Rebecca Foster-GoodmanDec 15, 2021Festive Pop-Up Shop Boosts Local Non-ProfitsBy 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-GoodmanDec 13, 2021Popular LFHS Class Is All BusinessBy Rebecca Foster-Goodman There is a certain excitement when you walk into a Business Entrepreneurship class at Lake Forest High School. ...
Whitley PleasDec 10, 2021Seven Fun Things to Do in Lake ForestBy 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 PleasDec 9, 2021Small Businesses in Lake Forest Persevere Despite Unprecedented Economic ShiftsBy Whitley Pleas In Lake Forest, small business owners survived both the COVID-19 pandemic’s height in 2020 and labor shortages and...
David A.F. SweetDec 6, 2021Deep Dive: Lake Forest’s David Waud Goes to the Bottom of the Ocean to See the TitanicBy David A. F. Sweet Journeys into space have made headlines recently. But what about those who, instead of being flung into the...
Adrienne FawcettDec 3, 2021Holy Spirit Takes Food-Pantry Concept to New HeightsBy Adrienne Fawcett The Friday before Thanksgiving, volunteers of The Church of the Holy Spirit food pantry joyfully gave away 100 frozen...
Kim PiekosDec 1, 2021Rotarians Provide Warmth to Needy ChildrenBy Kim Piekos The boxes labeled Operation Warm overflow with colorful, two-toned parkas, sized for children big and small, as three men...
Thais SouzaNov 30, 2021Let It GlowThe Lake Forest Tree Lighting Ceremony drew thousands to Market Square for a joyful time on the day after Thanksgiving. The tradition --...
Whitley PleasNov 29, 2021Calvert Returns to Roots With Elawa FarmBy Whitley Pleas Having grown up on a farm in Central Illinois where her family has lived for generations, agriculture is in Laura...
Whitley PleasNov 26, 2021Gorton Stays Vibrant With Creative Solutions Amid PandemicBy Whitley Pleas Even as the pandemic brought unprecedented change in 2020, Gorton Community Center Executive Director Amy Wagliardo...
Kim PiekosNov 23, 2021Read 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...
Adrienne FawcettNov 22, 2021Bart the Cart Explains What You Can – and Cannot – Recycle in Lake ForestBy Adrienne Fawcett Since Lake Forest launched its Rethink Recycling program in the spring of 2020, campaign spokes-mascot Bart the Cart...
David A.F. SweetNov 19, 2021Shedding Light on a Lake Forest Holiday TraditionBy David A. F. Sweet Since the Lake Forest Tree Lighting Ceremony dawned in 1987, Tim Haskett has been involved in each one. Back then,...
Saige JosephNov 17, 2021All the World’s a Stage for Teens Performing ShakespeareBy Saige Joseph Shakespeare is difficult for adults to perform, let alone teenagers, but Lake Forest High School freshmen and sophomores...
Vivian HirschfieldNov 16, 2021Sadly, There’s No Longer Time to ProcrastinateBy Vivian Hirschfield Happy fall! Today, in my Lake Forest High School journalism class, my teacher Mr. Leyden talked about...
David A.F. SweetNov 15, 2021Morning Star: Lake Forest’s Larry Potash Keeps Popular TV News Show HummingBy David A. F. Sweet After a comfortable morning in the television studio, WGN anchor Larry Potash wasn’t expecting to soon be sitting...
Rick DayNov 12, 2021You’d Be a Lucky Duck to Try This New RestaurantBy Rick Day Tucked into the back corner of the courtyard at 950 N. Western Ave., there sits a nondescript storefront which at first...
Rebecca Foster-GoodmanNov 11, 2021Nine Questions with Scouts’ Coach Chuck SpagnoliBy Rebecca Foster-Goodman Lake Forest High School Varsity Football Coach Chuck Spagnoli has been the driving force behind the team for...
Rebecca Foster-GoodmanNov 10, 2021Getting the Ball Rolling: Youth Soccer Group Enjoys Prolonged SuccessBy Rebecca Foster-Goodman As the days get shorter and frost covers the grass, soccer fields -- filled recently with enthusiastic...
Vivian HirschfieldNov 8, 2021Getting Through the Day Is Far From RoutineBy Vivian Hirschfield Hello readers! I’m back for a third week. Writing these pieces has started to feel like a routine. When I realized...
Whitley PleasNov 5, 2021Like Father, Like Son: New LFC Basketball Coach a Familiar FaceBy Whitley Pleas For the past six years, Ryan Davis experienced a coaching partnership like no other: his father, Ken Davis, served as...
Jennifer KarrasNov 1, 2021All Dressed Up with Somewhere to GoCostumes did the trick on Halloween, as Lake Foresters gathered candy on a brisk fall day.
David A.F. SweetNov 1, 2021Cool(er) Hand Luke: Lake Forest Resident Plants Flag in Tailgating BusinessBy David A. F. Sweet What happens when former Chicago Bears quarterback Bobby Douglass shows up to your playoff tailgate party? Lake...
Vivian HirschfieldOct 28, 2021Write On: How I Found My GrooveBy Vivian Hirschfield Hey! It’s Vivi (or Viv) again. If you need a refresher, writing is my passion. I can say that with confidence...