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Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at 10:58 am by Bill SmithIf you want to avoid next months' city refuse fee increase, it's time to sign up to get a smaller refuse cart.
If you scale back from the current 95-gallon cart to a 65-gallon one, your monthly refuse collection fee will stay at the current $6.95.
If you stay with a 95-gallon cart, the fee goes up to $10.95.
Ah, spring: Time for yard waste stickers
Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at 10:31 am by Bill Smith
Something new this spring in Evanston -- the city will start charging to pick up yard waste.
The plan adopted by the City Council goes into effect April 5, and offers residents three options for dealing with yard waste.
Stickers
One option is to buy stickers for $1.75 each to attach to each paper yard waste bag or tree trimming bundle you put out for pick-up.
Stickers are now available for purchase at the City Collector’s Office located at 2100 Ridge Ave. as well as at all Evanston Whole Foods Markets, Dominick’s and Jewel stores.
Over 500 turn out for youth job fair
Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at 10:09 am by YouthJobCenterE...The Youth Job Center of Evanston hosted the largest job fair in the organization’s history Thursday. An hour after the fair began, more than 200 enthusiastic job seekers had already lined up inside the Evanston Public Library. By the end of the day, more than 500 job seekers met with 17 currently hiring employers.
Schools to use new bus service
Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at 9:55 am by Bill SmithEvanston/Skokie District 65 schools will use a new company to provide school bus service starting this fall.
The school board Monday approved a contract with Positive Connections of Evanston to replace the existing vendor, Alltown Bus Service of Skokie.
District 65 'humming along'
Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at 9:16 am by Bill SmithAnybody who tuned into the District 65 School Board meeting on the Evanston Community Media Center's Channel 19 Monday night would have had a hard time making out what was going on.
Throughout the three-hour meeting, the audio feed consisted of nothing but a humming or buzzing noise.
City gets googly eyed over Google fiber
Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at 9:03 am by Bill SmithA task force of Evanstonians who hope Google will choose our town for the test of the firm's proposed ultra-high speed internet access service meet again at 6 p.m. tonight at the Civic Center to develop the city's application.
A city promo banner for 'Google Day'
That comes ahead of what the mayor has proclaimed as Google Day in Evanston on Wednesday, March 24, two days before the company's March 26 deadline for communities to respond to its request for information from towns interested in the service.
$6M in construction work on D65 agenda
Monday, March 15, 2010, at 7:43 am by Bill SmithAbout $6 million in summer construction work at several schools is scheduled to be approved by the District 65 Board of Education at its meeting this evening.
'Fix-a-Leak Week' -- to cut water costs
Monday, March 15, 2010, at 6:49 am by Bill Smith
Bet you didn't know that the Environmental Protection Agency says this is National Fix-a-Leak Week -- a time to head to your basement in search of water savings.
“Leaks add up to approximately 11,000 gallons of wasted water per home each year – enough to fill a backyard swimming pool,” said David Stoneback, Superintendent of Evanston’s Water and Sewer Division. “The City is participating in Fix-a-Leak Week to show homeowners how to save money on utility bills with a few simple tweaks and to raise awareness of the importance of water efficiency for current and future generations.”
Stoneback offers the following tips on checking for and fixing leaks:
Help sought to pack aid for Haiti today
Saturday, March 13, 2010, at 7:40 am by Bill SmithThe Evanston-based Haitian Congress to Fortify Haiti is asking for volunteers to help load two 40-foot cargo containers with donated goods to ship to Haiti to aid the victims of January's earthquake.
Police recruit sues, says fired for 'raspy voice'
Saturday, March 13, 2010, at 2:16 am by Bill SmithA man has filed a discrimination suit against the city of Evanston, saying he was hired as a police cadet but fired less than two weeks later because of his "raspy voice."
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