Lifestyle
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Bike the Drive a rare car-free ride on Lake Shore DriveAug 25, 2025 12:27 pm - The Active Transportation Alliance’s Bike the Drive event, coming up on Aug. 31, gives cyclists a chance to bike on Lake Shore Drive without cars.
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The orchard experience: Where to go for fall apple pickingAug 25, 2025 6:49 am - “Our apple crop is looking great this year,” said Sarah Bell, owner and manager of Royal Oak Orchard in Harvard. Here are some suburban orchards where you can go apple picking.
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A classic summer afternoon at Geneva car showAug 24, 2025 5:13 pm - The Geneva Concours d'Elegance featured rare and vintage cars along Third Street in downtown Geneva. It benefited the LivingWell Cancer Resource Center, which helps cancer patients improve their quality of life.
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Fox Valley Theatre Co. presents fresh take on wizarding world with ‘Puffs’Aug 23, 2025 8:59 am - Elgin’s Fox Valley Theatre Company will present "Puffs," a comedic play offering a new perspective on a famous wizarding school, told from the point of view of the overlooked students.
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Rebuilding motorcycles offers Libertyville firefighters a new way to cope with stressAug 22, 2025 7:23 pm - Looking for new ways to support the well-being of its 45-member crew, the Libertyville Fire Department recently joined an innovative program that has members rebuilding motorcycles together.
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Potatoes are healthy, but french fries? Not so much.
Aug 22, 2025 11:10 am - They’re the most popular vegetable in the United States, where people eat an average of nearly 50 pounds of them a year, according to the U.S. Agriculture Department. But the humble potato doesn’t always get nutritional respect.
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Where did the potato come from? Tomatoes, 9 million years ago, apparently.
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Condo boards not required to provide year-to-date financials with annual budgetAug 22, 2025 6:00 am - Condo boards must provide an annual accounting of expenses but not a year-to-date report when proposing a budget.
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Anti-sunscreen movement could cause long term health risks
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Time to take measles seriouslyAug 21, 2025 9:23 pm - All it takes is one kid with measles to infect up to 18 others in their classroom. With school beginning soon, public health and education officials around the country are concerned about new outbreaks.