By David A. F. Sweet Kelly Bougher is a maintenance worker and a certified arborist in the Forestry Department for the City of Lake...

By Kim Piekos A passion since childhood for America’s battlefields and a desire to tell unusual stories about women who fought on them in...

By David A. F. Sweet Mark Krygeris is a Staff Accountant with the City of Lake Forest. A significant part of his responsibility is...

By David A. F. Sweet Growing up in Lake Bluff, one of Ryan London’s earliest memories involved nature – an appropriate recollection for...

By David A. F. Sweet Perusing the stacks inside the architecture library at the University of Virginia in 1985, Greg Koester came upon...

By David A. F. Sweet Two Lake Forest sailors, Alec Ranker and Leo Kumar, are poised to compete in the U.S. National Sailing Championship...

By Shelby Birnbaum As a new season beckons this fall, Artistic and Managing Directors Scott and Ellen Phelps of the Citadel Theatre are...

Mike Perry has worked at the Forest Park Beach since it was renovated in 1987. Lake Forest residents created this video to show their...

By David A. F. Sweet When Genevieve Dolan was 13, the Lake Forest resident started seeing a dermatologist because she was suffering from...

By Kim Piekos Some people spend their lives dedicated to others. Lake Forest’s Pat Handley is one of them. A senior citizen, she juggles...

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 Kim Piekos You can sense Joanna Rolek’s stage presence the minute she walks in the door. She commands attention naturally, overflows...

By David A. F. Sweet The Illinois General Primary Election is coming up on June 28, and Lake Forest citizens will be able to cast their...

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

By David A. F. Sweet As one enters Building Maintenance Supervisor Bill Borzick’s office, it’s hard not to notice a sign that says...

By Nick Winebrenner He’s not the loudest fan. He doesn’t paint his face. Or scream at refs. Instead, he enjoys bringing friends and...

By Vivian Hirschfield April brings rainstorms and, on sunny days, spring sports. For my family, April has a special meaning -- because...

By Kim Piekos You’d never know it’s the city’s water plant. Sequestered behind an impressive gate along Lake Road, the building blends...

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...