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A Messenger For Those Who Died …
Fritzie Fritzshall talks for her harrowing experience in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps “The story I am about to tell you is not a beautiful story,” Fritzie Fritzshall told the audience at...
View ArticleWilmette: Special Brush Collection
WILMETTE – Public Works crews will begin collecting brush in Wilmette due to excessive winds incurred on Feb. 19 (greater than 60 mph). Since the reported damage is intermittent throughout the Village,...
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Ramblers clock drop-dead fast times at sectional
Loyola’s Christopher Kearney took first in the 200 free at the Niles North Sectional. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE PFOERTNER Loyola Academy’s times at the Niles North Sectional dropped left and right and up...
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Cormier, Stanton fulfilled roles well for Ramblers
Mary Cormier of the Ramblers handles the rock during the Loyola Academy Regional final. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE PFOERTNER Loyola’s Maeve Stanton sets up defensively during regional final action against...
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Rohrer ends up dancing at the Big Dance
New Trier’s Emma Jane Rohrer, seen here in earlier action this season, claimed a silver medal on the balance beam at the state meet. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER Emma Jane Rohrer’s feet hit a mat at the...
View ArticleHappy Chinese New Year
Members of New Trier High School’s Chinese Music and Arts club performed two instrumental pieces to a packed house at Chicago’s Navy Pier on Sunday, Feb. 21 as part of a “Neighborhoods of the World”...
View Article‘Legally Blonde’ at New Trier
WINNETKA- The Performing Arts Division of New Trier High School presents Legally Blonde: The Musical on Thursday, March 3 to Saturday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 6 at 2 p.m. in the Gaffney...
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Report Details Wisconsin Canoe Tragedy
Location where authorities believe the canoe entered onto Mill Lake; the ice extending out from shore and was 1-3 inches thick. When a group of college-age friends realized four people were missing...
View ArticleNorth Shorts: Time Travel
You’re driving along Sheridan Road on a snowy morning. Alone in the car, heater going, wipers flapping. Music plays from an oldies station, and you muse how everyone’s got a different idea of what...
View ArticleDoes Love Make Us Stupid?
A don’t know of a woman who hasn’t dished to her girlfriends about the dumb things her husband has done most recently. I imagine the same is true for men swapping stories with their friends, but I’d...
View ArticlePolice Called to Ice Rink
WILMETTE – Police are investigating a report of a potential battery at Centennial Ice Rink Feb. 23. Police reports state that a juvenile and staff reported that an adult male had been pushing back kids...
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Success Story: Egg Harbor Cafe
Egg Harbor Cafe’s Mike Farrell shares the secret recipe for the restaurant chain’s delicious success. Sometimes you have to put all of your eggs in one basket and take a bold risk. And that’s just what...
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Gillson Park Migrant Bird Habitat Moves Forward
An illustration of Gillson Park’s future Bird Habitat WILMETTE – Despite the cold weather, more than 30 Wilmette residents attended the Park District’s open house on Feb. 24 concerning plans to create...
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SportsFolio: State Boys Swim/Dive Meet
Joel Lerner, photographer for The North Shore Weekend/DailyNorthShore.com, catches the action at the IHSA state swimming and diving meet at Evanston High School on Feb. 27. New Trier took sixth (62...
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Lecture: Lost Airports of Chicago
WILMETTE – As you stroll through Chicago area shopping malls, housing developments and industrial parks, you may be surprised to learn that you could be walking on a former airfield! Come listen to an...
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Trump, Referendum Drive Early Voting
Marcia Bogolub of Highland Park talks to early voter John Grosshandler, also of Highland Park, about the North Shore School District 112 referendum. Voters were passionate about the $198 million North...
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Private Rail Adventure To The Kentucky Derby
Do you need a girl’s weekend, or a guy’s getaway or even a truly unique bucket list trip?Traveling overnight on a train and going to the Kentucky Derby are two popular items on bucket lists everywhere...
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New Trier Artists Picked For Exhibit
Photo by Jacob Sklansky WINNETKA – Six art students have been selected to represent New Trier High School at the 2016 Illinois High School Art Exhibition. This show features the best art from 100...
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New Taqueria In Town
Owner Tim Lenon at Taco Lago in Plaza Del Lago in Wilmette. Photography by Joel Lerner/JWC Media WILMETTE – A new restaurant called Taco Lago has opened in Wilmette in the Spanish-style shopping...
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NT’s Scheinfeld a show-stopper at state
Charlie Scheinfeld is all smiles as he gets ready to receive his first-place medal. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER It never gets old, the joke Samantha Scheinfeld likes to tell people about why her twin...
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