Science Sensations
New Trier Township High School juniors Paul Graham and Ellie Winkler have spent the past year working with a team of 15 other Chicago-area high school students and teachers to…
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Wilmette
The Great Connector: Abby Baine Dunn
Abby Baine Dunn was in a hurry. Moving through the press of bodies crowded into New York City’s Times Square, she’d left the stress of high-level public relations back at…
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Pumpkin Pitch
When Wilmette resident Nicole Boomgaarden saw all the annual Halloween pumpkins go on sale in early September, she decided this was the year to act on an idea that had…
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Pedal Power
In 2007, a Wilmette third grader named Nicole Basil thought it might be a good idea to collect bicycles kids didn’t need any more and build a charity around finding…
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Love Shack
Karen O’Sullivan’s bright and breezy boutique siblings Share and Shack stand side-by-side on Wilmette Avenue. It’s about an hour before opening time, and with the morning sun lighting up the…
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Calm, Cool…Van Zelst
Nate Van Zelst watches a college football game on TV at home in Glenview. Or maybe it’s a National Football League game. A kicker trots out to the field. He…
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Sunday Breakfast: Nikki Nocera
Nikki Nocera had just delivered her campaign speech for the office of senior class president at Chaney High School when she had an “uh-oh” moment. Her male opponent at the…
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Library Love
Susan Orleans’ New York Times-bestseller, The Library Book, is essentially a love letter to the institutions she adores. Built on an investigation of a devastating fire at the Los Angeles…
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Cusp of Greatness
Only five female tennis players in the medal-laden history of New Trier tennis—including New Trier East and New Trier West high schools, before the schools merged in 1981— have finished…
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Sunday Breakfast: Nancy Paridy
Book? Check. Flashlight? Check. A young Nancy Paridy was ready for bed only when she had collected those two items after brushing her teeth. “That was me, the girl reading…
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