By Bob Seidenberg Wards 8 and 9 sit next to each other on the southern edge of the city. Ward 8, with 8,845 people, according to the 2020 Census, weighs in at just above the average population for Evanston’s nine…
By Bob Seidenberg rseiden914@gmail.com Four candidates filed petition signatures today, declaring their interest to run in a rare special election in 2023 to fill the remaining terms of City Council seats in Evanston’s 2nd and 9th Wards. Darlene Cannon, in…
Evanston Public Library statement acknowledges land’s indigenous history Statements should be a start for further work with the Indigenous community: Mitchell Museum director By Bob Seidenberg Evanston Public Library officials led off their regular Board meeting at the main library…
By Bob Seidenberg Advised to quit “policing parts of the body,” members of the city’s Human Services Committee moved forward Nov. 7 on changes to the city’s Public Nudity ordinance, removing references to female breasts and making the ordinance gender-neutral.…
The long wait for Evanston’s downtown movie theaters to open is over. AMC Theatres announced in an email yesterday that AMC Evanston 12 was to open today, Wednesday, Nov. 9, just in time for the holiday season. Here is the…
By Bob Seidenberg Northwestern University officials assured residents Thursday, Oct. 27 that they would take steps to manage noise spilling into the neighborhoods from the school’s Foster-Walker complex. At the first fall meeting of the Northwestern-City Committee, NU officials responded…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council members on Monday, Oct. 24, unanimously approved a request for $500,000 in federal COVID-19 recovery funds to establish a welcoming center for new residents, providing an array of services as they acclimate to their…
By Bob Seidenberg If Evanston is to eventually achieve its goal of carbon neutrality, the city will have to invest in projects that are renewable locally, said Cara Pratt, the city’s Sustainability and Resilience Coordinator, in an Oct. 24 report…
By Bob Seidenberg A new study of Evanston’s parking system recommends that officials consider raising their $2 per hour off-street parking rate downtown and hike rates in other areas of the system too, generating revenue to bolster aging infrastructure. The…
By Bob Seidenberg Public safety and addressing understaffing in the Police Department were identified as top concerns by a number of candidates for a vacant Second Ward City Council seat who spoke at a lively Sept. 6 forum. Mayor Daniel…
