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If visions of sugar plum fairies are dancing in your head, it must be the holiday season, awash with Nutcrackers, "Christmas Carol" productions, and stockings full of holiday music concerts.

If visions of sugar plum fairies are dancing in your head, it must be the holiday season, awash with Nutcrackers, "Christmas Carol" productions, and stockings full of holiday music concerts.

If visions of sugar plum fairies are dancing in your head, it must be the holiday season, awash with Nutcrackers, "Christmas Carol" productions, and stockings full of holiday music concerts.

Most of us have had the experience of watching our children stare at us like we're mentally unfit for asking them to do something as outlandish as cleaning their own rooms or brushing their own teeth.

North Shore School District 112 is reaching out to the Highland Park, Highwood and Fort Sheridan communities to determine the direction the district will take through 2015.

The city will embrace more than 500 military men and women at the second annual Highwood for the Holidays and Tree Lighting on Dec.

Serious Eats Chicago contributor Daniel Zemans checks in with another piece of intel on the Windy City pizza scene.

Share + Nov 16, 2009 9:28 pm US/Central Reporting Pamela Jones HIGHWOOD, Ill. 1 of 1 Highwood officials are considering an idea to phase out the city's police force and pay service fees to the Lake County Sheriff's Department.

State Rep. Karen May, D-Highland Park, has launched a drive to support the Fort Sheridan-based 719th Medical Detachment stationed in Afghanistan.

Navy officials confirmed for Glenview, Highland Park, Highwood and North Chicago representatives Friday that 105 acres of federal land -- 27 acres in Glenview and 78 acres in North Chicago -- that had formerly been used to house military personnel will become available for private use.

Everyone loves to see live bands and Lake County hosts an abundance of live music venues.

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Bannockburn, Deerfield, Lincolnshire and Riverwoods police departments.

What can you buy for a buck these days? Not much, but for just 62 cents you can buy plenty Tuesday and Tuesdaynight at a restaurant in north suburban Highwood.

The balloons and cake surprised Doreen Lagoni, 80. Another routine blood donation turned into a party to celebrate her 100th donation at LifeSource in Gurnee.

There are many hands that took part in laying the foundation on which Chicago's fine restaurants stand.

A sting operation in Highwood onday netted a reputed gang member who allegedly had marijuana and cocaine hidden in a door panel of his vehicle.

Midwest Young Artists presents a concert featuring I Solisti MYA at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

Antioch Fine Arts Foundation Gallery : 983 Main St. 838-2274. www.antiochfinearts.org . Free folk music at the Gallery on second Saturday every month from 1 to 4 p.m. Gallery on Genesee: 114 S. Genesee, Waukegan.

Political Button and Memorabilia Show Dealers and collectors can buy, sell and trade political buttons from years past at the Political Button and Memorabilia Show.

They're rolling out the barrels in Highwood, in an environmental kind of way. The city is providing 300 rain barrels free of charge for residents, businesses and municipal buildings in the first round of a series of environmental initiatives being explored by the City Council.