In its continuing attempt to limit citizen comment, City Council has banned all narratives, requests and comments that are written in prose. “We’ve had enough inartful negativity and whining,” said  Mayor Omar Beauregard “O. Beau” Read in a press conference today. “If you want Council to listen to you, you’d better come up with something […]

‘Fast Wake’ Update Set to Radically Improve Parking Boxes In a move said to actually improve the lives of Evanston parkers, the City’s Parking and Transportation committee unveiled a new “instant awake” firmware upgrade to the new parking boxes cropping up all across the City. The firmware upgrade, according to vendor testimony, will reduce the […]

The stickiest of stickiest problems plaguing the City for more than four years has apparently been solved at last. City Council agreed at its last meeting to accept the latest response to a request for proposals regarding the shuttered Harley Clarke Mansion, one that combines the best of both worlds by preserving the historic structure […]

In an unexpected twist to the years-long James Park litigation saga, begun when the City refused to allow Nicor to replace leaking gas pipes and continued when the City twice filed suit against two public utilities claiming they threatened to poison the City’s drinking water, recent bore samples appear to have discovered one of the […]

All residents with signs in their yard who wish to remove such signs without exposing themselves to the wrath of interest groups across the City may do so on the upcoming “sign amnesty day,” announced by the Consortium of Concerned Interest Groups in Evanston. Provided a sign-owner can demonstrate a sign has been on display […]

Construction of the new Albion tower at 1454 Sherman Ave., formerly the site of Tommy Nevin’s Pub, took an interesting twist when steam shovels struck an unexpected structure toward the north end of the lot. Further investigation revealed what appears to be a secret room, suspected to be a former speakeasy tied to the Roaring […]

Evanston has been selected as one of only three sites for a new pilot project testing the feasibility of using drones to transport people from place to place. Residents will be able to sign up to participate as early as next week. The transportation flyers, known as “Droneshaws,” will be roaming City streets as early […]

A new tradition is coming to town this July as City staff reached an agreement with Go Go Racing to bring a mini grand prix auto race to Evanston every July 4 for the next 10 years, starting in 2020. The race will feature midget racers better known in dirt track circles, but expanding to road racing […]

Evanston’s Harley Clarke problem may be solved in a way no one saw coming – a minor league baseball team. Tentatively to be called the Evanston Harleys, the team’s organizers have approached the City with an innovative idea right out of left field: a minor league baseball stadium on the site on which the mansion […]

City Council has announced a pilot under which stop signs will be placed at select alleys. Having run out of locations for stop signs at regular intersections across large swaths of the City, the Council announced as an important safety and traffic calming initiative on April 1.  “Honestly, I can’t think of an intersection that […]