The following letters were not actually written to me, but they could have been! Dear Coach: What is a fun fact that many of us might not know, considering how long you have been around this town? Maybe something in the distant past, you can recall?...

'Apparel' resumes Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic forced Northlight Theatre to cancel its revival of Lynn Nottage's “Intimate Apparel” on the first day of its run, director Tasia A. Jones' production resumes with most of its original cast...

Jack White's new music Jack White, a seminal figure of the early century garage-rock revival, brings his bluesy spin on the genre to celebrate two solo musical releases: Friday's “Fear of the Dawn” and “Entering Heaven Alive,” due out in July. “The ...

It's pretty likely you've run across my letter here while reading about our mission in Deerfield: To be your local paper. Which is great! That means I don't have to start from scratch or rattle off any corporate-speak. I get to do what I do best: T...

In essence, there is now a social worker in every police squad car in Northbrook. A new partnership with the Cook County Sheriff's Office Treatment Response Team bolsters the Northbrook Police Department's 40-year history of handling individual cris...

NEW ORLEANS - Jon Scheyer tried to soak up every possible nugget and detail he could as retiring Mike Krzyzewski's designated successor in their final season together on the Duke sideline. Conversations on everything from game strategy to motivating...

Executive director of the Northbrook Public Library since January 2015, Kate Hall was named the 2021 Librarian of the Year by the Illinois Library Association. A library director since 2010, including five years in New Lenox, Hall holds both bachelo...

One occasionally hears of a business that has benefitted from the COVID-19 pandemic. ShapeConnect is one of those. Co-founded in December 2019 by Glenbrook North graduate Brian Zielinski, now living in the River North area of Chicago, ShapeConnect m...

“This I Believe” is the theme of the Deerfield High School Dance Company's show running April 7-9 in the school auditorium. Yet neither Dance Company sponsor Nikki Lazzaretto nor her friend and colleague who directs the Deerfield Theatre department,...