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Dozens of screaming fans spilled out of the stands and sprinted across the court to celebrate with their hoops heroes. Others danced, pumping their raised arms and jumped joyously. Barrington High School’s boys basketball team had just edged Glenbrook South 52-50 in a Class 4A supersectional at Forest View Educational Center in Arlington Heights. The

Golden Times – Past And Present

THE HISTORY CENTER is turning 50 and several golden opportunities to share local history are underway. Landscape designers working in Lake Forest in the 1920s were more than artists plying their creativity atop soil and lawns. “They were the rock stars of their day,” History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff President Katie Hale claims, alluding to

Breaking Good

FIRST. When one reads Marin Alsop’s biographical details, this word predominates. First woman to serve as head of a major orchestra in the United States, South America, Britain, and Austria. First conductor to win a MacArthur Fellowship. This single word demonstrates what remarkable talent, dogged perseverance, keen work ethic, and savvy mentorship has achieved. Alsop—a

Fillies Fantastic

Barrington High School girls’ basketball coach Babbi Barreiro raised eyebrows and elicited more than a few perplexed looks when she presented team t-shirts to her Fillies for the 2021-2022 season. The motto “Be For Each Other” didn’t adorn the front of the shirt. Nor did it stretch across the back as a nameplate does. Barreiro

Still Sparkling

Brad Gamss must have heard a chuckle or two when he opened Rahl Jewelers in Hanover Park on, of all dates, April 1, 1982. That same store—which moved to its current 3,000-square-foot location in Hoffman Estates in 2007—turned 40 on the first day of April this year. No foolin.’ “Still going strong,” says the amiable

Board Willing

THE ANNUAL Baby Alumni Party for infants born at Lake Forest Hospital drew 50 attendees in its first year, 1948, two years after the hospital’s Women’s Board—the event’s host—was born. More than 2,000 people who had been a part of a blessed event at the hospital showed up at the annual bash in 1997. Parents/former

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