By David A. F. Sweet A yellow warbler that weighs as little as a few sheets of paper flies 3,000 miles -- even traveling over the Gulf...

By David A. F. Sweet When Margot Martino moved to Lake Forest in the early 1970s, the news about teenagers in town was grim. "People were...

By Rebecca Foster-Goodman Anyone who has walked through the doors of Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital has most likely gotten...

By David A. F. Sweet New Lake Forest Caucus President David Hunt is a private wealth advisor with Bernstein Private Wealth Management....

By Rebecca Foster-Goodman The kitchen is often called the heart of a home. It is where family and friends gather to share meals and make...

By Kim Piekos The History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff has partnered with students at Lake Forest College to create an exhibit...

By Adrienne Fawcett Since the pandemic started in March 2020, more than 1,300 properties have been sold in Lake Forest, and more than...

By Gigi Snellback Our lives are shaped by the people we choose to surround ourselves with. Luckily, I have made countless close...

By David A. F. Sweet Beset by crowded conditions in a parish designed for 200 grade-school students rather than twice as many...

By Adrienne Fawcett When you publish a 304-page book full of photos of beautiful table settings, how do you decide which image to put on...

By David A. F. Sweet As the world reeled from the COVID pandemic in the fall of 2020, members of the Lake Forest Garden Club foraged...

By Rebecca Foster-Goodman When Lake Bluff native Veronica Lilja Brugioni was three years old, her mother and grandmother took her to see...

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...

By Rebecca Foster-Goodman Getting dressed in the morning is something we all do. Some people set their clothes out neatly pressed the...

By David A. F. Sweet As a young woman living in London and raising a growing family, Ellen Stirling never considered running The Lake...

By Kim Piekos Two Lake Forest entrepreneurs -- friends since second grade at Lake Forest Country Day School -- have parlayed their long...

By Rebecca Foster-Goodman The spirit of giving is most often associated with the holiday season. Food pantries, churches and shelters see...

By David A. F. Sweet Katherine Reay has lived in Ireland and England, Seattle and now Lake Forest, with each move prompted by her...

By Adrienne Fawcett ENAZ prides itself on being a one-stop shop for mothers and daughters alike. This is literally true, as the trendy...

By Adrienne Fawcett Remember when people took to scrubbing food packages with antiseptic wipes before bringing them into the house at the...