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Dan Kaye, Northbrook Historical Society
Time Lines: Ride through Village history includes stop at R&B
3:56 am CDT October 30, 2019 Opinion, Contributing ColumnistsTime Lines: Garden Club deeply rooted in Village history
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Time to celebrate special anniversary for Hope Union
10:52 am CST December 19, 2017 Opinion, Contributing ColumnistsOne story about Hope Union Church from the Northbrook Historical Society’s archives states that without plaster on the walls and with a wood stove providing the heat, local residents gathered to worship in their new and unfinished non-denominational church for the first time on a cold Christmas Eve in 1892.
Time Lines: Nike missiles once part of an ever-changing local landscape
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Student in Scotland: Comparing ourselves to others ruins individuality
3:26 pm CDT April 10, 2017 Opinion, Contributing ColumnistsWhen the sun begins to rest its head on the horizon, the moon’s glow sings a lullaby to the day.