Karen Martin has been fascinated with beads since she was in art class as a student at Bogan High School in Chicago.
After thousands of rides in the big red fire truck, Berwyn Fire Lt. Jerry Stechmiller has hung up his boots and helmet.
At Roger Merenkov’s brass and lighting restoration business, glass lampshades line the shelves in his office and antique telephones and music boxes take up most of the space on the floor.
As a suburban housewife and a mother, lifelong Woodridge resident Cheryl Lang was looking for something fun to do with the little free time she had.
Hinsdale South High School honor student Talia Avci admits she is an idealist who one day would like to be an environmental engineer and have a hand in solving global warming.
Elmhurst resident Mark Dyer doesn’t know when they’ll call, or where he’ll need to go, but he does know he’ll have to be there within 48 hours.
Barrel rolls and loops in a stunt plane was one way Florence Duym celebrated her 91st birthday.
When Josh Sniegowski doesn’t have his head buried in a textbook, he will most likely be found behind a video camera.
Jennifer Faivre came upon her new job by luck. She was driving down Route 64 in St. Charles and saw a sign saying there was an opening for a nonprofit executive director.
As a young woman, Bartlett resident Dina Ackermann remembers seeing a program on television about little orphan girls in China. She told herself that one day she would help the cause.
Patte Doornbos has not been a Lemont High School student since the 1970s, but the impact one teacher made has left an impression to this day.
Colleen Narbone left her life as a paralegal after getting a call, but it was not on her cell phone.
Terri O’Neill often takes some ribbing for her allegiance to the Baltimore Orioles, but it comes with the territory.
Joanne Zendol has seen technology come and go in her 21 years as a member of the South Berwyn School District 100 Board of Education, from the overhead projector and VHS tapes to Smart Boards taking students on virtual field trips around the world.
When Stephen Moore was in his early 20s, he worked for Pinkerton as an investigator, going undercover to buy products illegally distributed on the street.
Michael Colgrass, a Brookfield-born composer, has spent his life telling stories at dinner parties and family gatherings. Now, he’s written them down.
Nancy Cuzman, registered nurse and diabetes educator, dedicates one week a summer to providing children with knowledge and care for their disease.
After 17 years in mortgages, Kasindra Dayton returns to the Chicago area to open her dream business: Kidz Drop In childcare, set to open in the next few weeks.
On Oct. 19, St. Charles Police Sgt. Steve Huffman became St. Charles Deputy Chief Steve Huffman.
Bartlett resident Tina Bibergallcq never leaves the house without her camera, and says some of her most candid art has been taken locally.
