Northbrook Lifestyle
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Making of a dream home: Ambitious renovation spawns design careerApr 19, 2023 6:00 am - “A house is made with walls and beams; a home is made with love and dreams” - Ralph Waldo Emerson By Jill Goetz My husband and I purchased this original 1970s-style, 3,0...
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Amazing alliteration aid: Glenview author writes book to teach children grammarApr 19, 2023 1:00 am - Glenview's Kimberly Karzen took a roundabout way to writing a children's book on grammar. The author of "Tongue Twisters that Teach" (Rubber Ducky Press, 2022), Karzen t...
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Retired Schaumburg Cop Warns about Ruse Burglaries and how They Can be PreventedApr 18, 2023 11:00 pm - Seniors are usually intended targets for ruse burglaries. Submitted by David Brimm With increasing regularity, strangers come to the door posing as utility workers, cit...
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Help JCC plant daffodils in memory of children who died in the HolocaustApr 18, 2023 11:00 pm - A family program in the Jewish Community Center of Chicago's Daffodil Memorial Garden will be held Sunday at the Bernard Weinger JCC, 300 Revere Drive, Northbrook. The D...
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Birth of a Trail: The design, construction and final touches on Paul Douglas Preserve mountain biking courseApr 18, 2023 6:00 am - Editor's note: This is the third and final installment of the three-part series titled, Birth of a Trail. No prior mountain biking trail, rogue or otherwise, existe...
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"Rescue Readers" program sparks students' passion for animal welfareApr 16, 2023 11:00 pm - Orphans of the Storm partnered with Meridian Middle School in Buffalo Grove on a pilot program called Rescue Readers. The students read 527 books, resulting in a $2,500 ...
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Early Bird Deals for Pool Passes End May 1 at Northbrook Park DistrictApr 16, 2023 11:00 pm - Make a splash at Northbrook pools this Summer! 2023 pool season passes are on sale now for the Northbrook Sports Center Pool and Meadowhill Aquatic Center. A special ear...
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Good News Sunday: Meet Norbert, the skateboard-riding pig who really may have trained his ownerApr 16, 2023 6:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: Vince Baran is living his dream, and hi...
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Oakton College's Early Childhood Center to host open houseApr 14, 2023 6:00 am - Oakton College isn't just a suburban community college headquartered in Des Plaines - it also hosts a preschool. And that preschool will hold an open house for prospecti...
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Northbrook pop singer JORDY navigates adulthood with upcoming album 'BOY'Apr 13, 2023 6:00 am - Northbrook-native pop singer JORDY insists he isn't playing favorites including the song for his sister — “Becky's Brother” — on his upcoming full-length album “BOY,” du...