Passion for fashion: North Shore nears top in best dressed list

It’s not a secret that many closets on the North Shore are filled with upscale, fashion-foward designer garments. And now, thanks to a website’s new study, the nation knows just how trend-setting the North Shore’s fashionistas can be.

• Romney to collect $2.3 million at Winnetka fund-raiser hosted by Pat Ryan

  LYNN SWEET: Key figures are emerging from Illinois bolstering presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s campaign. Insurance mogul and civic activist Pat Ryan and his wife, Shirley, will host 50-60 people at their Winnetka home, with the minimum donation $25,000. Romney returns to the Chicago area on June 14.

• Glencoe Union Church starts shelter work

  

  After months of fits and starts, the Family Promise network of temporary shelters managed last week to set up shop in Glencoe Union Church. Three families — a total of 10 people — stayed in a segment of the newly-converted basement, for a week ending Sunday morning. …Read More

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  • More Glencoe churches aim to join Family Promise effort

• Walk for Erika’s Lighthouse set for Sunday

  

  Green T-shirted walkers will flood the streets of Winnetka Sunday. And the walkers’ “graphic green” shirts will list the warning signs of depression. The walk supports Erika’s Lighthouse, which works to erase the stigma of depression among young people and to raise awareness of the …Read More

• Can eased rules on commercial spaces help downtown Glencoe?

  

  There are about a half a dozen commercial vacancies in downtown Glencoe. Is that enough to change local law about what the village center looks like? It is, the Glencoe chamber of commerce says: let more non-retail uses set up shop on the ground floor. …Read More