Wilmette

Let Your Voice Be Heard

by DNS Contributor • February 8, 2023

All Wilmette residents are invited to complete a survey as part of the Wilmette Park District’s Comprehensive and Strategic Planning initiative. The survey, delivered to mailboxes in the last week…
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#HASHTAG

by Dustin O'Regan • January 4, 2023

After many years working in investment management, Adriane McKnight of Wilmette felt the urge to step away from her desk and get her hands dirty doing something creative. She did…
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Inspiring Women

by Mitch Hurst • January 4, 2023

Why ask why when you can ask why not? That’s what six women leaders will be doing at the annual 2023 TEDxWilmette event which will be held on April 22…
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Season Of Giving

by DNS Contributor • December 14, 2022

The holiday season can be anything but bright for individuals and families who are struggling. Food pantries across the North Shore are ready to help. Here are just a few…
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Redoubtable Thomas

by Bill McLean • September 7, 2022

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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Feels Like Home

by Bill McLean • July 6, 2022

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

by Bill McLean • March 9, 2022

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

by Mitch Hurst • February 9, 2022

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

by Allison Duncan • December 8, 2021

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

by DNS Contributor • December 2, 2021

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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