This article originally appeared in the April 2, 2018 issue of the Winnetka Current as Back In The Day: America’s pastime is also Winnetka’s pastime By Peter Butler America’s pastime comes to life again this year as the baseball season has started. School spring breaks are over, which means baseball has started in Winnetka, just as […]

This article originally appeared in the April 30, 2018 issue of the Winnetka Current as Back In The Day: When Winnetka’s best-known restaurant was part of a national story By Peter Butler During the depths of the Great Depression in 1934, Harvey and Clara Klingeman opened the Indian Trail Restaurant on Chestnut Street, where the recently […]

This article originally appeared in the May 30, 2018 issue of the Winnetka Current as Back In The Day: Winnetka’s past — The street names tell the story By Peter Butler By my count, Winnetka has more than 40 streets with the names of trees. Some, such as Elm Street and Oak Street, have historically been […]

This article originally appeared in the July 18, 2018 issue of the Winnetka Current as Back in the Day: Feeling nostalgic over diminishing home phones By Peter Butler Do you know anyone under the age of 40 who has a landline phone? In just a few years, cellphones followed by email, Facebook, texting, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat […]

This article originally appeared in the October 30, 2018 issue of the Winnetka Current as Back in the Day: Looking back on Winnetka’s voice in the House of Representatives By Peter Butler It is election season, and we will shortly choose our representative to the U.S. House of Representatives. The race is between John Elleson (R) […]

This article originally appeared in the January 14, 2020 issue of the Winnetka Current as Back in the Day: Women’s Exchange — A launching point for life By Holly Marihugh Tucked in between two Redbud trees in the Harkness House section of the Community House in Winnetka are two unremarkable heavy wooden doors with windows. A […]

This article originally appeared in the November 12, 2019 issue of the Winnetka Current as Back in the Day – Winnetka Treasures: 15 Decades, 15 Objects By Holly Marihugh Harry Potter books personally signed by none other than J.K. Rowling. A large weathered door that washed up on the shores of Lake Michigan. A farrier knife […]