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Congregants gathered at the neighborhood Starbucks on Western Avenue at 8:30 a.m., before congregating in Market Square, for a brief outdoor service and singing, and to take part in a Palm Sunday procession from Market Square to the Church of the Holy Spirit, at 400 East Westminster in Lake Forest. (Gina Grillo/ for the Pioneer Press)

Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest holds Palm Sunday procession to begin Easter week

April 14, 2025 at 4:17 p.m.

The Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest invited the community to begin their journey through Holy Week on Sunday morning, with a celebration of the Sunday of the...

The 7th Annual Lake Bluff St. Patrick’s Day Parade took place on March 16. This small but mighty Celtic celebration featured a community parade with marchers, bagpipers, and Irish dancers, all gathering at the Gazebo on the Village Green at noon, before marching through Lake Bluff’s downtown business district, and then gathering post-parade at Lake Bluff Brewing Company, at 16 East Scranton Avenue. (Gina Grillo/ For the Pioneer Press)

Lake Bluff St. Patrick’s Day Parade tradition not deterred by snow showers on Sunday

March 18, 2025 at 2:35 p.m.

Sunday’s snow showers didn’t dampen the spirit of the 7th Annual Lake Bluff St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Lake Bluff.

The house at 775 Mawman Avenue in Lake Bluff, according to local legend, is considered to be the second oldest home in Lake Bluff, built in the pre-Civil War era when Lake Bluff wasn’t even called Lake Bluff, but a town called Rockland. (Gina Grillo/ for the Pioneer Press)

Couple brings Lake Bluff history to life with renovation of a Mawman Avenue home

March 4, 2025 at 9:05 a.m.

Chris and Brittany Davis, owners of Davis Home Renovations, Inc., a well-respected local contracting firm, bought the property at 775 Mawman Avenue in Lake Bluff in 2023.

A group of hearty souls gathered at Forest Park Beach Saturday morning to plunge into the freezing waters of Lake Michigan for a cause. The Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Polar Plunge – Hearts for Honduras are raising funds for a second trip to the Agalta Valley of Honduras to volunteer in schools and communities to help families there secure clean drinking water. (Gina Grillo/ for the Pioneer Press)

Lake Bluff-Lake Forest group takes Lake Michigan polar plunge to aid Honduras

February 3, 2025 at 4:54 p.m.

A group of hearty souls gathered at Forest Park Beach in Lake Forest Saturday morning to plunge into the freezing waters of Lake Michigan for a cause.

Todd Ozog, Maeve Ozog, 5 years old, and Vera Ozog, 7 years old, of Lake Forest attended The Superhero Soirée – Daddy Daughter Dance, this year’s incarnation of the much loved annual daddy-daughter date night hosted by Lake Forest Parks & Recreation, which took place Saturday, Feb. 1, from 6 – 7:30 p.m., at Dickinson Hall, 100 East Old Elm Road in Lake Forest.

(Gina Grillo/ for the Pioneer Press)

Annual Lake Forest Daddy-Daughter Dance chooses Superhero Soiree for 2025 theme

February 3, 2025 at 3:33 p.m.

The Superhero Soirée invited guests in Lake Forest to step into a world of heroism and adventure for an event honoring the dynamic duo of fathers and daughters.

Kids from the Northshore chapter of Jack & Jill of America, Inc.,

participate in the Fill a Heart 4 Kids Martin Luther King experience on Monday, Jan. 20 at The Gloria Dei Center, located in the Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart in Lake Forest. (Gina Grillo/ for the Pioneer Press)

Fill A Heart 4 Kids hosts Day of Service for Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Lake Forest

January 21, 2025 at 5:45 a.m.

Fill a Heart 4 Kids works to help homeless and foster children build a brighter future.

Rachel Robinson, Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, composer, producer, and native Chicagoan with the Rev. Jihan Murray-Smith, senior associate rector at The Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest and keynote speaker, Spencer Nabors, PhD Candidate in philosophy at Northwestern University and associate minister at Second Baptist Church of Evanston,

during the 2nd Annual Martin Luther King Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast, presented by the Church of the Holy Spirit and the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Ministerium, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (Gina Grillo/ for the Pioneer Press)

Lake Forest church holds 2nd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast

January 20, 2025 at 4:12 p.m.

The 2nd Annual Martin Luther King Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast, was presented by the Church of the Holy Spirit and the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Ministerium on Friday morning, in an event...

The Water(color) for the Soul: Music of Lake Michigan allows participants to seek intersections between sound, poetry, and visual art, to aid composers in giving form to their music. (Gina Grillo/ for the Pioneer Press)

Water(color) for the Soul uses music and multi-sensory approach to help veterans heal

January 14, 2025 at 10:50 a.m.

Veterans at Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods are using a multisensory approach to create music as a way to heal from the past.

This year’s Annual Christmas Pageant at First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest With over 80 participants, has become a long-standing over 50-year tradition, that brings the congregation together as a family during the holiday season. (Gina Grillo/ For the Pioneer Press)

Standing room only for annual Christmas Pageant at First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest

December 16, 2024 at 5:16 p.m.

At 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, Dec.15, The First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest at 700 North Sheridan Road was filled to the rafters, with a standing-room-only crowd filled with anticipation.

Fallen Hero Wreaths Fort Sheridan National Cemetery began with a 9 a.m. public ceremony and wreath laying on Saturday, Dec 14, in appreciation for those who served in our nation’s military and for their sacrifice for our freedom. (Gina Grillo/ For the Pioneer Press)

Families and volunteers participate in 11th annual Fallen Heroes Wreath Laying ceremony at Fort Sheridan

December 16, 2024 at 3:33 p.m.

Under crisp sunny skies, family members and volunteers gathered Saturday morning to to adorn the tombstones of those in military service at Fort Sheridan National Cemetery, with fresh wreaths for...

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