ANDY BOHNKER can’t help himself. A ride from the Lake Forest Train Station to his family’s home in west Lake Forest requires detours. He chauffeurs this writer through some of…
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A COMMUNITY CLASSIC
AIDAN WATTS, a rising junior at Lake Forest High School, already has 14 years under his belt playing the violin. Now 17, the math is pretty easy; he started playing…
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GHOST STORIES
ON THE EVENING of October 30, 1928, Elfrieda Knaack was found severely burned in the furnace of Lake Bluff Village Hall. She would die in the hospital three days later….
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Local Legend
FOR THE MAN who built the Wintrust Bank empire, Ed Wehmer is remarkably unassuming. For sure, the former rugby player knows how to compete in the dog-eat-dog world of banking,…
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Experience Counts
THE CURRENT HOT REAL ESTATE on the North Shore offers many challenges for buyers and sellers. With record low inventory, many homes are sold before they ever hit the MLS, or…
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Trailblazer
STARTING AT A YOUNG AGE, Dr. Sheri Dewan spent a lot of time at the library. Her love of science, which would lead to a career in neurosurgery, was fueled…
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Family Business
WHEN DREW NAISMITH was a young boy growing up in San Diego his parents, immigrants from Scotland via Canada, separated. Not raised with a strong father figure, he found one…
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Cattails and Cocktails
THE ASSOCIATE BOARD of the Lake Forest Open Lands Association (LFOLA) will host its annual spring outdoor fundraiser, Cattails & Cocktails, on May 14 at the Mellody Farm Nature Preserve in…
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Early Childhood Excellence
Over the last two decades, studies have shown that kids who receive a Pre-K education have a leg up when they move along in their education experience. The programs also…
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Preservation Progress
THE MISSION OF Lake Forest Open Lands Association (LFOLA) is to acquire, restore, and preserve natural landscapes in our local community to ensure that all people have a connection to,…
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