Jodie Jacobs

Door County`s famous fish boils had some serious competition last weekend. Hundreds of eager diners lined up in the Moose Lodge parking lot in downtown Antioch for fresh-from-the-pot cod fish....

Checking back in: Passers-by have noticed lots of activity around the shuttered, forlorn Hotel Moraine on Sheridan Road in Highwood. People are speculating. Highwood Mayor Fidel Ghini is big on...

To the joy of concertgoers and the delight of a small boy, a couple of short but hard downpours were not enough to wash out Lake Forest Symphony`s annual Concert-on-the-Green...

If some of Arthur Bach`s $750 million fortune found its way to Family Service of South Lake County, the not-for-profit organization could put it to good use. But even though...

Several leading Chicago-area artists and about 450 of their art patrons mingled last weekend to make Catholic Charities` Lake County division more than $40,000 greener. The fundraiser, which kicked off...

A record 674 residents of Lake Forest and Lake Bluff donned tux and gown last weekend to raise more than $63,000 for their joint cause: the Gorton Community Center. The...

The Deer Path is in: The stag-emblazoned sign outside reads Deer Path Inn. Inside, stone fireplaces and limestone walls, beamed ceilings and leaded windows welcome the weary traveler. Ah, the...

The art of charity:It`s almost summertime and the living is easel. Art-show-goers know to check out village squares for sprouting pegboards. But there is one show that has gone largely...

Scores of Highland Park and Highwood residents came to the Party Party at Highland Park County Club last weekend. Sponsored by Highwood-Highland Park School District 111 parents, Party Party celebrated...

A helpful reprise: Lake Forest Symphony officials figure they have scored a musical coup. They have persuaded Kalman Novak, the maestro of music schools, to come out of semi-retirement to...