area 39 years ago range from the Duke of Edinburgh’s tiny Scotland Yard security…
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