By Bob Seidenberg When Evanston police are called to respond to a protest held without warning, as was the case outside U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s house last Tuesday, what demand that place on police services? In fact, it’s considerable, said Evanston…
By Bob Seidenberg City of Evanston officials’ plan for a 7.8% increase in the city’s property tax levy as a key revenue generator for their proposed 2024 budget ran into critical reactions Tuesday night, particularly since some residents had already…
By Bob Seidenberg Speakers at Monday night‘s Truth in Taxation hearing on the city’s proposed 2024 budget urged Evanston City Council members to pull back from a spending plan which includes the first property tax hike in recent years, advocating…
To help keep streets, sidewalks, and public ways safe and accessible for all community members this winter, the City of Evanston is reminding residents of snow parking restrictions, convenient notification methods, shoveling guidelines and other helpful tips as part of…
By Bob Seidenberg Red balloons, their strings tied to shoes and alongside pictures of victims, fluttered across Evanston’s Fountain Square in a dramatic representation Sunday in a solidarity rally calling for the release of the hostages taken captive by Hamas.…
By Bob Seidenberg It’s not every day a batch of free parking spaces becomes available in downtown Evanston. But that was the case Monday when the underground parking garage at Evanston’s Main Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave., reopened to the…
By Bob Seidenberg Is there interest in the first hearing before the Evanston City Council on Northwestern’s bid for zoning changes to allow commercial concerts at a rebuilt Ryan Field? One hundred and forty five people have signed up for…
By Bob Seidenberg The Evanston City Council on Monday approved a five-story, 60-unit mixed-income housing development for the far south end of the city that will offer rents across a wide range of incomes – a feature missing from many…
Flavored cigars popularity with young people helped ignite Council member Eleanor Revelle’s call for a ban on all flavored tobacco product sales By Bob Seidenberg Snuffed out once, an Evanston City Council member has proposed for a second time that…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston Economic Development Committee members are making full use of the city’s remaining federal COVID stimulus funds, designating them to help a number of initiatives growing out of the Evanston Thrives report on enhancing the city’s business…
