By Bob Seidenberg As one of the city’s oldest and largest employers, Mather has as its mission, helping people age well. That takes a lot of work — and a lot of employees. Speaking at the city’s Economic Development Committee…
By Bob Seidenberg After a tumultuous city Administration and Public Works Committee meeting earlier this month, the board members of the Artists Book House “looked at each other and said, ‘We need a board meeting,’ ” explained Audrey Niffenegger, the group’s…
By Bob Seidenberg Native women face murder rates more than 10 times the national average, yet often their perpetrators are not caught and their cases receive scant or no media attention. Twenty-five new original art works are at the Mitchell…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston will invest a good chunk of change – $950,000 worth – in a Howard Street laundromat – in a move designed to bring greater affordable housing to the area. City Council members voted 8-1 in support…
By Bob Seidenberg Add Evanston Public Library to the list of groups with an interest in the plans for a Fifth Ward school and possible changes to Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center. City of Evanston and School District 65 officials convened a…
By Bob Seidenberg A City Council member’s proposal to expand the size of the city’s Referrals Committee, giving the group greater representation deciding items of public discussion,failed to move forward at the city Rules Committee Dec. 5. Council member Bobby…
By Bob Seidenberg rseiden914@gmail.com One is a popular ice cream store and small grocery on the corner across from Evanston Township High School. The owners, currently tenants, would like to purchase the property and make it a “Mecca” to surrounding…
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…
