My middle son is a budding collector. His closet is a treasure trove of trinkets. He has collected jewels he unearthed in the Glenview Community Church Nursery School's sand box, a kite he flew by himself to stunning heights last spring, and everyth...

Time to elevate gun violence prevention - not just at the White House but around the country. The tragic shooting on Colorado was horrific. It grabbed the news cycle and headlines like mass shootings always do. Yes, the House had recently passed a u...

One Northbrook reached instant fame - in the worst possible way - back in October of 2003. We all know the story (although some of our younger readers maybe not). Cubs leading 3-0 in game 6 of the NL Championship Series against the Marlins. Two inn...

Construction paused recently to celebrate work on the new Studio House of Dance and Music, home to what will be the new Sybil Shearer Studio on the Ragdale campus in Lake Forest. In December, Northbrook's Morrison-Shearer Foundation provided a $1.5 ...

Positives emerging from the coronavirus pandemic are hard to find, but Logan Keeter's got one. His golf game improved. And he's got a national platform to show it off. A seventh-grader at Sunset Ridge School in Northfield, in 2019 Logan advanced thr...

District 30 retirement There is an uncontested race for positions on the Northbrook/Glenview School District 30 Board of Education, but there will be a person stepping down. That is board President Ursula Sedlak, who will retire from the board ...

About 150 people, including students and their families, rallied around four Glenbrook District 225 school board candidates Tuesday. Held in the field behind the Northbrook Village Hall and organized by Glenbrook South student Drew Duffy and Glenbro...

The benefits of an involved community. That's the bottom line in an effort by the parent-teacher organization of Wood Oaks Junior High School, part of Northbrook School District 27. The Wood Oaks PTA has arranged a dine-and-share program with restau...