Meristem Advisors, the chosen consultant, will review the value of services that EPL receives from the city By Bob Seidenberg Facing significant renovation costs on a building it doesn’t own, the Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees is reaching out to a consultant to look at the library’s financial future and recommend options, including…
Eight years out of office, Elizabeth Tisdahl, the only one of the city’s mayors to also have school board service on her record, is on track to have a street named in her honor. Members of the city’s Human Services Committee voted unanimously Monday to recommend designating a portion of Martha Lane at Simpson Street…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston has not experienced the same shock of an impending loss of federal funds as Northwestern University, but city officials are keeping a watchful eye on their own situation as the next budget season grows closer. At the April 8 Finance and Budget Committee meeting, as members talked about new tools to tame a longstanding…
But the program is running short on participating employers and hoping Evanston businesses will step up By Bob Seidenberg Henry Testard has been on the job roughly a half hour at the Thermal Laminating Corporation at 2220 Greenwood Ave., carefully lining up cardboard pieces on a wood frame to make into the boxes used to stabilize…
‘I feel like I’ve done my part in planting other trees, and this is one I’m not comfortable where it is,’ Kristina Pierce tells city committee By Bob Seidenberg/rseiden914@gmail.com A northwest Evanston homeowner will have to wait a little longer for a decision from the city on whether she can remove an elm tree from…
By Bob Seidenberg Shawn Iles brought experience from a number of past roles to his campaign to succeed Melissa Wynne as the alderperson for the city’s Third Ward. Overnight Shelter Director for Interfaith Action of Evanston, former president of the Evanston Public Library Board, former president of the Evanston Rotary Club, coach in the AYSO…
By Bob Seidenberg Considering the late start mayoral challenger Jeff Boarini got and his lack of name recognition at the start, how should Mayor Daniel Biss’s 62.4% to 37.59% percent victory over the challenger be viewed? Jeff Smith, a longtime observer of Evanston’s political scene, took a crack at that question in a podcast interview…
They’ll be joined by three newcomers, including Parielle Davis, one of the leaders of the fight against Northwestern’s bid to stage large-scale commercial events By Bob Seidenberg Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss appears headed to another four-year term of office, registering 62% of the vote with 44 of the city’s 45 precincts reported, unofficial totals show….
By Bob Seidenberg Could the Civic Center be put back in play as the city’s permanent home as a result of today’s election? It’s a long shot but not inconceivable based on the views of some of the candidates running in today’s election. In the First Ward, council member Clare Kelly has been in the…
Jeff Smith is a longtime observer of the Evanston political scene and one-time candidate himself. With permission, here’s his blog entry which ran on the Central Street Neighbors Association on the candidates he’s supporting in today’s election. The views do not necessarily reflect that of CSNA. By Jeff Smith In some past local election…