Lake Forest News

Lake Forest, IL 5/31/12 Former Chicago Paramedic Barry McLean and his wife recently open Doc Popcorn at the Lake Forest Oasis.

Don Johnson, 77, who helped 4,000 young men and women receive Chick Evans Scholarships, died at his home in Lake Bluff on May 24.

Overview -- The operating performance of aftermarket parts supplier Autoparts Holdings has been weaker than we expected, stemming from fewer miles driven, delays in vehicle servicing by U.S. consumers, and higher raw material costs in 2011.

Four years ago, Lake Forest College had three times as many student applicants from abroad as from Chicago Public Schools, located about 30 miles away.

The program includes Stacy Garrop's "Lo Yisa Goy," John Corigliano's "Fern Hill," and Lauridsen's "Lux Aeterna." In addition, Ramirez's "Misa Criolla" will be performed in Spanish with traditional South American instruments.

For the Rafferty and Ethanol families, the 2012 graduation ceremony at Lake Forest High School on June 2 will mark the fifth spanning three generations.

Multi-media? It's the perfect description of the show that opened the new Re-invent Gallery in Lake Forest recently.

Last spring, Lake Forest High School was forced to cancel more than 100 athletic events due to unplayable natural grass surfaces at its East Campus.

This morning at 11, the public is invited to attend Lake Forest American Legion Post 264 's Memorial Day service at Market Square.

You could say that Alice Tate comes from a military family. Although Tate, whose military career spanned 35 years, did not follow a parent or grandparent's footsteps when she joined the Army, research into her family's history has led her to discover both great-grandfathers fought in the Civil War and other ancestors fought in the Revolutionary ... (more)

A The entries we post on a weekly basis will be from the early 1900s through the late-1930s at a time when i»¿ Lake ForestA was beginning to flourish as a community.

A Join the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society for the family program, The Amazing Race Through History, from 10 a.m. to noon June 16.

Returning as an adult to race the same Lake Bluff streets where he rode his bike as a kid is a thrill Peter Graf can't resist.

A woman who stopped her vehicle last winter on busy Washington Street in downtown Naperville in order to chat with her husband via text message has been convicted of drunken driving.

Joy Gayter had lived in Lake Forest and Lake Bluff for 24 years before a divorce forced her to sell the family home at a loss.

A Derek Bagley of Lake Forest received a bachelor's degree from Skidmore College.

A Rather than wait for lawmakers in Springfield to pass a state-wide ban on the use of hand-held cell phones in the car, the Lake Forest City Council passed its own ordinance at Monday night's meeting by a 5-2 margin.

A North Shore United Way Youth Board is partnering with Lake Bluff Middle School for the second annual Walk-A-Thon on Friday at Artesian Park in Lake Bluff.

A After five meetings dating back to September of last year and sometimes contentious debate over the building of a replacement facility at N orthwestern Lake Forest Hospital , the Lake Forest Plan Commission unanimously voted Tuesday night to approve the master plan.

Highland Park's Kay Thomas' first exposure to sumi-e, or Japanese ink painting, was an art lesson show on public television in 1963.