The 1942 Boeing Stearman with its open cockpit, double set of wings and loud engine seems a bit fragile to generations accustomed to flying in jets. But Tony Thomas, who worked on airplanes like this one more than 70 years ago, was not a bit hesitan...

Elgin Theatre Company will open its 2013-14 season with plenty of laughs. Its first show of the season will be Ken Ludwig’s “The Fox on the Fairway,” running Sept. 6 to 22 at the Kimball Street Theater at Elgin Academy. Not familiar with this play’...

It’s possible freshman Simone Mikaelian has never shined brighter. Then again, the same could be said about all of her Libertyville golf teammates. Sporting excessively bright orange shirts and led by their even brighter young talent, Mikaelian, the...

Northbrook-based youth charity Gear for Goals is on a mission to impact the lives of over 20,000 impoverished kids this year and they moved one step closer to that goal by teaming together recently with the Police Athletic League, a Chicago-based or...

Hanover Park’s understaffed community development department finally has a new leader. Village Manager Juliana Maller on Wednesday announced the appointment of Shubhra Govind as community and economic development director, a position that’s been vac...

Team building takes different forms at different companies but in the Oak Brook district office of Northwestern Mutual a round of office miniature golf ensured fun competition for players at all levels. Foursomes of financial representatives and st...

This is the story of aging rock musician Gary Goldberg, The Beatles and a lie that, in the end, came to haunt him. Goldberg took the podium last week at the Elmhurst Historical Museum to tell a few dozen spectators about his days in the Cave Dwelle...

Submitted by Zengeler Cleaners Zengeler Cleaners recently hosted a delegation of 30 entrepreneurs from Japan. The international business delegation, representing the largest and most successful dry cleaning operators in Japan, gathered at the compan...