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Dwyer aims for more gold at Summer Games in Rio
Winnetkan Conor Dwyer, seen here swimming the butterfly, will compete in his second Olympic Games in early August. The Loyola Academy graduate and former competitor for the Lake Forest Swim Club...
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Local Democrats Sense History, Seek Unity at DNC
Holding an informal meeting between Democratic National Convention sessions are (from left) former state Rep. Carol Ronen (D-Chicago), Rozanne Ronen of Barrington, Illinois Attorney General Lisa...
View ArticleCure Summer Party Friday
As the annual Be Part of the Cure Summer Party approaches, event co-chairs Michelle Bernstein and Jana Brok are clear: theirs are labors of love. The Summer Party is hosted by the Auxiliary of...
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McDermed was ‘D’ man for Trevians
Danny McDermed, seen here in the state championship game, was a shutdown force for the Trevians this past spring. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER Danny McDermed and lacrosse parted ways on a field in...
View ArticleThe Science of Dance …
WILMETTE – Regina Dominican High School’s advanced dance class and Northwestern University’s department of physics and astronomy partnered this spring to create a video explaining a scientific concept...
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Ravinia Audience Plays Back-up To Diana Ross
There was a capacity crowd at the concert. HIGHLAND PARK – Whether it was friends on the lawn or pavilion patrons jumping out of their seats, most of the crowd made Diana Ross’s Ravinia Festival debut...
View ArticleUnlocked Bike, iPhone Lifted
WILMETTE – Several instances of theft were reported in Wilmette recently — some of it preventable, such as an unlocked Raleigh bike that was reported stolen from Centennial Aquatic Center between 4 and...
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Chip Shots: Hickey 2nd at CEJA Championship
SUMMER GOLF TOURNAMENTS Glencoe’s Margaret Hickey, who will be a senior at Loyola Academy, took runner-up honors in the Illinois Junior Golf Association’s Chick Evans Jr. Am Championship at Itasca...
View ArticleArrest Made in Child Luring Incident
GLENCOE – A Chicago man has been arrested and charged after repeatedly asking two 11-year-old girls if they needed a ride. Huseyin Gungor, 34, was charged with two counts of disorderly conduct. Police...
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Week in Review: When Lightning Strikes …
On Saturday right around the time lighting split the evening sky, my niece and her betrothed said their “I wills” at Kenilworth Union Church. The wind was so strong and the rain fell so hard for so...
View ArticleNorth Shorts: Full of Surprises
In a nearby music school, young and old students between classes look at a video one of them has downloaded. You figure this’ll be pretty avant-garde stuff. It’s anything but… The song was written in...
View ArticleTV: Finding a Common Ground
There are days when I feel like everyone around me is arguing. Political junkies are like pigs in slop, of course, but they are no less animated in their discourse then the sports fans or my family...
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Loyola Academy Learns How to Say Goodbye
This is our fifth story in a series highlighting exceptional students from the 2016 graduating class. When it was time for Mary Cormier, Loyola Academy’s (LA) 2016 valedictorian, to prepare the speech...
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Upsides to Downsizing
The woman is 86 years old. She has called her North Shore house “home” for 53 years. Realities settled in recently, forcing her to consider downsizing. The house was put on the market. It was sold....
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Sunday Breakfast: Stick-ing to Lacrosse
Lacrosse was a curiosity on the sports menu, nearing niche status in Illinois, when Mark Bundra played it for New Trier High School teams in the early 2000s. It was that “East Coast activity”, with the...
View ArticleLake Michigan Shoreline: Working Together
Elected officials met on July 26 for to discuss efforts to regionally manage Lake Michigan’s Shoreline. Here’s a report from representatives of Alliance for the Great Lakes and the Illinois Department...
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Opinion: Local Hardware is Better
According to the North American Retail Hardware Association, money spent at a local hardware store vs. a big box store like Home Depot or Lowes allows 3x’s of the value of that money to go back into...
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French Bakery Hopes To Be Habit-Forming
Emily Doyle of Wilmette makes a purchase at St. Roger Abby Patisserie. She is taken care of by Sister Marie Clotilde (left) and Sister Myriam of Nazareth.Photography by George Pfoertner/JWC Media...
View ArticleCatherine Mary Noteman Wagner
Catherine Mary Noteman Wagner, age 50, of Wilmette, IL, died after a courageous 7 year battle with cancer Thursday, July 28th 2016. Raised in Bloomfield Hills, MI, she graduated Marian Roman Catholic...
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Football Recap: Fay stars in NT victory
Francis Fay, seen here in action last season, did it all for New Trier in its 14-10 win at York. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JON DURR Francis Fay is fanatical about football. A tongue-twister. A truism. The...
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