Chants of “USA! USA!” are fading into the background as we close the book on the 2010 Winter Olympics and gear up for spring, but North Shore admiration runs deep–with that, we congratulate our four Olympic athletes and wish them the best in their future endeavors:

You might call Lisa Laurent Peckler of Riverwoods the North Shore's doctor without borders.

This year marks the 125th anniversary of the McGaw YMCA, and the festivities kicked off with over 400 guests in attendance on January 23 and nearly $100,000 raised.

Carefully stored in archival boxes on wire shelving in the newly renovated second floor double classroom of a former community elementary school at 2010 Dewey Ave. in Evanston are the stories of struggle, accomplishments and pride of local Black history dating back to 1850.