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From left to right, pals Ron Rabinowitz of Deerfield, David Levin of Northbrook and Dan Creinin of Highland Park raise a toast during Northbrook Brewfest in Northbrook on Sept. 7, 2024. (Karie Angell Luc/Pioneer Press)

Blues, brews and pretzel necklaces chill Northbrook’s Brewfest attendees

September 9, 2024 at 10:07 a.m.

Organizers said more than 500 adults purchased tickets to attend the four hour Brewfest on Saturday, Sept. 7 in downtown Northbrook at Village Green Park. Saturday afternoon’s weather was sunny...

The Northwestern University Marching Band comes down a Church Street sidewalk with the Evanston Township High School marching band for the annual ‘Kits, ‘Cats & Kids Block Party on Thursday, Sep. 5, 2024 at the Evanston Township High School Lazier Field in Evanston. (Karie Angell Luc/Pioneer Press)

Wildkits to Wildcats: Evanston schools from K-College kick off school year

September 9, 2024 at 9:53 a.m.

Evanston’s elementary, high school and university community came together at ETHS’s Lazier Field for a free back-to-school party on Sept. 5. The annual outside event took place as a Thursday...

Spider-Man waves hello to a fan at the 13th Mundelein Arts Festival, an annual juried festival on Sept. 7, 2024 in Mundelein. (Karie Angell Luc/Pioneer Press)

13th Mundelein Arts Festival demonstrates the community’s commitment to promoting the arts

September 9, 2024 at 9:16 a.m.

About 3,000 people attended the 13th Mundelein Arts Festival, an annual juried festival on two consecutive days starting on Sept. 7 in Mundelein at Courtland Commons in downtown along the...

Jami Mandl of Morton Grove extends butterfly wings during Nashwood at 28 Mile Vodka Co. on Aug. 31, 2024 in Highwood. (Karie Angell Luc/Lake County News-Sun)

Country music is the focus of Nashwood event in Highwood; ‘We’re the odd little town on the North Shore that just likes to be creative’

September 3, 2024 at 10:47 a.m.

Celebrate Highwood’s Nashwood, which brings Nashville, Tennessee sounds to the city of Highwood, featured three days of country music starting on Friday.

From left to right, the blue angel, Tessa Camarda, 8, a third-grader from Glenview and the pink angel, Chloe Hartl, 10, a fifth-grader from Round Lake, during the Flight of the Angels at the Religious Feast of Maria SS Lauretana of Altavilla Milicia in Niles on Sept. 1, 2024. (Karie Angell Luc/Pioneer Press)

Angel girls ‘fly’ at Italian Catholic religious feast in Niles, Maria Santissima Lauretana

September 3, 2024 at 12:15 p.m.

The 124th annual Feast of Maria SS. Lauretana in Niles attracted an estimated 5,000 people in Niles starting on Friday, Aug. 30 south of Golf Mill mall. The festival took...

From left to right, restaurateurs Kadir and Serah Cicek of Mount Prospect in front of their coffee and juice restaurant BEAN BAR (1901 Cherry Lane) in Meadow Shopping Plaza on Aug. 27, 2024. (Karie Angell Luc/Pioneer Press)

Northbrook trustees approval of economic incentive agreement with new coffee bar upsets existing owner of similar shop

August 30, 2024 at 2:54 p.m.

Restaurateurs Kadir and Serah Cicek of Mount Prospect opened EATACO in downtown Northbrook in July of 2019.

Families participated in the Isaac Fox Elementary School "Back to School Bash" on Aug. 23, 2024 in Lake Zurich. The event celebrates the start of the news school year. (Karie Angell Luc/Pioneer Press)

School’s in at Lake Zurich District 95 and Isaac Fox kicks the year off with a ‘Bash’

August 27, 2024 at 12:24 p.m.

The new academic year started earlier this month for the nearly 5,600 students of Lake Zurich School District 95, with individual schools marking the return to the classroom with their...

A police demonstration during National Nigh Out in Barrington on Aug. 8, 2024 featured K-9 Badger, a male German Shepherd dog from the Wauconda Police Department (Karie Angell Luc/for Pioneer Press)

Collaborative National Night Out held in Barrington: ‘This is community night’

August 27, 2024 at 10:37 a.m.

National Night Out in Barrington was a summer highlight last Thursday night, one of the last seasonal events before school starts and a chance for the community and emergency responders...

Making bubble art is vendor Jill Markland of Bubble Lady Bubbles of downstate Champaign-Urbana at the Port Clinton Art Festival in downtown Highland Park on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (Karie Angell Luc/Lake County News-Sun)

Port Clinton Art Festival draws thousands to Highland Park; ‘We are bringing life back to downtown’

August 26, 2024 at 1:15 p.m.

Central Avenue and Second Street, along Port Clinton Square, was the scene of the July 4, 2022 Independence Day parade shooting.

On the right side, from left to right, Museum Manager Emily England of the Skokie Heritage Museum and Stephanie Guthrie, museum coordinator for the Skokie Heritage Museum, lead a history tour as part of Skokie's Backlot Bash festival on Aug. 25, 2024 in downtown Skokie. (Karie Angell Luc/Pioneer Press)

Skokie’s Backlot Bash gets dose of history, Charlie Chaplin lore

August 26, 2024 at 11:46 a.m.

The new Historic Downtown Skokie Walking Tour event on Sunday during Skokie’s Backlot Bash offered a glimpse into Skokie's one-time flirtation with Hollywood, as well as other interesting tidbits about...

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