The doors are open to Wilmette’s newest storefront. Healthful food shop Chia Leah Clean Eats welcomed customers for the first time on Monday morning, Jan. 9, in West Edens Plaza. Proprietor Leah Bostrom and her team have been rehabbing the unit since the summer. “It’s been a long time coming. It feels exciting now that […]
“Emphatically aye.” Wilmette Trustee Peter Barrow’s statement of assent was part of the Village Board’s unanimous approval on Tuesday, Sept. 13, of a resolution encouraging the Illinois General Assembly to address gun violence and firearm safety. As part of the resolution — full text on page 298 — the board is asking for a statewide […]
Meg Kissinger walked into a Milwaukee laundromat in 2006 that was across from a group home for those suffering from mental illness. Inside, Kissinger noticed a woman with an intense stare and jagged teeth. Kissinger — a journalist focusing on housing limitations for those with mental illness — began talking with her. Not only was […]
Tommy Lyman cherished the unique bond he shared with his step-sister Kate Hilbrant — a bond that did not end when she died in January. Lyman continued honoring their connection on April 18, when he competed in the Boston Marathon. “Kate was such a big sports person and all she wanted to do specifically when […]
Wilmette native Taylor Sweitzer has conquered the Explorer’s Grand Slam, a prodigious challenge to reach the North Pole, South Pole, and the highest summits on each of the seven continents. Sweitzer, a 2012 New Trier graduate, completed the feat in May 2021 after summiting his last remaining peak: Mount Everest. Fewer than 100 people have […]
Three local couples bonded over a common enemy: cancer. As they endured and supported each other as peers, they realized that their children, who endured a similar but more unique challenge, needed peers too. They founded Pickles Group. “They all were navigating a similar situation. They all had a parent with a cancer diagnosis. In […]
Seeing was believing when the community got a look at the rehabilitated Woman’s Club of Wilmette in October. Six-plus years after the historic building at 930 Greenleaf Ave. burned nearly to the ground, club leadership opened the doors for a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by the Wilmette-Kenilworth Chamber of Commerce. “Congrats to the members who worked […]
ReDEFINED Fitness calls itself the “neighborhood’s toughest gym,” but Eric Smoot and Silviu Gansca, co-owners of the Wilmette fitness outpost, have a soft spot for giving back. Every year for the past 20 years, they have challenged their clients to not only build their strength and endurance but to support communities in need. The fitness studio, […]
In 1994, Catherine Pratt became the first female president of what was then Bank One in Wilmette. However, this was not a quick rise, as she had been working in the banking world for more than 20 years before breaking the proverbial glass ceiling. Her journey required a good attitude, hard work and jumping a […]
The North Shore’s ties to the film Caddyshack run deep and, more than 40 years after the cult classic comedy was released in theaters, another local connection could be on the horizon. Bill Murray and his brothers are considering whether to convert a vacant Bakers Square building into a Caddyshack-themed restaurant in Wilmette, The Record […]
