She Can Dance-And Teach And Inspire
The Wondrous Whirlwind from Winnetka, also known as Jenny Oelerich, has to sit still, finally. It’s a recent midafternoon at the Community House in Winnetka, where the Winnetka native and…
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Learning In
Data about the learning loss that students suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic is starting to come in, and the results are startling. Worldwide, studies are showing significant levels of learning…
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Learning In
Fourteen years ago, Nancy and Scott Santi were invited by a Winnetka neighbor to explore an organization they had never heard of—LEARN Charter School Network. The years following that meeting…
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Travel In Style
If it’s an accomplishment for a company to mark 50 years in business, it’s a singular achievement for a family-run travel company. Royal Travel & Tours of Winnetka is doing…
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Home For The Holidays
By chance or not, sometimes the setting for a film develops into a character all its own, as much as the human actors who inhabit it. One is hard-pressed to…
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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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Growing Community Organically
When Raheela Anwar was a young mother new to Winnetka more than two decades ago, neighbors encouraged her to visit Winnetka’s Community House as a way to meet other residents….
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Operation Warm
As we begin to put away the summer clothing and break out the warmer coats, the New Trier Township Rotary clubs would like us to think about others who are…
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Beer Bonds
A few years ago, David Avram was working on a proposed project for a brewery in the Western Suburbs. Avram’s family, originally from Aurora, has been in the real estate…
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Blade Winner
Had Tom Gullen not attended Winnetka Hockey Club’s inaugural WarriorFest in late August, it would have been akin to Lollapalooza without music. Or an auto show without autos. The 63-year-old…
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