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By David A. F. Sweet While one train idled at the station, Steven Malin Jr. tried to cross the tracks in West Lake Forest with a friend in 2003. The 11-year-old did not know a freight train was heading the other way; he was struck and killed. In Steven’s obituary, the family asked for donations to be sent to the Lake Forest Parks & Recreation Department. The baseball field at Everett School is now named after Steven Malin Jr. “We thought maybe we’d get money for a new pin

By Jenny Liang Two years ago, Lake Forest’s Compost & Recycling Center launched a new Battery Recycling Program aimed at helping...

By Spencer Trees Located at the corner of Deerpath and Western in the heart of downtown Lake Forest, Rosati’s has been open since 2021....

By David A. F. Sweet   Lake Forest’s Public Safety Open House is coming up on Sunday, Oct. 19 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Public Safety...

By David A. F. Sweet Bruno Abate recalled recently the words his father, Alfredo, shared with him before he passed away about 30 years...

By David A. F. Sweet When plans were under review for the new Lake Forest Police Station, one key observation helped improve the design:...

By George Sigaev Leaving the bleak and barren battlefields of World War I, United States veterans—entering a society almost...

By Helena Kavanagh Some Lake Forest residents will soon notice a new item in their homes, and while the upgrade may be small in size, it...

By David A. F. Sweet Ethan Holmes is the Veteran of the Year for Lake Forest. In November, he’ll have completed four years of service...

By Jenny Liang When William Elliott, then a seventh-grader, walked into the CROYA Student Union, he had no idea how transformative the...