Library’s new plan aims to create a welcoming space for patrons
By Bob Seidenberg Yolande Wilburn, the Evanston Public Library’s new executive director, told library trustees that one question came up…
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Preservation board raises concerns about Noyes center renovation
$22 million cost estimate spurs discussion By Bob Seidenberg Some Evanston Preservation Commission members raised concerns at a recent meeting…
Finance & Budget Committee members question ARPA administrative costs, projects ‘at risk” of moving forward
By Bob Seidenberg At a meeting this week, some members of the city’s Finance and Budget Committee raised concerns about…
Council wrestles with homelessness, including Howard St. encampment
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council members have delayed until May consideration of a plan to aid the city’s unhoused…
Purchase of $2.3 million new fire truck receives Council backing
Reserve truck facing major repairs has ‘put us in a bad place,’ says fire chief By Bob Seidenberg Evanston Fire…
Council OKs $180,000 to buy electric leaf blowers for landscapers
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council on Monday approved a plan to make a bulk purchase of electric leaf blowers,…
Council approves brokerage contract on Civic Center move – this time in public
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council members reapproved a contract Monday for a real estate firm to broker a move…
Evanston firefighters union pays tribute to historic 1974 walkout ‘Their story will not be forgotten’
By Bob Seidenberg One by one, the fire companies at Evanston’s five stations took turns notifying radio dispatch they were…
Council rejects temporary halt to gas leaf blower ban
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council members voted against suspending enforcement of a ban on gas-powered leaf blowers Monday, a…
Council committee working to clear the way for video gambling
By Bob Seidenberg rseiden914@gmail.com A city committee began filling in the blank spaces in an ordinance that would permit video…