By Bob Seidenberg Devon Reid, only 24 at the time, ran an against-the-odds race when he was elected as Evanston’s City Clerk in April 2017. “Four years ago we achieved the unbelievable. We took on a two-term incumbent, won the…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston property and business owners in the Main-Dempster Street business area, some facing blistering property tax increases in the latest tax bills, brought their concerns to Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi in a freewheeling discussion July 21.…
By Bob Seidenberg Northwestern University will not be resuming classes on campus this spring, but will rather continue remote instruction, the school’s top officials have said in a letter to members of the university community. Northwestern President Morton Schapiro, Professor…
By Bob Seidenberg Three candidates are challenging incumbent Kim Foxx in the Democratic primary for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office on March 17, but only one has deep roots in Evanston. “I went to Oakton School for grade school…
By Bob Seidenberg A new City snow shoveling ordinance has been placed on hold, with some aldermen raising concerns about how its provisions will be applied. Aldermen held over the proposal at their Feb. 24 City Council meeting, directing staff…
By Bob Seidenberg Three sprinkler heads kept a fire in check March 7 until crews arrived at the Park Evanston high rise in downtown Evanston, allowing them to quickly put the fire out, an Evanston Fire Department spokesperson said March…
By Bob Seidenberg A citizens group has raised criticism of an aldermanic committee’s recommendation not to include an outside group in evaluating the proposals that have come in for the re-use of the City’s long-shuttered Harley Clarke property. Jennifer Shadur,…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston officials have rated the risk of the coronavirus to residents as low at this juncture, with no local cases reported thus far. But if there is a wide expansion of the virus, “it will disrupt the…
By Bob Seidenberg Teaming with landscape design experts, city officials successfully rebuilt a bird sanctuary habitat off of Clark Beach in 2015 after the fragile two acre site had been largely wiped away during construction of Northwestern University’s Visitor Center,…
City exploring federal funds to repair lakefront damage By Bob Seidenberg City officials are considering contracting with a firm to assess the infrastructure damage caused by storms and high wave action this past winter, in a first step in what…
