By Bob Seidenberg Starting from scratch nearly a year ago, a city team is now moving closer to a final design for a state-of-the-art skate park at Twiggs Park, which lies along the North Shore Channel between Green Bay Road and Bridge Street. At a public meeting held via Zoom April 5, officials presented two…
By Bob Seidenberg Police are investigating whether there are any additional victims after a recording device was discovered last week in a washroom used by employees at the downtown Whole Foods store, 1640 Chicago Ave. An employee at the store has been charged with one count of unlawful video recording, after one victim was identified…
By Bob Seidenberg Family and friends broke into applause after Evanston City Council members officially approved a resolution March 28 that designated a portion of McDaniel Avenue between Nathaniel and Greenleaf streets in honor of William “Bill” Logan, Jr., the city’s first Black Police Chief, for his service to the community. Council members voted 7-0…
By Bob Seidenberg With the department at its lowest headcount in recent history, city officials are consider lowering the service time police officers have to log with another department before eligible to join the Evanston force. Members of the City Council’s Administration & Public Works (A&PW) Committee on March 28 recommended in favor of moving…
By Bob Seidenberg As the city comes out of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Evanston Police Department says it expects to have a greater presence downtown, using a variety of approaches to deal with aggressive panhandling activities, said Interim Police Chief Richard Eddington said at a First Ward meeting March 24. Eddington’s remarks came as several…
Residents living around Northwestern University’s Ryan Field now have a team in place to share their questions and concerns with university officials as the school moves forward on its multiyear project to rebuild the stadium. Evanston City Council member Eleanor Revelle, in whose Seventh Ward the stadium is located, announced at the start of her…
By Bob Seidenberg rseiden914@gmail.com Evanston City Council members now have a comprehensive plan to guide their decision-making on requests for the $43.1 million in federal American Plan Recovery Act (ARPA) money awarded to the city nearly a year ago. Council members approved the report, to be placed on file, at their March 14 meeting. Compiled…
By Bob Seidenberg With the city preparing to resume water shut-offs after a nearly two-and-a-half year break, members of a city committee are pressing officials for alternative measures to cutting off service. At the City Council’s Administration & Public Works Committee meeting March 14, members and staff agreed to hold at least one more meeting…
By Bob Seidenberg Longtime Second Ward City Council member Peter Braithwaite has taken a job as Director of Procurement, Diversity and Community Engagement at Northwestern University, marking the first time in recent city history two members of the Council are employed by the University. Braithwaite, previously in a sales job with Grainger Industrial Supply, disclosed…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council members have removed limits on service fees that third-party delivery systems were charging on delivery or take-out orders from restaurants, maintaining the measure was never meant to be permanent. Council members had in November 2020 passed a resolution that prohibited third-party delivery platforms from charging restaurants more than 15%…