When one friend is down, other friends put their heads together to figure out how they can help. Such was the case some 30 years ago when a close friend…
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Where East Meets West
As all good Midwesterners know, when those first 60-degree weather days begin to appear, our beautiful local gardens aren’t far behind. At least that’s what the co-chairs for the Garden…
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Moment In Time
Often when it comes to the best things in life, timing plays a pivotal role. Highland Park’s Carol Summerfield would vouch for this sentiment 100 percent. “I had not intended…
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Taking Root
The History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff has been home to the community’s stories for more than 45 years. And now, with their state-of-the-art technology that was unveiled last fall, the…
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Fore!
In 1922, Lake Forest’s Albert Blake Dick—who made his fortune as the largest manufacturer of mimeograph equipment—gave a parcel of his farm property to the City of Lake Forest. An…
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Hometown Hero
Retirement can be full of surprises. And as Dr. William Benge learned, some surprises may be ones that you’ll never forget. Dr. William Benge, a Harvard-trained cardiologist, recently retired from…
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Good Vibrations
To know Melissa Pas Blake is to see a ray of sunshine. Yet the Lake Forest woman’s life has been far from only bright smiles and endless rainbows. Her truth…
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Stepping Stones
If you build it, they will come. This is the mantra the Stepping Stones Network volunteers from Lake Forest’s Christ Church repeat to themselves as they work to obliterate sex…
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Your Cup Of Tea
It’s tea, for you. At least that’s what Nicole Elliott, Sarah Helfrich, and Leslie Schreiber have planned as co-chairs for the Guild of St. Mary’s third annual Christmas Tea taking…
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Cheers to 50 Years
It was just a typical late-summer, sunny day at Lake Forest’s Kiddles Sports with families coming and going, stocking up on back-to-school team uniforms and sporting goods. At least it…
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