Lifestyle Columns
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No matter how you spell it, pawpaws are the largest edible fruit native to the U.S.Sep 22, 2024 4:00 am - Pawpaw trees produce the largest edible fruit native to the United States. When ripe in late August to early September, the greenish yellow fruit can be six inches in length, with a tasty yellow pulp encasing several dark brown seeds.
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Glenview Park District names division director of recreation and museum servicesSep 16, 2024 9:57 am - Steve Neill has joined the Glenview Park District as its new division director of recreation and museum services.
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Geneva HS grad publishes debut novel described as a ‘queer rom-com’Sep 13, 2024 3:30 am - Becca Grischow, a 2013 graduate of Geneva High School, launches her writing career with “I’ll Get Back to You,” a novel she describes as a “queer rom-com.”
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Ask God to fill you with creative ideasSep 03, 2024 3:46 pm - There was a time I thought I wasn’t very creative. I didn’t really understand there’s different levels and various ways of being creative.
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Audubon’s Kentucky legacy: Columnist’s road trip centers around birding, baseballSep 03, 2024 5:30 am - On a recent road trip, Daily Herald Words on Birds columnist Jeff Reiter enjoyed some time in Henderson, Kentucky, where John James Audubon once lived.
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Metra delivers on new bike policy and suburbanites reap the benefitsSep 01, 2024 6:00 am - More cyclists than ever are bringing their bikes on the train as a result of Metra’s new Bikes on Trains policy, in which retrofitted cars allow more space for bikes.
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Barrington native graduates from Merchant Marine AcademyAug 30, 2024 10:14 am - Barrington native Matthew Grant Marquis recently graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York.
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Highland Park appoints Kristi McCaulou as new finance directorAug 19, 2024 10:23 am - Kristi McCaulou, Highland Park’s current deputy finance director, will serve as the city’s newest finance director following the retirement of longtime director Julie Logan in September.
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Neighbors in the news: Arlington Heights musician attends prestigious academyAug 12, 2024 11:57 am - Gabrielle Venegas, a talented musician from Arlington Heights, recently spent two weeks in Door County, Wisconsin, studying at the prestigious Birch Creek Music Performance Center.
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Free as a bird: In retirement, columnist plans to travel in hopes of new sightingsAug 05, 2024 11:52 am - Words on Birds columnist Jeff Reiter recently retired from his day job and looks forward to traveling and new sightings of birds.