Wilmette Life

Open hearted tales tell of community

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:52:01 -0500

Sometimes it doesn’t take marches, research, passionate speeches or angry debate to understand the wisdom of opening towns, homes and hearts to all humanity. Sometimes all you have to do is listen to a story.

More twins today, but Highcrest still significant

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:30:59 -0500

When parents and administrators at Highcrest School discovered they had a probably new world record for numbers of twins in one academic class – 24 in a class of between 470 and 480 – they were gleefully flabbergasted.

Wilmette school’s fifth-grade twins contend for Guinness title

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:43:57 -0500

WILMETTE — Four months ago, 11-year-old Ryan Novosel was reading the latest Guinness Book of World Records that he and twin brother Luke received for Christmas. He happened upon a particularly interesting record – the most twins in the same academic year at one school.

Wilmette fifth-graders find food for thought

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:10:13 -0500

If you rarely consider the provenance of that fast-food burger you enjoyed last night, or the processed foods you bought at the grocery today, you’re not alone. Writers and activists have mourned, and warned, about the disconnect between food, farm and factory for decades.

Duo puts Pilates on the table in Wilmette

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:42:29 -0500

Donna Parise Byrne is a physical therapist who treats neck pain, back pain and arthritis, and rehabilitates injuries. Yet, Byrne has been bringing something else to the table – no pun intended – for 25 years: the use of Pilates in her sessions.

Substitute teacher gets A’s in the garden

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:54:22 -0500

WILMETTE — When it comes to birds and bees, Sallie Smith finds the latter tends to be attracted to the former’s homes in her courtyard garden in Wilmette.

Tennis employees, patrons put human face on Wilmette wall collapse

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:44:23 -0500

Barbara Richmond was working her regular front desk shift at the Wilmette Park District’s Centennial Park tennis club when she heard an explosive bang from the tennis courts behind her. It was the east wall of the club tumbling down.