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Kingsley principal moves to Hq.
Jun 18 2013 - 3:29pm  |  Charles Bartling

The principal of Evanston's Kingsley Elementary School, Beatrice Davis, will become the interim director of human resources for District 65, effective July 1. She will be replaced at Kingsley by Tricia Murray, currently the district's special services supervisor.

Thief grabs sculpture from front yard on Sheridan
Jun 18 2013 - 2:46pm  |  Charles Bartling

Someone stole a brown metal spherical sculpture from the front yard of a home in the 900 block of Sheridan Road. This and other stories in today's daily crime bulletin from Evanston police.

D65 board mulls $30K item for 20 minutes
Jun 18 2013 - 1:58pm  |  Charles Bartling

Here’s a trivia question: If it takes the Evanston/Skokie District 65 School Board 20 minutes to discuss a $30,000 budget item, how long would it take to give the same amount of attention to its entire $100 million operating budget?

Rotary club awards grants
Jun 18 2013 - 11:34am  |  Bill Smith

The Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club distributed $16,000 in grants to eight local organizations today during its morning meeting in Evanston.

Bike corrals popular with aldermen
Jun 18 2013 - 10:55am  |  Bill Smith

Evanston aldermen Monday approved plan for five new bike corrals as part of the Davis Street repaving project downtown and started discussion about how to expand the corral concept across the city.

Aldermen scrap pedestrian lights for Davis
Jun 18 2013 - 9:20am  |  Bill Smith

Evanston aldermen voted 6-3 Monday to scrap plans to add pedestrian lights on Davis Street downtown.

BMI testing to continue at D65 schools
Jun 17 2013 - 10:43pm  |  Charles Bartling

An effort to suspend Body Mass Index (BMI) testing  for a year in the physical education program in the Evanston/Skokie District 65 middle schools was narrowly defeated Monday night by the school board on an issue that positioned the administration and the board leadership on opposite sides.

Hurls a padlock at a Hyundai on Green Bay
Jun 17 2013 - 3:26pm  |  Charles Bartling

Someone threw a padlock Sunday night at a 2013 Hyundai at a gas station in the 1900 block of Green Bay Road, damaging the hood of the car. This story and others in the weekend roundup of crime from Evanston police.

NU startup wins clean energy prize
Jun 17 2013 - 2:13pm  |  Northwestern News

Northwestern University’s SiNode Systems, a clean-tech startup that develops lithium-ion battery anodes that significantly increase energy capacity and charging speed, has won the second annual U.S. Department of Energy National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition.

So you’ve always wanted to be a firefighter; now’s your chance
Jun 17 2013 - 2:07pm  |  Charles Bartling

Ask a little kid what he wants to be when he grows up, there’s a good chance he’ll reply that he wants to be a fireman. Evanston’s Fire & Life Safety Services is ready to make that happen.

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