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

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

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  • Applications now open for Sustain Evanston program

    4 days ago4 days ago
  • Hotly-contested 9th Congressional District Democratic primary heads to voters

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  • Community members invited to vote on new dog park

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

    2 weeks ago2 weeks ago
  • ‘Reconciliation’ needed after Executive Library Director’s early departure from the position, suggests one member

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  • Short-term rental overhaul passes on third try at City Council

    2 weeks ago
  • A strong advocate of shared costs with the city, Executive Library Director Yolande Wilburn to step down

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  • Late-arriving property taxes lower city budget deficit estimate

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Peet’s Coffee closed Friday, Jan. 30 after a nearly 25-year run in Evanston, a victim of company “restructuring.”
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Last call for Peet’s, a coffee shop which became a ‘third place’ for many downtown

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Both the city and customers sought a deeper explanation from the parent company By Bob Seidenberg Peet’s was the first…

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Latino employees hit ‘slander campaign’ in city hiring

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By Bob Seidenberg A group of Latino city employees has hit out at what they called a “disturbing slander campaign”…

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Third Ward Council member Melissa Wynne announces she will not seek re-election next year

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By Bob Seidenberg Third Ward City Council member Melissa Wynne, the senior member of the council, announced in her ward…

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A long and winding path: City Council sticks with original plan for Dog Beach accessibility

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By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council members decided Monday to stick with the original design put forward by staff to…

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Video gambling proposal heading to City Council

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By Bob Seidenberg A proposal that would allow local businesses to obtain video gambling terminals is heading to the full…

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Public works employees call on city to honor contract rights, address staffing levels

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By Bob Seidenberg Members of the union that represents Evanston’s public works employees are expected to meet with city officials…

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Evanston Chabad rabbi says released hostage Judith Raanan had hope going for her in her release

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By Bob Seidenberg Evanston’s Tannenbaum Chabad Rabbi Dov Hillel KIein recalled saying two weeks ago if any of the hostages…

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‘It’s hard to replace 100-year-old trees’: Golf Course neighbors upset at chopping down of trees

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By Bob Seidenberg Some neighbors of Canal Shores Golf Course, upset to see three old trees on the course get…

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Alabama firm buys a chunk of Church St. Plaza

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By Bob Seidenberg Proximity to transit, solid household demographics and a strong Northwestern University student and faculty base located nearby…

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Now this is how you kick off GOTV weekend! Thank you so much to @ewarren, @janschakowsky, and the amazing supporters and volunteers that joined us this morning. 4 days to go, let's win this thing!! pic.twitter.com/eqC8SdTPiV

— Daniel Biss (@DanielBiss) March 13, 2026

Three days until the March 17 primary and @KatAbughazaleh's final message to her supporters is:

FU*K ICE!

FU*K AIPAC!

Does anyone really want this clinical moron representing Illinois in the U.S. House? pic.twitter.com/AWKX13XiGC

— Chicago Contrarian (@ChicagoContrar1) March 15, 2026

In 3 days, you’ll decide who you trust to represent you in Congress.I’ve spent my career standing up to insurance companies, protecting mental health care, and fighting for safer communities. Now I’m ready to bring that fight to Washington for the 9th District. But I can’t do it… pic.twitter.com/gQUnEEcsIp

— Laura Fine for Congress (@laurafineforIL9) March 15, 2026

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— evanstonscribe (@evanstonscribe) March 11, 2026