YEA! Highland Park to Distribute More than $300,000

Yea! Highland Park and the Highland Park Community Foundation will jointly distribute more than $300,000 to more than 30 Youth, Education, Arts and Social Service organizations that serve Highland Park at the 5th Annual Combined Grant Awards Dinner, Thursday, Dec. 3, at Bella Via Ristorante (1899 Second St., Highland Park).   The public is invited […]

Thought Leadership: Community Connectors

Word-of-mouth wisdom among like-minded friends, neighbors, colleagues, moms, sisters, cousins, aunts and women living in the same community is powerful. Where else can you tap into community happenings? Support local businesses who give back? Be inspired by outstanding women along the North Shore doing amazing things for their families, communities, charities and so many others? […]

Eye Disease Cure May Be 'Within Sight'

We’re all willing to go the distance to make life better for our kids, but not just any parent steps up when that distance is a 1-mile swim, a 23-mile bike ride and a 6-mile run, an Olympic triathlon.   But Wilmette’s Mike and Chrissy Cornell dive right in to raise money for a cause […]

Zier's Prime Meats & Poultry

When the skies darkened and heavy rains smashed the North Shore last summer, Dave and Denise Zier decided to turn a problem into a party. Once Zier’s Prime Meats and Poultry in Wilmette lost power, the co-owners set up their pig roaster on the sidewalk, grilled some sausages and handed them out to passers-by.   […]