By Bob Seidenberg rseiden914@gmail.com Nine candidates will participate in a forum next month in which they’ll have the chance to showcase their credentials to fill a vacancy in the 2nd Ward City Council member slot. The city announced today that as part of the search for a new 2nd Ward Council member, the candidates forum…
By Bob Seidenberg About 1,300 teachers and staff from District 65 gathered at the 65,000 square-foot Quad Indoor Sports for a spirited convocation Monday, Aug. 22, preparing for the start of school. District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton and Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss were among the leaders addressing the audience, and both brought messages of unity. It…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston Library Board trustees are moving deliberately in their selection of the city’s next Library chief, establishing a clear picture of what they’d like to see in the ideal candidate before going out for interviews. In a brief report at the Aug. 17 meeting, Board President Tracy Fulce spoke of the need to review the job description for the executive library director position,…
By Bob Seidenberg A 17-year-old Sauk Village juvenile has been charged as an adult in the shooting of a 13-year-old Evanston girl July 25 as she was attending a backyard party with other teens in the 1300 block of Fowler Avenue, police announced today, Aug. 17. Police are not releasing the name of the juvenile….
Luke Stowe, longtime stalwart on the city’s information technology side, elevated to city’s top position By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council members voted 9-0 at a special meeting today to appoint longtime city administrator Luke Stowe as the tenth city manager in Evanston history, ending a nearly two-year search for a chief executive. Voting in…
With little chance for the public to weigh in, Evanston City Council members are moving ahead with the appointment of a longtime city administrator who has distinguished himself on the technology side as Evanston’s next city manager. Officials announced their intent to appoint Interim City Manager Luke Stowe as Evanston’s next City Manager, in a…
By Bob Seidenberg Developers will be required for the first time to include bird friendly strategies in their designs, according to a proposal introduced at the Evanston City Council meeting on Aug. 8. The goals of the city’s Climate Action and Resilience Plan (CARP) include implementing building codes that reduce threats to vulnerable wildlife species,…
Evanston to wage fights own fight for reproductive rights at the local level By Bob Seidenberg Evanston will respond in its own fashion to the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Roe vs. Wade, with city departments directed to explore ways to support and protect individuals seeking reproductive health care. Evanston City Council members…
By Bob Seidenberg City budget revenues were looking “pretty stable, pretty strong,” at the mid-year mark, including some areas that were previously down because of COVID, the city’s top financial officer told Council members in a presentation at the Aug. 8 City Council meeting. Revenues tied to economic activity, such as sales tax revenues, are on track…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston police scrambled to fill 12-hour shifts, making 47 hire backs of officers last month, leading up to an Aug. 4 announcement that the Department’s Community Policing Unit (CPU) would be shifted to patrol in order to address a severe staff shortage. The Department announced in the release that five members, four officers…
