Charlotte Norgaard, Neighbor

Joining Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Patch.com is not only a great professional opportunity, but it also brings me back home. I spent the earliest days of my life in this community, growing up in Lake Bluff, and I am a graduate of Lake Forest High School. I have a genuine fondness for the area, and love spending as much time here as I can. I even still make it back home for every Lake Bluff Fourth of July Parade. I have been a freelance journalist for seven years, and have reported on local news events for Sun Times Media publications, <i>Daily Herald</i>, and Press Republican Newspapers, covering municipal government, community events, and writing feature stories. What I enjoy most about journalism is the opportunity to meet and learn about the different people and issues within a community, and the challenge I am given to see and report on things from every point of view.