New Trier principal named to NU post
Tim Dohrer, principal of New Trier Township High School's Winnetka campus since 2009, will step down in July to take a position at Northwestern University. Dohrer, who has been at...
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Highland Park volunteer profile: Sally Spero
Name: Sally Spero. Age: 58. Hometown: Highland Park. Name of organization: The Volunteer Pool Of Highland Park. Describe what the organization does: The Volunteer Pool of Highland Park, or VP,...
Volunteer profile: Peggy Miller
Family Service Executive Director Paul Dean says this about the responses Peggy Miller provided for this week's volunteer profile: "In her descriptions she talks about her role as leading jewelry-making...
Aaron Swartz: North Shore teachers recall Internet prodigy
Many people in Highland Park, where Aaron Swartz was raised, continue to struggle with his suicide at age 26 earlier this month as he faced federal prosecution for downloading millions...
Al Roker visits Book Stall in Winnetka
Television journalist Mike Leonard happened to be in the neighborhood of the Book Stall in Winnetka recently when he was asked on the spur of the moment to introduce his...
Family, Web celebs mourn Internet activist
Aaron Swartz was remembered Tuesday as a brilliant, funny, provocative Internet activist who "could have done so much more" had he not been "killed by the government." Swartz's father, Robert,...
Aaron Swartz funeral: Internet prodigy mourned in Highland Park
The sanctuary was filled to capacity at Central Avenue Synagogue in Highland Park today as mourners said tearful goodbyes to Aaron Swartz, an Internet prodigy described by several people who...
Mall play areas ring up fun for kids, sales for stores
Shopping sometimes takes patience. Small children are seldom patient. With winter break providing an opportunity for a post-holiday return to the mall, many young families are finding that play areas...
Highland Park actress remembered
Elana Ernst Silverstein loved singing and dancing, performing in plays at Highland Park High School, and in "Bye Bye Birdie" at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire. At 18 she toured...
Kaufman’s deli back to serving and schmoozing
Bagel and deli aficionados have missed Kaufman's Deli on Dempster Street in Skokie since a fire closed it more than a year ago. A staple on the North Shore for...