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

By Eva Jarad Lake Forest Love had a chance to connect with Fire Chief Pete Siebert to ask questions about the City’s rescue boat. A few...

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 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 Back in 1975, when Michelle Hirschfield was born, the odds of a pregnant woman having quintuplets was rather large...

Spring has arrived, and the animals -- from lizards to a bald eagle and beyond -- are blossoming at the Wildlife Discovery Center....

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 Kim Piekos One of the many benefits of becoming a Lake Forest resident is access to its Compost & Recycling Center -- affectionately...

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...

During the enchanting month of February -- highlighted by Valentine's Day -- Lake Forest Love asked residents to share their love of Lake...

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

By David A. F. Sweet Every year at Dickinson Hall in Lake Forest, police officers and senior citizens gather to enjoy a picnic and play...

Valentine’s Day is a perfect time to find out how young couples met and how they plan to celebrate their love this evening. Here are the...

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...

The benefits of reading aloud to children are many, including enhancing their literary skills and improving their concentration. ...

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 Saige Joseph As a high school student in Lake Forest, I’ve found there is a lot of pressure to take the hardest classes, which...

By Vivian Hirschfield For many, a new year means a fresh start or updated goals. For me and nearly everyone else in my junior class at...

By Rebecca Foster-Goodman Catherine and Jim Catanzaro were living in North Carolina when they met on a blind date in October 2005. Four...