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Christmas-Tree Lot Continues to Thrive More Than 70 Years After Opening
By Whitley Pleas Each year, on the day after Thanksgiving, Kim Placentino’s front yard transforms into a Christmas wonderland. A...
Whitley Pleas
Dec 17, 2021
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Festive Pop-Up Shop Boosts Local Non-Profits
By Rebecca Foster-Goodman Pop-up shops are a festive way to shop for the holidays, and Lake Forest Station takes that experience one...
Rebecca Foster-Goodman
Dec 15, 2021
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Popular LFHS Class Is All Business
By Rebecca Foster-Goodman There is a certain excitement when you walk into a Business Entrepreneurship class at Lake Forest High School. ...
Rebecca Foster-Goodman
Dec 13, 2021
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Seven Fun Things to Do in Lake Forest
By Whitley Pleas Lake Forest residents believe it is one of the best places in Illinois – if not the country – to raise a family. With...
Whitley Pleas
Dec 10, 2021
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Small Businesses in Lake Forest Persevere Despite Unprecedented Economic Shifts
By Whitley Pleas In Lake Forest, small business owners survived both the COVID-19 pandemic’s height in 2020 and labor shortages and...
Whitley Pleas
Dec 9, 2021
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Deep Dive: Lake Forest’s David Waud Goes to the Bottom of the Ocean to See the Titanic
By David A. F. Sweet Journeys into space have made headlines recently. But what about those who, instead of being flung into the...
David A.F. Sweet
Dec 6, 2021
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Holy Spirit Takes Food-Pantry Concept to New Heights
By Adrienne Fawcett The Friday before Thanksgiving, volunteers of The Church of the Holy Spirit food pantry joyfully gave away 100 frozen...
Adrienne Fawcett
Dec 3, 2021
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Rotarians Provide Warmth to Needy Children
By Kim Piekos The boxes labeled Operation Warm overflow with colorful, two-toned parkas, sized for children big and small, as three men...
Kim Piekos
Dec 1, 2021
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Let It Glow
The Lake Forest Tree Lighting Ceremony drew thousands to Market Square for a joyful time on the day after Thanksgiving. The tradition --...
Thais Souza
Nov 30, 2021
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Calvert Returns to Roots With Elawa Farm
By Whitley Pleas Having grown up on a farm in Central Illinois where her family has lived for generations, agriculture is in Laura...
Whitley Pleas
Nov 29, 2021
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Gorton Stays Vibrant With Creative Solutions Amid Pandemic
By Whitley Pleas Even as the pandemic brought unprecedented change in 2020, Gorton Community Center Executive Director Amy Wagliardo...
Whitley Pleas
Nov 26, 2021
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Read All About It: Non-Profit Boosts Literacy Through Tutoring
By Kim Piekos Come into the Reading Power room at the Green Bay Early Childhood Center in North Chicago, where colorful board books line...
Kim Piekos
Nov 23, 2021
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Bart the Cart Explains What You Can – and Cannot – Recycle in Lake Forest
By Adrienne Fawcett Since Lake Forest launched its Rethink Recycling program in the spring of 2020, campaign spokes-mascot Bart the Cart...
Adrienne Fawcett
Nov 22, 2021
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Shedding Light on a Lake Forest Holiday Tradition
By David A. F. Sweet Since the Lake Forest Tree Lighting Ceremony dawned in 1987, Tim Haskett has been involved in each one. Back then,...
David A.F. Sweet
Nov 19, 2021
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All the World’s a Stage for Teens Performing Shakespeare
By Saige Joseph Shakespeare is difficult for adults to perform, let alone teenagers, but Lake Forest High School freshmen and sophomores...

Saige Joseph
Nov 17, 2021
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Sadly, There’s No Longer Time to Procrastinate
By Vivian Hirschfield Happy fall! Today, in my Lake Forest High School journalism class, my teacher Mr. Leyden talked about...
Vivian Hirschfield
Nov 16, 2021
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Morning Star: Lake Forest’s Larry Potash Keeps Popular TV News Show Humming
By David A. F. Sweet After a comfortable morning in the television studio, WGN anchor Larry Potash wasn’t expecting to soon be sitting...
David A.F. Sweet
Nov 15, 2021
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You’d Be a Lucky Duck to Try This New Restaurant
By Rick Day Tucked into the back corner of the courtyard at 950 N. Western Ave., there sits a nondescript storefront which at first...
Rick Day
Nov 12, 2021
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Nine Questions with Scouts’ Coach Chuck Spagnoli
By Rebecca Foster-Goodman Lake Forest High School Varsity Football Coach Chuck Spagnoli has been the driving force behind the team for...
Rebecca Foster-Goodman
Nov 11, 2021
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Getting the Ball Rolling: Youth Soccer Group Enjoys Prolonged Success
By Rebecca Foster-Goodman As the days get shorter and frost covers the grass, soccer fields -- filled recently with enthusiastic...
Rebecca Foster-Goodman
Nov 10, 2021
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Getting Through the Day Is Far From Routine
By Vivian Hirschfield Hello readers! I’m back for a third week. Writing these pieces has started to feel like a routine. When I realized...
Vivian Hirschfield
Nov 8, 2021
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Like Father, Like Son: New LFC Basketball Coach a Familiar Face
By Whitley Pleas For the past six years, Ryan Davis experienced a coaching partnership like no other: his father, Ken Davis, served as...
Whitley Pleas
Nov 5, 2021
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All Dressed Up with Somewhere to Go
Costumes did the trick on Halloween, as Lake Foresters gathered candy on a brisk fall day.
Jennifer Karras
Nov 1, 2021
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Cool(er) Hand Luke: Lake Forest Resident Plants Flag in Tailgating Business
By David A. F. Sweet What happens when former Chicago Bears quarterback Bobby Douglass shows up to your playoff tailgate party? Lake...
David A.F. Sweet
Nov 1, 2021
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