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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Wilmette
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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Dutch Treat
Their love story began in a German III class at Loyola Academy in the 1970s. Pete was a junior at the private, Catholic college preparatory school in Wilmette. Ellen was…
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Personal Provisions
Ask Charie MacDonald what inspired her to start cooking at primary school age and you’ll get a straightforward answer. “I like to eat,” MacDonald says. “That’s it, in a nutshell.”…
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Street Art In Wilmette
Last spring, Howard Kanter needed to get out of the house. Like a lot of us, Kanter had self-diagnosed himself with a serious case of cabin fever. So, he bought…
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Dance Party
The Lurie Children’s Bridges Junior Board has been holding a Dance-A-Thon fundraiser since 2014 to benefit the Lurie Children’s Hospital, raising nearly $400,000 since that time. This year, with the…
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Roast Of The Town
Before he became a first-time coffeehouse owner in Wilmette 15 years ago, Blair Cooke was a writer. He served a publication as its classical music critic, and his story about…
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Season Of Light
What do giant LED robots, a virtual concert, and a 6-foot menorah have in common? Chanukah 2020. Fraida-Cameron Chabad of Wilmette had plans to celebrate Chanukah with an in-person grand…
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