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...

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

By Kim Piekos It’s a frigid day on the North Shore – too cold for the 57 horses that board at the Glen Grove Equestrian Center to head...

By Kim Piekos Joining the backpack-laden students at Lake Forest College this fall were nearly three dozen exceptional 13-to-19-year-old...

By Vivian Hirschfield Hi readers! I tackled final exams and end-of-year responsibilities in December, but I am back with my column as...

By Adrienne Fawcett It’s Friday evening, that time when the stress of work and school give way to the weekend. Meeting a friend for...

By Adrienne Fawcett Trey Gonzales and Kip Helverson bought a small business just ahead of a worldwide pandemic, which prompted seemingly...

The kids (and parents!) had a blast at Lake Forest Parks & Recreation’s Santa Drive Thru event on Saturday. A magical little piece of the...

By Whitley Pleas When Lake Forest residents wake up to find the streets dusted with snow, few are aware that the city’s Snow Operations...

By Whitley Pleas Each year, on the day after Thanksgiving, Kim Placentino’s front yard transforms into a Christmas wonderland. A...

By Rebecca Foster-Goodman Pop-up shops are a festive way to shop for the holidays, and Lake Forest Station takes that experience one...

By Rebecca Foster-Goodman There is a certain excitement when you walk into a Business Entrepreneurship class at Lake Forest High School. ...

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...

By Whitley Pleas In Lake Forest, small business owners survived both the COVID-19 pandemic’s height in 2020 and labor shortages and...

By David A. F. Sweet Journeys into space have made headlines recently. But what about those who, instead of being flung into the...

By Adrienne Fawcett The Friday before Thanksgiving, volunteers of The Church of the Holy Spirit food pantry joyfully gave away 100 frozen...

By Kim Piekos The boxes labeled Operation Warm overflow with colorful, two-toned parkas, sized for children big and small, as three men...

The Lake Forest Tree Lighting Ceremony drew thousands to Market Square for a joyful time on the day after Thanksgiving. The tradition --...

By Whitley Pleas Having grown up on a farm in Central Illinois where her family has lived for generations, agriculture is in Laura...

By Whitley Pleas Even as the pandemic brought unprecedented change in 2020, Gorton Community Center Executive Director Amy Wagliardo...

By Kim Piekos Come into the Reading Power room at the Green Bay Early Childhood Center in North Chicago, where colorful board books line...

By Adrienne Fawcett Since Lake Forest launched its Rethink Recycling program in the spring of 2020, campaign spokes-mascot Bart the Cart...

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,...