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David A.F. Sweet
Apr 29, 2024
Brush With Greatness: Library’s Murals of the Giants of Antiquity Are Restored
By David A. F. Sweet As beautiful as murals can be, even indoors they begin to deteriorate (albeit at a glacial pace) once the final...
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David A.F. Sweet
Apr 22, 2024
Cartwright Describes Benefits of Native Planting
By David A. F. Sweet For the second year, April is Illinois Native Plant Month. It came to be thanks to the efforts of the Lake Forest...
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David A.F. Sweet
Apr 15, 2024
Residents Appreciate Local Composting Initiative
By David A. F. Sweet With Earth Month reminding all to care for the environment, scores of Lake Foresters are taking advantage of a...
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karrasj
Mar 26, 2024
Rendezvous Arts Music Group Strikes a Chord at Gorton
By Kim Piekos March of 2020 scarred musicians who had played in the Lake Forest Symphony: not only did the group fold the month before...
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karrasj
Mar 13, 2024
Fired Up About Flapjacks
By Thais O'Malley The Lake Forest Parks and Recreation Department put on its Flapjacks with a Firefighter Mother-Son Pancake Breakfast on...
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Kim Piekos
Mar 11, 2024
Boy Scouts Raise Anticipation of Blooming Gardens with Annual Flower Sale
By Kim Piekos In anticipation of spring, Lake Forest’s Boy Scout Troop 46 is focused on helping residents create beautiful gardens when...
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David A.F. Sweet
Mar 4, 2024
Expansion of Memorial Gardens Is Latest Move at Lake Forest Cemetery
BY David A. F. Sweet Set atop a bluff and bordered by ravines, it’s hard to imagine a more peaceful final resting place than the Lake...
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Feb 27, 2024
Did Abraham Lincoln Ever Visit Lake Forest?
By the History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Few American historical figures of 150 years ago have had their movements better...
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Feb 15, 2024
Ice, Ice Baby: When Glaciers Covered Lake Forest and Lake Bluff
By the History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff As the Earth’s axis and orbit path have changed over millennia, massive ice sheets have...
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David A.F. Sweet
Jan 29, 2024
Rec Center’s Kinderhaven is in a Class by Itself
By David A. F. Sweet Jennifer Eggert is the director at the Lake Forest Parks and Recreation’s Kinderhaven Preschool. She earned her...
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David A.F. Sweet
Jan 24, 2024
Donut Bowl Name Has Come Full Circle for Police, CROYA
By David A. F. Sweet Committee Representing Our Young Adults (CROYA) hosted the annual flag football Donut Bowl game with the Lake...
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karrasj
Jan 15, 2024
Orthodontist Helps Local Students Cut Their Teeth in Profession
By Kim Piekos Dr. Cosmo Vivirito is a general dentist in St. Charles. While attending Lake Forest College, he interned with orthodontist...
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David A.F. Sweet
Jan 8, 2024
New Software Saves Time, Money for City During Snow Removals
By David A. F. Sweet In Lake Forest, the need for snow removal in the winter is as assured as the sound of the noon siren. Which makes...
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Ashley Love
Jan 2, 2024
Our Top Stories in 2023
By Ashley Love Welcome to 2024! Lake Forest Love posted scores of stories in 2023. What were the most popular ones? Check out the Top 10...
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David A.F. Sweet
Dec 11, 2023
Holiday Market Offers Unique Gifts, Specialty Foods
By David A. F. Sweet The Third Annual Saturday Market – Celebrate the Holidays opened on Dec. 9, and another one is coming up! Stop by...
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David A.F. Sweet
Dec 7, 2023
Pathway Will Let Residents Approach Lake Michigan From a New Perspective
By David A. F. Sweet Many citizens recall the wooden boardwalk at the south end of Forest Park Beach, which opened in 1987. Five years...
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Kristin Elliott
Dec 4, 2023
Ceramic Artwork Will Take Center Stage During Stirling Hall Holiday Art Sale
By Kristin Elliott The Stirling Hall Holiday Art Sale will take place Friday and Saturday in the Great Room at Dickinson Hall at 100 E....
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David A.F. Sweet
Nov 30, 2023
Holiday Pop-Up Shop ‘Is a Magical Collaboration in the Spirit of the Season’
By David A. F. Sweet This holiday season, the City of Lake Forest and the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce have again...
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Kim Piekos
Nov 27, 2023
Love Is in the Air at Citadel Show
By Kim Piekos Citadel Theatre's She Loves Me transports its audience to a 1930s European perfumery with clerks Amalia and Georg, who...
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Nov 16, 2023
Stabilization of Bluff Is Underway; Pathway Project Up Next
By Dana Olson Construction activities continue on the Forest Park Bluff Slope Stabilization Project - and the retaining wall is starting...
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