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…
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council members have typically voted on the side of residents when large projects would have a discernible impact on neighborhoods, but that record is about to be seriously tested tonight. Council members were scheduled to…
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…