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  • Library trustees begin to set course for a new director

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  • Library Board President Fulce proposes trustees skip a search for an interim director, preserving resources for the permanent post

    6 days ago6 days ago
  • City Council sets 90-day window for an agreement with the Library to resolve differences

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  • Library officials have a firm in mind  to conduct a search for an interim Executive Director

    1 month ago1 month ago
  • With Kat making a strong run, Biss appears to be the unofficial winner of the 9th District Congressional District Democratic primary

    1 month ago1 month ago
  • Applications now open for Sustain Evanston program

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  • Hotly-contested 9th Congressional District Democratic primary heads to voters

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  • Community members invited to vote on new dog park

    1 month ago
  • The man who would be mayor: Longtime leader Donald Borah dies at 85

    1 month ago1 month ago
  • ‘Reconciliation’ needed after Executive Library Director’s early departure from the position, suggests one member

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Peet’s staff recently received word via the shop’s corporate office that the coffee shop, in Evanston nearly 26 years, is to close by the end of the month.
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Peet’s Coffee, an important ‘third place’ downtown, gets word that it’s closing

Bob3 months ago3 months ago02 mins

By Bob Seidenberg Evanston  community members frequently talk about the importance of  a “third place” — a spot which serves…

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The Main Street Subway on the city’s closed list

Bob11 months ago11 months ago02 mins

Here’s a list of businesses in Evanston that have closed since the start of the year, according to the city’s…

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City may start recruiting businesses to fill vacant storefronts

Bob1 year ago1 year ago08 mins

By Bob Seidenberg rseiden914@gmail.com Evanston Economic Development Committee members showed interest last week in a plan to recruit businesses to…

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Evanston has conducted more than 100 bike tallies at 33 locations and gathered community input to revise the city’s 2014 Bike Plan.
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Reported by @BethkeTia https://t.co/sEpQSMKIe2

— The Daily Northwestern (@thedailynu) April 10, 2026

Park lighting is getting an upgrade! Over the next few months, LED fixtures will replace older lights at lakefront parks (Lee-Greenwood) plus Lovelace, Eggleston, Perry, Mason & Smith Parks. Parks & paths remain open. Learn more: https://t.co/TCwWPw3UtV. pic.twitter.com/4ILYyLQkqk

— City of Evanston (@CityofEvanston) March 23, 2026