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“Life is long.” Suzi Katlin’s comment may be at odds with conventional wisdom, but those who attended the Gap Year Fair at New Trier Township High School in Winnetka on Saturday wanted to explore the road less traveled through life. Katlin and her 17-year-old daughter Julia, who live in Northfield, were looking for enriching programs Julia, a senior at New Trier, could pursue before starting ...

GIRLS GYMNASTICS: New Trier girls gymnastics coach Jennifer Pistorius said she hates to sit around, waiting to hear news. So Pistorius obviously is happy the Trevians are competing in the state’s final sectional, which takes place at Niles North tonight (Thursday).

WRESTLING: After ending the dual season last year at the Notre Dame Regional, New Trier knew that some things would have to change if the Trevians were going to resume winning regional crowns, as they had the previous three years.

The New Trier Township High School cafeteria in Northfield was filled with busy hands at work Monday and decorated with banners of inspirational messages. The words were those of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. The hands were those of adults and children from Winnetka, Wilmette, and other towns, who had come to practice what King preached. Gerald Smith never stopped tying knots in ...

When first semester examinations loomed for Wilmette area New Trier High School students earlier this month, they had a choice to make. They could cram at home, in their bedroom or study, and perhaps panic by themselves at how much they had forgotten to remember. Or they could take their books, laptops, pens, paper and good study habits to the Wilmette Public Library and join dozens of their ...

When first-semester examinations loomed for Wilmette area New Trier High School students earlier this month, they had a choice to make. They could cram at home, in their bedroom or study, and perhaps panic by themselves at how much they had forgotten to remember. Or they could take their books, laptops, pens, paper and good study habits to the Wilmette Public Library and join dozens of their ...

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III furiously fanned the flames of conflict between the Chief Executive and the Supreme Court when he denounced the high tribunal for issuing a temporary restraining order (TRO) on Friday, barring prosecutors in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona from inspecting his dollar accounts in Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank).

Entitlement goes beyond mere 'eligibility' . It must be a legally enforceable right under the Constitution or statute to be considered an entitlement.

BOYS BASKETBALL: It’s been a heck of a stretch for New Trier forward Steven Cook.The 6-foot-4 junior committed to play college basketball at Princeton, beginning in the fall of 2013. Then he scored 20 points — with his future college coach visiting Winnetka to watch him play — as the Trevians blasted Buffalo Grove 57-33.

People around the world knew Charla Krupp for the style intelligence and media-savvy intuition that over three decades made her a best-selling author and commentator in the fashion field. But many of them also were beneficiaries of the Wilmette-born author and editor’s creative acts of kindness: A bouquet of flowers for a barely known acquaintance going through hard times, or a job for a ...