7th Ward
Park improvement meetings: Want a rain garden?
Friday, March 12, 2010, at 12:44 pm by Bill SmithEvanston officials will hold two meetings next week to gather public comment on possible improvements to two city parks.
Private support modest for Evanston library
Monday, March 8, 2010, at 11:21 am by Bill SmithAs branch library supporters embark on an effort to raise nearly a half million a year to keep the branches open, Evanston Now has learned that total private support for Evanston's libraries has averaged roughly half that amount in recent years.
Library branches get 6-month reprieve
Thursday, February 4, 2010, at 9:22 am by Bill SmithEvanston aldermen Wednesday changed their minds yet again and voted 5-4 to give branch library supporters until Aug. 31 to raise enough funds to make the branches self supporting.
Aldermen vote to close branch libraries
Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 12:59 am by Bill SmithEvanston aldermen voted 6-3 tonight to close the city's two branch libraries.
Alderman Ann Rainey, 8th Ward, said all the poor and needy people that branch library supporters claimed would be hurt if the branches close are the very people who would be most affected by the tax increases that would be needed to save them.
Manager: Slash main to keep branch libraries
Sunday, January 31, 2010, at 11:27 am by Bill SmithCity Manager Wally Bobkiewicz, asked by aldermen to come up with a plan to keep branch libraries open, now is suggesting shutting Evanston's main downtown library on Fridays and making other reductions to its hours to keep the branches open.
Fire officials warn of ice hazards
Monday, January 4, 2010, at 5:53 pm by Bill SmithEvanston fire officials say Sunday's rescue of a woman and her dog from the icy water of the Northwestern University lagoon should serve as a warning to everyone about the danger of walking on ice.
Fire Division Chief Tom Janetske says someone walking on campus noticed the accident about 8 a.m. and used a blue-light emergency box to call the fire department.
Woman rescued after fall through ice
Sunday, January 3, 2010, at 11:23 pm by Bill SmithEvanston firefighters this morning rescued a woman and her dog who'd fallen through thin ice on the retention pond on the Northwestern campus.
Officials are crediting firefighter-paramedic Jennifer Lobianco with rescuing both the woman and the dog. They had fallen in about 40 feet from the shore shortly before 8 a.m. on a morning when air temperatures were near zero.
Viewpoint: Keep the branch libraries open
Wednesday, December 9, 2009, at 12:29 pm by Lori KeenanAs Evanston once again finds ourselves at budget time considering the closing of the branch libraries, I feel like I've somehow wandered on to the set of Saturday Night Live's REALLY?! skit with Seth Rogen and Amy Poehler.
Man struck, killed by Purple Line train
Saturday, November 21, 2009, at 12:13 pm by Bill SmithA Rogers Park man was struck and killed by a CTA Purple Line train near Isabella Street in Evanston early this morning.
Manager calls time out on peddler ban
Friday, October 23, 2009, at 10:46 am by Bill SmithCity Manager Wally Bobkiewicz plans to ask aldermen Monday to table a proposed ordinance that would have banned souvenir vendors from public sidewalks around Northwestern University's athletic complex.
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