By Bob Seidenberg Evanston police have made an arrest in one of the carjacking incidents which have been part of a recent crime surge in southeast Evanston, officials announced at a special Third Ward meeting Oct. 19. Third Ward Council member Melissa Wynne called the meeting after a recent increase in crime in the southeast…
By Bob Seidenberg Members of the Evanston City Council’s Rules Committee were deadlocked Oct. 18 on whether to lower the number of votes needed to remove a future City Manager from the position, increasing the likelihood that requiring seven votes of the 10-member Council will stand as the rule. The Rules Committee is composed of…
The City of Evanston just announced that it will implement a mandatory COVID vaccination policy for City staff effective November 15. The policy, which applies to all City staff, including seasonal and part-time workers, contractors, volunteers, and interns, requires staff members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or to provide weekly COVID-19 test results to…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council members were split in their first real discussion of the votes needed to remove a City Manager, with some maintaining a change in the rule could hurt the City’s chances of attracting candidates for the now-open position. At the Oct. 4 Rules Committee meeting, Council Members discussed…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston’s Cradle to Career, an agency created to address inequity in the community by pulling together resources from partner organizations throughout the City, listed a long list of highlights in its request for an annual payment from the City. The agency draws on resources from over forty partner organizations, including the City,…
Two recent carjackings and an armed robbery in southeast Evanston have prompted the Evanston Police Department to issue an alert to the public. On October 10, 2021, at 12:54 p.m., a 50-year-old male Evanston resident was sitting in his 2018 Volvo in the 500 block of Judson Avenue when he was approached by the offender….
Rebecca M. Blank, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin’s flagship campus, has been named the next president of Northwestern University, Northwestern’s Board of Trustees announced today. She will become the University’s 17th president, effective in the summer of 2022. An internationally renowned economist, Blank is a well-known researcher on poverty and the low-income labor…
Fifth Ward Alderperson Bobby Burns By Bob Seidenberg With the Illinois moratorium on evictions ended on Oct. 3, an Evanston Council Member is calling the City to receive early notice of potential evictions of Evanston residents and pass that information along to renters that they might have to vacate their buildings. Fifth Ward Council Member…
By Bob Seidenberg Acknowledging the City was at a crossroads on the issue, Evanston officials turned to Council members at their Sept. 20 meeting for direction on where the City’s second dog park should be located. The City is down to one dog park, aptly named Pooch Park, on a 2.5 acre tract that runs…
