5th Ward

City defends local hiring for housing grant
Oct 8 2010 - 5:19pm  |  Bill Smith

 City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz says that Evanston-based firms have done 40 percent of the work so far on its $18 million Neighborhood Stabilization Program grant.

Pit bull owner arrested
Sep 16 2010 - 3:54pm  |  Bill Smith

Evanston police have arrested a man on charges of violating a state law that bars felons from possessing unneutered dogs.

NU students move in next Tuesday
Sep 10 2010 - 7:06am  |  Northwestern News

Northwestern students have already begun to return to Evanston for the fall quarter -- that's apparent to folks walking downtown as streets start to get more crowded.

But the formal welcome starts next Tuesday as thousands of new Northwestern students arrive with their families during campus during Move-In Day 2010.

Cops grab man they say grabbed girl
Sep 9 2010 - 2:02pm  |  Bill Smith

Evanston police have arrested a man who an 11-year-old girl says grabbed her by the arm as she was walking to school Wednesday morning.

Police Commander Tom Guenther says the girl was walking near Simpson Street and Ashland Avenue about 7:30 a.m. when a man she didn't know approached and asked her name, how old she was and where she went to school -- and then grabbed her arm.

Library outreach appears to lack buy-in
Sep 2 2010 - 6:00am  |  Bill Smith

Evanston's Library Board recently has proclaimed its dedication to outreach to the city's minority and low income communities.

But there was little evidence Wednesday night that those communities are buying into the outreach claim or see it as a reason to back the board's effort to break free from the City Council's budget oversight.

Schakowsky backs more federal funds for housing here
Sep 1 2010 - 4:55pm  |  Bill Smith

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Evanston defended government spending on housing programs this afternoon on a tour of the proposed site of a federally-funded low-income housing development in the city.

City lets tax bill slide for tree lover
Sep 1 2010 - 12:17pm  |  Bill Smith

The City of Evanston reportedly has agreed -- for now -- to let the owners of a condo get away with not paying a special assessment for alley paving even though the owners lost a court case at the center of the dispute.

Congresswoman to tour housing project site
Sep 1 2010 - 9:39am  |  Bill Smith

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Evanston is scheduled this afternoon to tour the proposed site of a new low-income housing development that's the subject of a $2.5 million federal grant request submitted by the city last week.

City seeks grant for low income housing
Aug 27 2010 - 2:45pm  |  Bill Smith

The City of Evanston is seeking a $2.5 million federal planning grant to help build a 67-unit low income housing development on the city's west side.

Missing bike light leads to burglary arrest
Aug 27 2010 - 2:01pm  |  Bill Smith

Evanston police officers on routine patrol early Wednesday morning stopped a man riding a bike with no light near Bridge Street and McCormick Boulevard.

After stopping the man, the officers say, they noticed a cut cable on the bike -- making them suspect it might have been stolen.

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