By Bob Seidenberg An Evanston Public Library branch at the Family Focus building would be an “ideal” fit, complimenting the other services the agency intends to house in the building once a renovation project is completed, the head of the organization told members of the Evanston Public Library Board last week. “It is becoming even…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council members approved the appointment of Ann Arbor assistant city administrator John Fournier as the city’s next city manager at their May 23 City Council meeting, in the third attempt to fill the city’s top job in less than three years. Council members voted 9-1, meeting the seven vote minimum…
By Bob Seidenberg Six Evanston residents will be hired as part of the City’s effort to replace leaking or broken lead service lines under a Work Force Development program approved by the Evanston City Council May 9. Evanston City Council members voted unanimously in support of a staff recommendation for a resolution authorizing funding for…
By Bob Seidenberg Central Street where it crosses Crawford Avenue and, almost immediately, Gross Point Road at the far northwest end of Evanston poses plenty of traffic issues on its own – and no need for additional ones. “Central, Gross Point Road; Central at Crawford; and Gross Point Road and Crawford have been really tricky…
By Bob Seidenberg Northwestern University officials are still early in their Ryan Field stadium project and, understandably, did not have a lot of detail to provide residents at a Seventh Ward meeting March 23. But a University official at that meeting did have information about a noise issue that has been occupying a group of…
Evanston City Council members took steps at a recent meeting to approve developers’ requests for properties that once housed businesses embedded in the city’s history. At their March 14 meeting, council members considered zoning requests for the former sites of the Varsity Theatre, at 1706-10 Sherman Ave., one of the Chicagoland’s premier movie houses when…
By Bob Seidenberg rseiden914@gmail.com One of Evanston’s major grassroots activist groups has backed Baltimore administrator Daniel Ramos to become Evanston’s next City Manager. Ramos is Deputy Chief of Staff/Deputy City Manager for the City of Baltimore. In its endorsement, Jan. 18, the group, Community Alliance for Better Government (CABG), cited Ramos’s responses on the role…
Interim City Manager Kelley A. Gandurski is pleased to announce the appointment of former Evanston Police Chief Richard Eddington to serve as the City’s interim police chief. Eddington, who served as Evanston police chief from 2007 through 2018, has more than 44 years of law enforcement experience. He will fill the role of Interim Chief…
Over the past week, Evanston has experienced a dramatic increase in the number of daily confirmed COVID-19 cases, prompting new mitigation recommendations from the City’s Health & Human Services Department to slow the spread of the disease. On Friday, Evanston reported 161 confirmed COVID-19 cases, the highest number of daily cases since the start of…
Evanston community members are invited to participate in two upcoming opportunities to provide feedback on the search for Evanston’s next city manager. Following a nationwide recruitment process, the City Council has narrowed its search to two finalists, to be named during the week of January 3. Community members will have the opportunity to meet the…
