Green Oaks Lifestyle
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When his favorite pizza place closed, customer decided to buy the business, its recipes and reopen Pizzeria DeVilleJan 30, 2024 3:00 pm - There are pizza lovers and then there is J.R. Escobar, who was so disappointed when his favorite place closed that he bought the business — Pizzeria DeVille in downtown Libertyville.
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Grayslake author presents children’s book about pets and discriminationJan 30, 2024 11:13 am - Randi Moxi, a children’s book author who writes stories about rescue dogs, is touring Chicago area schools with her book “A Pittie Pool Party” to teach children about bullying and discrimination.
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‘We think it’s a big deal’: Rare dual emergence of cicadas has some people buzzingJan 28, 2024 6:00 am - The main event is a few months away, but ecologists, educators and others in northern Illinois are busy preparing for their own big game of sorts — the pending emergence of billions of 17-year periodical cicadas.
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Why you may see larger, faster e-bikes on suburban forest preserve trailsJan 21, 2024 4:49 pm - Once the weather breaks, trail users in the Lake County forest preserve system could have more company with the removal of a ban on some electric bicycles. The forest pre...
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CLC named to 2024 Princeton Review Guide to Green CollegesJan 18, 2024 10:44 am - For the second consecutive year, The Princeton Review has named College of Lake County one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges in The Princeton Revi...
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Dining out: Bowling With the Stars at Pinstripes, wine dinners, new restaurants and moreJan 17, 2024 3:16 pm - We’ve got Bowling With the Stars at Pinstripes, new restaurants on the horizon and upcoming dinner events focused on whiskey and wine pairings. And if you’re into cider, ...
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Recapping the year in birding: Local watchers experienced some mind-bending sightings in 2023Jan 17, 2024 6:43 am - For birders, the word invasion usually refers to birds from the north coming south. We treasure the occasional winters when large numbers of fleeting species such as cros...
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Lake County Audubon Society organizes winter bird watching seriesJan 06, 2024 5:15 am - Lake County Audubon Society’s new bird watching series, called Bird Lake County, kicks off today with a visit to North Point Marina and socializing over coffee afterward ...
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Waukegan Polar Bear Plunge marks 25 years of helping Special Recreation athletesJan 02, 2024 8:59 am - A record number of likely more than 515 participants plunged into chilly Lake Michigan waters in Waukegan Monday for the 25th Annual Waukegan Polar Bear Plunge. The annua...
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Cycling stories of the year: Bike/pedestrian plans, safety education and mountain bike racingDec 31, 2023 9:28 am - Mountain bike racing, new bike/pedestrian plans and a safety education surge for Illinois students highlighted biking in 2023. Unfortunately, fatalities continued to ris...