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

    2 weeks ago2 weeks ago
  • Late-arriving property taxes lower city budget deficit estimate

    3 weeks ago3 weeks ago
  • Ninth Congressional race draws full turnout at Evanston candidates forum

    4 weeks ago3 weeks ago
  • One that got away — Barnes and Noble experiencing comeback in other places

    4 weeks ago4 weeks ago
  • Evanston’s panhandling ordinance moves a step closer to being repealed

    4 weeks ago
  • Last call for Peet’s, a coffee shop which became a ‘third place’ for many downtown

    4 weeks ago4 weeks ago
  • Evanston not quite ready to reopen the door for ‘vacation rentals’

    1 month ago
  • Committee backs pilot incubator-pop-up program to activate downtown’s vacant spaces

    1 month ago1 month ago
  • Council members vote 5-4 to adopt comprehensive plan which stirred strong controversy

    1 month ago1 month ago
  • In 6-2 vote,  Preservation Commission agrees to demolition of structure linked back to famed architect Daniel Burnham

    1 month ago1 month ago

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Book prompts library to look at shelving policy

Bob4 years ago4 years ago07 mins

By Bob Seidenberg PopularMMOs Presents A Hole New World” may not strike an immediate chord of recognition. But the stars…

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Southeast Evanston residents on alert after recent carjackings

Bob4 years ago4 years ago09 mins

By Bob Seidenberg Evanston police have made an arrest in one of the carjacking incidents which have been part of…

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Council may stick with 7 as number of votes to remove a city manager

Bob4 years ago4 years ago05 mins

By Bob Seidenberg Members of the Evanston City Council’s Rules Committee were deadlocked Oct. 18 on whether to lower the…

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City announces mandatory COVID testing policy

Bob4 years ago4 years ago02 mins

The City of Evanston just announced that it will implement a mandatory COVID vaccination policy for City staff effective November…

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Votes needed for City Manager removal may stay at 7

Bob4 years ago4 years ago06 mins

  By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council members were split in their first real discussion of the votes needed to…

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Mission Drift: Council members seek clearer picture of Cradle to Career’s main mission

Bob4 years ago4 years ago06 mins

By Bob Seidenberg Evanston’s Cradle to Career, an agency created to address inequity in the community by pulling together resources…

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Police issue community alert over recent carjackings

Bob4 years ago03 mins

Two recent carjackings and an armed robbery in southeast Evanston have prompted the Evanston Police Department to issue an alert…

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Northwestern names new president

Bob4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

Rebecca M. Blank, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin’s flagship campus, has been named the next president of Northwestern…

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With eviction orders on the way, Evanston Council member presses for greater notice for Evanston tenants

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Fifth Ward Alderperson Bobby Burns By Bob Seidenberg With the Illinois moratorium on evictions ended on Oct. 3, an Evanston…

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New Council members split over City Manager firing rule

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