Members of the Chessmen Club of the North Shore offered a warm welcome to more than 300 people who came out on an unseasonably cold night to attend the club’s […]
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Posted inCity News
Affordable housing proposals gather some support, but deconversion ban gets pushback
The city’s Housing and Community Development Committee voted to move forward on three proposed affordable housing ordinances the Equity and Empowerment Commission presented at the committee’s meeting Tuesday night, March […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Sustainability must be priority at new Fifth Ward school
We are E-Town Sunrise, a youth-led climate action organization that is committed to fighting for sustainability at ETHS and in the Evanston community. We are proud to have successfully advocated […]
Posted inObituaries
Howard S. Ellegant, 1942-2023
Howard S. Ellegant, 81, of Evanston, died Thursday, March 16, 2023. He was the beloved husband of Carol Ellegant (nee Mendelson), the loving father of David Ellegant and Debra Chesnin […]
Posted inSchools
Oakton College relieves nearly $1M in student debt with remaining COVID-19 relief funds
Oakton College is demonstrating its commitments to helping students reach their educational goals and advancing racial equity by using its remaining federal institutional COVID-19 funds to relieve outstanding balances due to the College. Oakton recently allocated about $920,000 to forgive outstanding balances incurred by Oakton students during the pandemic.
Posted inArt & Life
How to stop birds from hitting your windows
Spring is a particularly dangerous time for birds, which during migration pass through Evanston in large numbers, risking collisions with windows. Between 500 million and 1 billion birds die annually […]
Posted inSports
ETHS softball opener ends with a loss
After two innings in Evanston’s softball opener Tuesday, Serafina Goodwill’s earned run average stood at 0.00. But it wasn’t the return that the junior pitcher envisioned after missing an entire […]
Posted inCity News
Evanston voting guide for the 2023 general election
After a busy fall election season in 2022, this spring’s consolidated election is relatively simple; only two Evanston wards have a council member up for election, as the incumbents in […]
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District 65 eyes $11 million in new grant money to boost climate work
The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 has applied for the Renew America’s School grant to request more than $11 million in funding for climate efforts, Karen Bireta, the district’s sustainability coordinator, […]
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Political coverage in the RoundTable: An election season update
Local election season is in full swing, and here in Evanston we all have our opinions. The RoundTable became a non-profit organization in 2020, and that comes with some new […]