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,…
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7 a.m. liquor service on tap to be discussed at Council committee meeting Monday
By Bob Seidenberg Restaurants could start selling alcohol as early as 7 a.m. seven days a week, under a change…
Staff proposes bulk purchase to help local landscapers afford electric leaf blowers cost
By Bob Seidenberg Local landscapers maintained that cost was a major barrier transitioning to electric-powered leaf blowers after a city…
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…
Committee backs tax deal to keep VW dealer in Evanston for 10 years
City’s economic development manager challenges Skokie assertion that it wasn’t trying to recruit the business By Bob Seidenberg rseiden914@gmail.com Members…
Illinois Attorney General’s office finds city in violation of Open Meetings Act in civic center project
By Bob Seidenberg The state attorney general’s office has ruled that the Evanston City Council violated the Open Meetings Act…
Proposal to temporarily halt ban on gas-powered leaf blowers moves to the Council
‘No tiny yard is worth the cost,’ maintains one environmentalist By Bob Seidenberg Evanston Human Services Committee members Monday night…