Ghostly and ghoulish spirits will take over the North Suburban YMCA on October 23 for the ninth annual Spooktacular Halloween Party. This hugely popular community tradition transforms the entire Y into a Halloween festival with activities for all ag...

Lori Vierow of Elmhurst is an award-winning architectural designer who recently joined the Arlington Heights office of GreenbergFarrow, a global architecture and engineering firm. As senior landscape architect, she will help to expand the firm's lan...

Debbie Kroopkin, co-president of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois, will speak on "Techniques for Using Jewishgen.org" at the Sunday, Oct. 30, meeting of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois. Her presentation will begin at 2 p.m. at...

Cook County Clerk David Orr encourages suburban Cook County voters to serve their communities and earn some money by working as election judges and equipment managers in the Nov. 8, 2016, Presidential Election. The need is especially great among Coo...

Echo Inc., the maker of hand-held outdoor power equipment, is expanding in Lake Zurich again. Construction recently started on a 51,000-square-foot two-story corporate office center at the existing facility at 400 Oakwood Road. "We are totally o...

At its Annual Meeting, the North Suburban YMCA's leadership team typically reviews the past year's accomplishments and challenges. At the 2016 meeting, scheduled for October 20 at 6:00pm, they will take a longer view as they celebrate the 10th anni...

October 15 is National Red Wine Day and Prairie Grass Cafe (601 Skokie Blvd.; Northbrook, IL; 847-205-4433) is ready to celebrate! Prairie Grass Cafe's eclectic wine list is carefully curated by owner/partner Rohit Nambiar, who developed his wine kn...

Timothy Schneider is a current Cook County Board member. Suburban political experts watching the first volatile matchup between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton wanted more substance instead of familiar arguments. Monday's d...