It's a sensitive topic because, in part, it's a sensitive area. No. 2 ways around it: Take an infant, a toddler and a preschooler, add countless "flushable" wipes sent down the toilet, and soon enough Bryant and Angela Lee had a disaster waiting to ...

Local golf courses provide interesting links to Northbrook history. That is especially true right now because of ongoing changes at two historic courses. The two golf courses in focus are Sportsman's and Green Acres. Like others that have played rol...

Wescott School students in third-grade teacher Alexis Georgis and fourth-grade teacher Courtney Sislow's classes were the lucky winners of the PTO Raffle in early spring, earning a chance to tour the school's construction site on June 1 with Superin...

Big fun at Farmers Market The Northbrook Farmers Market is opening with a bang on June 16. "Every year we eagerly anticipate opening the market season, but this year we're especially excited, given what we've all been through over the past 14 m...

The last time I saw long time Glenbrook South coach Jim Wolter - who passed away last week after a brave and valiant three-year battle with brain cancer - he was heading into a DePaul women's soccer game. He was there to watch one of his ex-players,...

Larry Rosenthal is the owner of Unique Upholstery, Carpet & Rug Cleaning, 801 Bach St., Northbrook. For more than 30 years, and locally since he moved to Illinois in 2003, Rosenthal has been cleaning homes with an amazing level of energy and enthusi...

Duke Hall of Fame men's basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski will coach his final season with the Blue Devils in 2021-22, and a suburban standout will be taking the team's helm, Duke University announced Wednesday. Associate coach and former Duke p...

For a second year in a row, the North Suburban YMCA is offering a daily schedule of outdoor group exercise classes on its Techny Road campus. From Cycle to Yoga, Tabata Intervals to Zumba, there are options for everyone. "The outdoor classes were so...

When students can smell victory and the prize is pizza, there's no telling what they can do. Mary Claire Seeberg's Northbrook Junior High geometry students completed 75,048 math problems in the month of April to take third place in an international ...