Linda Lipp

Old buildings needed: The Highland Park Historic Preservation Commission is looking for a few good buildings-and the owners and architects who have preserved and restored them. Nominations for the commission`s...

Strutting for cash: Business suits, briefcases and tennis shoes will be the uniform of the day at the Sept. 20 ''Strut,'' sponsored by the local chapter of the American Business...

North America`s most promising young equestrians met last week at Tempel Farms in Wadsworth for the prestigious Young Riders Championship, drawing 117 riders age 16-21 from five countries for dressage,...

Pulling together: A recent picnic held to honor employees of the Northern Illinois Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse turned into a real battle of the sexes. Two teams formed,...

Country music, old-fashioned arts and crafts and a charity auction headlined last weekend`s ''A Day in the Country'' benefit for the Bradley Counseling Center. The outpatient center is a part...

Another voice: North Chicago residents who want a different perspective on local government than they get in the city`s official newsletter have a new alternative. ''Palaver,'' a community newsletter that...

If Mundelein police officer Susan Horan didn`t know it already, she found out last weekend that she has a lot of friends. More than 400 people, many of them fellow...

The book on Lake Forest: The graceful mansions and historic buildings that give Lake Forest its unique character are profiled in a new booklet published by the Lake Forest Foundation...

Wimbledon in Bannockburn: While others just watched the finals of the world`s most famous tennis tournament, the members of the Bannockburn Bath & Tennis Club decided to have a classic...

Everything old was new-and fun-again at last weekend`s fifth annual Zion Nostalgia Days. The two-day festival brought back beach parties, be-bop and the glorious, gleaming, gas-guzzling autos that were a...