To have a downtown or not to have a downtown. That is the question before Buffalo Grove's new planning and zoning commission, which held the first of three workshops on the proposal Wednesday at the very village hall that would be razed to make deve...

When Trisha Anderson of Lake Forest thinks about soup, she thinks of her mother, Jane Clarke of Evanston. Anderson is founder and president of Waukegan-based Frontier Soups, and she credits her mom as her inspiration, she said. "She was always resou...

NORTHBROOK, Ill., November 12, 2014 - Recently, Covenant Village of Northbrook, a faith-based, not-for-profit continuing care retirement community, hosted Dr. Linda Hollinger-Smith, vice president of Mather LifeWays Institute of Aging, who presented...

When it comes to wrangling the Thanksgiving meal onto the table, one motto gets it right: Be prepared. Let's face it, our national day of feasting features multiple dishes, all of which require different cooking times, temperatures and techniques. F...

Dozens of young children can experience the excitement of ice skating for the first time during Try Skating for Free on Saturday, December 13 at the Northbrook Sports Center. Children, ages 3 and up, can attend one of two free classes from the North...

Northbrook, IL, November 11, 2014: Zengeler Cleaners recently promoted two long time employees to management positions in the historic company's production department. Fernanda Estella was named General Manager of Production for the enterprise, wh...

The New York City Triathlon was going to be his first, and Chris LaPak was ready. LaPak, 52, a former Northbrook and Vernon Hills resident, ran marathons, worked out daily and trained for three months with an Olympic swim coach to prepare. He kept a...

Republican Bruce Rauner dominated in the suburban collar counties Tuesday. He managed to persuade a huge number of voters to vote Republican in the governor's race. But those GOP votes didn't always trickle down the ballot. Everywhere Rauner won, De...

Libertyville didn't win the point, which was one of the few that eluded the Wildcats, and Lizzie Apgar didn't come away unscathed. The cost of the senior setter's slide and slam into the first row of Glenbrook North's bleachers was a bruised and scr...

Bill Grossi's first attempt to win elected office was not an easy one - he challenged Elaine Nekritz, a visible and well-established veteran of the state House. Nekritz, a Democrat from Northbrook, retained her 57th seat on Tuesday. Despite that, Gr...