LFHS Alumna's Passion for Irish Dance Spurs Popular School
By Rebecca Foster-Goodman When Lake Bluff native Veronica Lilja Brugioni was three years old, her mother and grandmother took her to see...
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Adrienne Fawcett
Mar 10, 2022
Prison Pen Pal Ministry Delivers Beacons of Light Behind Bars
By Adrienne Fawcett He killed a man when he was 24. That was all Nan Caldwell knew about the prisoner she was assigned to exchange...
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Kim Piekos
Mar 7, 2022
Center of Attention: Compost and Recycling Spot Draws Regulars and Plenty of Unwanted Materials
By Kim Piekos One of the many benefits of becoming a Lake Forest resident is access to its Compost & Recycling Center -- affectionately...
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Rebecca Foster-Goodman
Mar 3, 2022
Theme of Book May Scare the Pants Off Readers
By Rebecca Foster-Goodman Getting dressed in the morning is something we all do. Some people set their clothes out neatly pressed the...
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David A.F. Sweet
Feb 28, 2022
Stirling Qualities: The Lake Forest Shop Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary
By David A. F. Sweet As a young woman living in London and raising a growing family, Ellen Stirling never considered running The Lake...
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Kim Piekos
Feb 21, 2022
Longtime Friends Think Outside the Box to Generate Love of Reading Among Children
By Kim Piekos Two Lake Forest entrepreneurs -- friends since second grade at Lake Forest Country Day School -- have parlayed their long...
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Rebecca Foster-Goodman
Feb 10, 2022
Lake Forest Non-Profit Provides Hope and Love to Kids in Need
By Rebecca Foster-Goodman The spirit of giving is most often associated with the holiday season. Food pantries, churches and shelters see...
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Adrienne Fawcett
Feb 3, 2022
Run by a Mother and Her Daughters, ENAZ Attracts Mothers and Daughters
By Adrienne Fawcett ENAZ prides itself on being a one-stop shop for mothers and daughters alike. This is literally true, as the trendy...
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Adrienne Fawcett
Jan 17, 2022
Getting on Board in Lake Forest
By Adrienne Fawcett Remember when people took to scrubbing food packages with antiseptic wipes before bringing them into the house at the...
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Adrienne Fawcett
Dec 28, 2021
The Deer Path Inn: The Place to Be Seen … And Get Lost In
By Adrienne Fawcett It’s Friday evening, that time when the stress of work and school give way to the weekend. Meeting a friend for...
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Whitley Pleas
Dec 17, 2021
Christmas-Tree Lot Continues to Thrive More Than 70 Years After Opening
By Whitley Pleas Each year, on the day after Thanksgiving, Kim Placentino’s front yard transforms into a Christmas wonderland. A...
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Rebecca Foster-Goodman
Dec 15, 2021
Festive Pop-Up Shop Boosts Local Non-Profits
By Rebecca Foster-Goodman Pop-up shops are a festive way to shop for the holidays, and Lake Forest Station takes that experience one...
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Whitley Pleas
Dec 10, 2021
Seven Fun Things to Do in Lake Forest
By Whitley Pleas Lake Forest residents believe it is one of the best places in Illinois – if not the country – to raise a family. With...
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Whitley Pleas
Dec 9, 2021
Small Businesses in Lake Forest Persevere Despite Unprecedented Economic Shifts
By Whitley Pleas In Lake Forest, small business owners survived both the COVID-19 pandemic’s height in 2020 and labor shortages and...
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Adrienne Fawcett
Dec 3, 2021
Holy Spirit Takes Food-Pantry Concept to New Heights
By Adrienne Fawcett The Friday before Thanksgiving, volunteers of The Church of the Holy Spirit food pantry joyfully gave away 100 frozen...
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David A.F. Sweet
Nov 19, 2021
Shedding Light on a Lake Forest Holiday Tradition
By David A. F. Sweet Since the Lake Forest Tree Lighting Ceremony dawned in 1987, Tim Haskett has been involved in each one. Back then,...
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Rick Day
Nov 12, 2021
You’d Be a Lucky Duck to Try This New Restaurant
By Rick Day Tucked into the back corner of the courtyard at 950 N. Western Ave., there sits a nondescript storefront which at first...
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Whitley Pleas
Nov 5, 2021
Like Father, Like Son: New LFC Basketball Coach a Familiar Face
By Whitley Pleas For the past six years, Ryan Davis experienced a coaching partnership like no other: his father, Ken Davis, served as...
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Rebecca Foster-Goodman
Oct 27, 2021
Lake Forest Native's Store Balances Education, Adventure
By Rebecca Foster-Goodman Born and raised in Lake Forest, Allison Gurza returned home after college and taught at the School of St. Mary...
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Whitley Pleas
Oct 15, 2021
From Flags to Scholarships, Lake Forest American Legion Continues to Give Back
By Whitley Pleas Inside their home on McKinley Road on Columbus Day, the members of McKinlock Post 264 of the American Legion began...
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