Dress up in your favorite Halloween costume and head out to the Main-Dempster Mile on Saturday, Oct. 30 to trick or treat at your favorite shops!
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YW Tech Lab open houses
Come learn about YW Tech Lab (formerly known as YWeb Career Academy), a FREE PROGRAM designed to help women of color enter the tech field as web developers (all times are Central): November 9: 3:30-5:30 pmNovember 17: 3:30-5:30 pmDecember 7: 3:30-5:30 pmDecember 9: 3:30-5:30 pm What is YW Tech Lab? YW Tech Lab is a FREE […]
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Mayor backs national carbon dividend bill
Mayor Daniel Biss has joined other prominent individuals across the country in endorsing the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (EICDA). The bill, which is co-sponsored by Rep. Jan Schakowsky and 85 other representatives, includes an economywide price on carbon that will drive America to net-zero emissions by 2050. Under the EICDA plan, fees collected from fossil fuel […]
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No more delay tactics on affordable housing
Affordable housing is expensive. That’s one reason there isn’t more of it. One of the things that makes it expensive is community opposition. When a new planned development is being planned, the City of Evanston currently requires a stringent review process to ensure that the building will be safe and livable, will not cause harm, […]
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Halloween costumes: Dogs ask, ‘What’s in it fur me?’
Ah, All Hallows’ Eve! Pumpkins, corn mazes, trick or treat, and big bowls of anthropomorphism – attributing human form or personality to things not human. Every Halloween, we humans spend hundreds of millions on costumes for our pets. When did that happen? Back in the day, a perky collar and the occasional smart winter coat […]
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Art installation to raise awareness of dyslexia
Dyslexia Connection of Evanston will present Dyslexia Café, an art installation that raises awareness of the most prevalent cause of reading struggles among school-aged kids: dyslexia. The event will run from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 22 at Hoosier Mama Pie Company, 749 Chicago Ave. Dyslexia affects up to one in five people […]
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Letter to the editor: Concerns regarding the Kensington proposal at the Unity Church site
After considering Kensington School’s outline proposals – including concept review discussions at the City of Evanston’s Design and Project Review Committee meeting on Sept. 29, we feel compelled to express several concerns – most of which relate to the likely traffic-related impacts and hazards in and around our neighborhood. School capacity and associated traffic loads: […]
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City Collector’s Office to reopen at the Morton Civic Center October 25
The Evanston City Collector’s Office will reopen to the public at the Morton Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Avenue, on Monday, Oct. 25. The City Collector’s Office will return to its previous location on the first floor of the building and will be open for in-person transactions Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. All […]
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Trick-or-treat hours
Halloween is right around the corner, and we all know what that means…it’s almost time for some trick-or-treating fun. Evanston’s official trick-or-treat hours this year are 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31. Safety Tips: To help your family stay healthy and safe, check out our trick-or-treat guidelines. Households wishing to accommodate trick-or-treaters are encouraged to place […]
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We are Water | From plastics to pipes: Who drinks Evanston’s tap water and why do some avoid it?
This is part five of an eight-article series by We are Water Evanston, a community-based participatory research project that explores our relationship with and concerns about water. For more information on this series, click here. Evanston lies on the shores of Lake Michigan, one of the most valuable freshwater sources in the world. Evanston has an award-winning water […]