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'Continue to Get on the Bus'
By Kelsey Bumbaco Kelsey Bumbaco, senior class president of Lake Forest High School, offered her thoughts during the 89th annual...
Kelsey Bumbaco
Jun 17, 2024
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Giving Back: Summer Jam for Camp Hope
By Cameron Wacker Camp Hope, a week-long summer camp for teenagers and young adults with disabilities in the Chicagoland area, is an...
Cameron Wacker
Jun 13, 2024
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Residents Young and Old Embrace Lake Forest Day – A Constant in a Changing World
By David A. F. Sweet It’s likely that no resident alive has seen more Lake Forest Days than Larry Crone. At 93, he remembers what they...
David A.F. Sweet
Jun 10, 2024
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Lake Forest’s Atelier Preserves Renaissance Art Technique Inside Architectural Gem
By Kim Piekos Nancy Smith sits before her five-foot-wide painting, paintbrush in hand steadied by a mahl stick, focused on every stroke...
Kim Piekos
Jun 7, 2024
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‘This Place Is in My Blood’: CVS Manager Mark Bialk Prepares to Retire
By Kim Piekos After 22 years at the helm of the store on Western Avenue, CVS manager Mark Bialk will be retiring June 7. On his last day,...
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May 20, 2024
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Myers Discusses Rules on When to Use Gas Leaf Blowers
By David A. F. Sweet Chuck Myers is the Superintendent of Parks, Forestry and Natural Resources for the City of Lake Forest. He oversees...
David A.F. Sweet
May 16, 2024
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‘Posting Flags Helps Us Remember’: Legion’s Commitment to Tradition Never Flags
By Kim Piekos Everyone’s heart lifts a little to see the U.S. flags waving in the breeze around Lake Forest six days a year. In two...
Kim Piekos
May 13, 2024
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Learning Gardens to Flourish at History Center
By the History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff A significant site in the heart of old Lake Forest will bloom once again. The History...
History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff
May 2, 2024
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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...
David A.F. Sweet
Apr 29, 2024
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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...
David A.F. Sweet
Apr 22, 2024
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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...
David A.F. Sweet
Apr 15, 2024
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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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Mar 26, 2024
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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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Mar 13, 2024
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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...
Kim Piekos
Mar 11, 2024
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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...
David A.F. Sweet
Mar 4, 2024
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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...
The History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff
Feb 27, 2024
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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...
By the History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff
Feb 15, 2024
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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...
David A.F. Sweet
Jan 29, 2024
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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...
David A.F. Sweet
Jan 24, 2024
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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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Jan 15, 2024
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