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Twenty years ago, Barbara Paget had an idea. The Highland Park resident, long a volunteer in the cancer unit at Highland Park Hospital (there’s a plaque acknowledging her role in creating the Arthur G. Michel Education and Research Fund at what is now NorthShore University HealthSystem), established Cancer Survivor Beauty and Support Day to provide

It’s fitting that there are currently 65 horses at the Tempel Farms in Old Mill Creek, just northwest of Gurnee. Some are retired, some are performing, and some are or will be in training. They’ll all be celebrating the farm’s 65th anniversary this summer. Lipizzaners, or Lipizzans, are one of the oldest breeds of horses

In 1945, a diary was found in the ashes of a destroyed crematorium at Auschwitz-Birkenau. It was written by a 14-year-old Jewish girl named Rywka Lipszyc and documented her life in the Łódz Ghetto between October 1943 and April 1944. The diary is at the center of a new exhibition, “The Girl in the Diary:

For Winnetka resident KIM MELANCON, supporting Willow House is personal. After unexpectedly losing her 2-year-old son in 2003, she was looking for ways to support herself and her then 5-year-old daughter, Rachel. Thankfully, she found Willow House, a local nonprofit organization that provides no-cost bereavement services for children, teens, young adults, and parents who have

Each fall, Lake Forest Country Day School (LFCDS) hosts an Independent Boarding School Fair where parents and students can learn more about offerings from across the country. Last year’s event featured more than 75 boarding schools from California to Maine. This Wednesday, May 3, LFCDS is offering families the opportunity to meet with admissions staff

Even before the pandemic, rates of depression among teens were rising. Studies show those rates have gone up even faster since, with more high school students reporting feelings of sadness and thoughts of suicide. A number of factors have been attributed to the increase, including the isolation during COVID-19, stress about academic performance, competitiveness in