Linda Lipp

It takes a steady hand and a patient soul to teach carpentry to a class of six grade school boys, but Waukegan Park District instructor Jackie Moshier has both qualities...

The theme was autumn, but the weather was a lot more like summer: a perfect combination for last weekend`s Harvest Fest in Libertyville`s Cook Park. The second annual celebration of...

The weather for last weekend`s Shoreline Fishing Derby at Sterling Lake was so bad that only a few hardy fishermen braved the damp gray day in an effort to claim...

The mood was light and the fire was imaginary, but the firefighters who participated in inter-departmental drills this week at Oak Creek Plaza still had a very serious purpose in...

For poet Willadene Nicholas, art doesn`t simply imitate life. Art and life are one. ''Everything I write is drawn from personal experience,'' said the energetic 82-year-old, who has now published...

Hundreds of people gathered on Sunday at Aarrowood Cemetery, near Vernon Hills, to remember loved ones who`ve passed on. It didn`t matter that those loved ones-most of them, anyway-had four...

Older and better: Most people think of 45 as middle-aged, but when it comes to tennis, it appears we all may be older than we think. The North Shore Magazine...

Marilou West knew firsthand the mess that Hurricane Andrew made of south Florida. She also knew she had to do something. West and her husband, Kevin, of Mundelein, were vacationing...

George Bush retired? George H. Bush, a one-time Texas Republican now living in Vernon Hills, is carefully watching the presidential campaign to see if George H. Bush, a one-time Texas...

There were a few changes in this year`s ''Famous Chef Cuisine'' Benefit for Victory Memorial Hospital, but the most important aspects remained. The food was great and the proceeds benefitted...