By Bob Seidenberg Independence Park is located a few blocks west of Green Bay Road, in the heart of the Central Street neighborhood. It is perhaps the city’s only park that runs right up to the edge of a major…
Update: After the RoundTable posted the story below about a beaver sighting at Northwestern University’s lagoon on Nov. 12, another resident reported in an email that he had seen a beaver at the lagoon earlier, on April 10. Kyle Campbell,…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council members have applied the brakes for now on a proposal that would require large non-property-tax-paying owners – most notably Northwestern University – to pay a fire service/utility fee for the service they now receive…
By Bob Seidenberg/rseiden914@gmail.com Northwest Evanston resident Mary Nisi need not remove her beehives, but they should be set farther back on her property – and farther away from the pool of her neighbor, who charged that the bees have dive-bombed…
News Release Residents of Evanston and Wilmette join the Most Livable City Association in lawsuit against the City of Evanston’s commercial rezoning of Northwestern’s new football stadium. Evanston, Ill. – The Most Livable City Association (MLCA), a non-profit focused…
By Bob Seidenberg Property tax increases are never popular, but past City Council decisions to keep the taxes flat or exceptionally low, failing to keep pace with inflation, may not be in the city’s best interest in the long run.…
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Nov. 16, 2023 —Aetna Better Health of Illinois, a CVS Health company, announced a collaboration with Connections for the Homeless, a local provider of services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness in suburban Cook County. Aetna…
The Most Livable City Association (MLCA), a non-profit focused on quality of life for all communities in and around Evanston and advocating for accountability in local government, today issued a list of ten urgent questions for City of Evanston officials.…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council members are technically part-time positions under the city’s council-manager form of government, but starting next year they may have a full-time salaried administrator whose job will be to assist them. The new post did…
By Bob Seidenberg David DeCarlo, president of the Most Livable City Association, released a statement in support of the City Council’s action tonight to push back for a week a decision on Northwestern University’s request for an $800 million Ryan…