by Eileen Daday | Sep 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
Buying a restaurant in the middle of the pandemic might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but for Tim and Stacey Grodek of Rolling Meadows, well, they threw caution to the wind. They took over Peggy Kinnane’s Irish Restaurant & Pub in June, 2021 and they...
by Eileen Daday | Sep 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
These Conant High School students had a lot to celebrate after completing a recent 5K in Busse Woods. Not only did they organize the event, but they raised enough money to provide access to clean water for an entire province in Kenya. Credit junior Shiven Patel of...
by Eileen Daday | Sep 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Paul Petricca of Arlington Heights has held several high level jobs in marketing, sales and business development, but through it all he held tightly to his true passion: hitting. That’s right, hitting, as in hitting a baseball or softball. Over the last 25 years...
by Eileen Daday | Aug 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
John Bostrom of Arlington Heights still remembers when he quit playing college basketball to spend more time as an intern with the Chicago Bears. It was in 1985 and he was a junior at Lake Forest College. He worked so hard, he was tapped to be part of the advance team...
by Eileen Daday | Aug 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
Samantha Springer of Prospect Heights is a middle blocker on the Wheeling High School volleyball team, and she leads her section in the school’s gospel choir. But she has another passion among her many interests: thrifting. This enterprising senior kicked off a...