Immigrant family opens Crepe O’Clock restaurant in Evanston, featuring Greek crepes
A Greek immigrant family opened Crepe O'Clock restaurant in Evanston, featuring Greek crepes.
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From Abe Lincoln in Evanston to German POWs in Glenview, Winnetka History exhibit tells tales
Did you know Abe Lincoln gave an impromptu speech on a front porch at Ridge and Church in Evanston? How about the Underground Railroad coursing through the North Shore to...
At Paris Olympics, Park Ridge fencing champ hopes to help Team USA win glory
Rolling down the Seine River in the 2024 Olympics opening ceremonies and collecting swag made for a remarkable day, but didn't sway the focus of Park Ridge’s Filip Dolegiewicz from...
Bunny Hutch and Novelty Golf celebrating 75 years in Lincolnwood
Time stands still in so many ways for the venerable business celebrating its 75th anniversary on the northwest corner of Lincoln and Devon avenues in Lincolnwood, abutting the Chicago city line....
Yoga, wigs and 1,000 cranes help clients at Cancer Survivorship Center in Park Ridge
Freed from the cold, clinical circumstances of her treatments, two-time cancer survivor Brigitte Powidzki found her yoga instructors “amazing” and relished a book club at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital’s Cancer...
Paris puts Park Ridge artist’s statue of Lincoln on display near Champs Elysee
Usually the well-worn path is one-way, from France to the United States, for high culture and haute cuisine alighting here via the Statue of Liberty, art galleries, fancy restaurants and...
Now grown, Park Ridge’s original ‘Rocker’ soccer girls relive the big wins
Go to a Park Ridge youth game and you’ll likely meet an atypical soccer mom – no newcomer to the game. She’s a champion. She’s a Rocker. She’s...
Severe stroke leads to strum session with doctor and patient on guitar
Greeting visitors at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital’s main entrance with a guitar duet, Dr. Marion Oliver and Ken Krull were in perfect harmony instrumentally and vocally as they strummed away...
Vivacious veteran and former chanteuse, 100, to lead Park Ridge Memorial Day parade
When Park Ridge’s Memorial Day parade steps out to march around 10 a.m. on the holiday, the accompanying music will be a two-way street. The patriotic melodies will remind participants...
‘I felt like a movie star’: Gail Wise still owns the first Ford Mustang sold in the U.S., 60 years ago
Gail Wise was a 22-year-old rookie third grade teacher when she bought the first Ford Mustang ever sold in the United States on April 15, 1964. She and her husband,...