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Bike, Hike or Ride Along the Des Plaines River Trail

May 24, 2010 By View Comments

The Lake County Forest Preserve Des Plaines River Trail and Greenway covers more than 3,000 acres and protects land along more than 85 percent of the river in Lake County, providing wildlife habitat, natural flood protection and outdoor recreation opportunities. There is currently 31 miles of trails in Lake County including parts of Libertyville and Vernon Hills. The trails are open for hiking, biking and horseback riding.

A perfect way to start a busy work week is to escape for an early morning workout on the Des Plaines River Trail and feel like you are miles away from the rush hour traffic! Most of the Lake County Forest Preserves open at 6:30am and close at sundown every day. Be sure to check the Lake County Forest Preserve District’s website for the latest information on construction or flooding that may make some areas of the trail impassable.

To see the Des Plaines River Trail and connected preserves check out the Map of Lake County Forest Preserve and search by type of activity or by preserve.

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Lake Forest Trying on the Denver Boot for Style

December 3, 2009 By View Comments

Beginning January 1, 2010, Lake Forest will beginning using the Denver Boot, which is already common in Chicago and several other Lake County villages. Although the outstanding parking tickets don’t compare to what the city of Chicago faces, Lake Forest could recoup as much as $21,000 if the top 16 parking ticket offenders paid up, according to Deputy Police Chief Glenn Burmeister. As villages struggle to make budgets work with a struggling economy, every dollar helps.
The boot clamps onto the wheel of a vehicle and immobilizes it. Lake Forest will require all outstanding parking tickets and fines to be paid, plus a $100 fee in order to remove the boot. Lake Forest is giving those with outstanding parking tickets a grace period of this month to pay their fines. Currently, a typical parking ticket in Lake Forest costs $15. Beginning in the New Year, those that haven’t paid, may be the first to experience the “Lake Forest” Boot.
Nearby Libertyville has been using the boot, but only sparingly and when they do, payment usually follows soon after.
So if you live, work, shop, visit, or commute in Lake Forest, make sure your parking tickets are paid!

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Lake County Schools Receive High Grades on 2009 Report Card

October 30, 2009 By View Comments

The 2009 Illinois School Report Card was made public today. You can read the Tribune’s front page article about it here.

I wanted to point out several area schools that ranked high on the list.

For grades 3-8 Half Day School and Daniel Wright Junior High School (Lincolnshire, IL) and Isaac Fox Elementary (Lake Zurich, IL) were all in the top 25 amongst all Chicago area schools.

For grades 9-12 Deerfield High School (Deerfield, IL), Adlai E. Stevenson High School (Lincolnshire, IL), LIbertyville High School (Libertyville, IL), Lake Forest High School (Lake Forest, IL), and Vernon Hills High School (Vernon Hills, IL) were in the top 25 amongst all Chicago area schools.

See the complete list Top Chicagoland Schools

And to get links directly to the schools, see my Lake County School page.

Find your new home in one of these school districts by searching for homes here.

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