Onetime ‘Library kid’ is the new leader of the Evanston Public Library system
By Bob Seidenberg Yolande Wilburn, the new executive director of the Evanston Public Library system, has spent much her career…
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City exploring temporary move from Civic Center offices to downtown
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston officials are exploring moving city offices from the Morton Civic Center to a downtown site while…
Council members hold off on minimum wage law
City to seek more feedback from local health care providers By Bob Seidenberg A proposal to set an Evanston minimum…
Economic panel recommends $500k in ARPA funds for Independence Park renovation but wants staff to ‘sharpen their pencils,” bringing some costs down
By Bob Seidenberg Independence Park is located a few blocks west of Green Bay Road, in the heart of the…
A beaver is spotted at Northwestern’s lagoon
Update: After the RoundTable posted the story below about a beaver sighting at Northwestern University’s lagoon on Nov. 12, another…
Council douses Reid’s call for fire service fee for certain non-taxpaying entities – like Northwestern
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council members have applied the brakes for now on a proposal that would require large…
Beekeeper’s beehives can stay but farther away from neighbor’s pool: Report
By Bob Seidenberg/rseiden914@gmail.com Northwest Evanston resident Mary Nisi need not remove her beehives, but they should be set farther back…
Less-than-inflation property tax increases could work against the city: Finance chair
By Bob Seidenberg Property tax increases are never popular, but past City Council decisions to keep the taxes flat or…
Evanston City Council members may soon receive full-time help
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council members are technically part-time positions under the city’s council-manager form of government, but starting…
City’s proposed tax hike comes as homeowners have already taken a ‘hit’
By Bob Seidenberg City of Evanston officials’ plan for a 7.8% increase in the city’s property tax levy as a…