More than 165 friends of the North Suburban YMCA stepped up to support the Y's inaugural Community Strong "Dinner Under the Stars" fundraising event on August 28. Highlighting the dinner (formerly called the Strong Kids Dinner), was the presentatio...

This weekend Goebbert's Fall Festival: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Sunday, Oct. 31, at 42W813 Reinking Road, Pingree Grove, and 40 W. Higgins in South Barrington. Both locations have animals, mazes, wagon rides, pig races and more. See websi...

It's obvious the pandemic changed golf. Play increased nationwide last year because the sport was a safe outlet for people in need of exercise and this year, according to industry reports, play is up another 15 percent over that. "There's been a 40 ...

Tom Murphy remembers the good old days when he needed to give flooring manufacturers just three to four weeks lead time to deliver materials for the Hiffman National projects he oversees. Those good old days were just a few months ago. For Joseph A...

The Northbrook-based Morrison-Shearer Foundation and the Lake Forest-based Ragdale Foundation mark the opening of the Sybil Shearer Studio in the new Studio House of Dance and Music with "Space to Move," a celebratory event on National Dance Day, be...

If there was a silver lining to be had after 9/11, it was that as a nation we were all rowing in the same direction. At least it felt that way at the time. In the two decades that followed, I've been shown time and again that our common sense of pur...

The 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center twin towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and in the skies over Pennsylvania, demands considered reflection. Two decades provide useful ...

Diego Cervantes describes the classic American story. Born in Mexico, Cervantes and his family immigrated when he was 10 years old. At age 19 he started working in a Bolingbrook pizza place a few hours a week. Now, at age 29, Cervantes and partner ...

The North Suburban YMCA will host Seniorpalooza, a health and fun fair for older adults, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 22. This free community event brings together a wide variety of local organizations offering presentations, hea...