September 2008 - Evanston Now

Scholar to Offer Contrasting Images of Arapaho Tribe

Brian C. Hosmer, an associate professor of history at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will explore how the Northern Arapaho Indians have been portrayed in 3421

By Nat Silverman on September 30, 2008 - 5:52 pm

Government

McRae named assistant to city manager

Interim Evanston City Manager Rolanda Russell has announced the appointment of Joseph McRae as assistant to the city manager. McRae comes to Evanston from the Village of Wilmette, where he

By Bill Smith on September 29, 2008 - 11:54 pm

Business

Alderman calls pay critics ‘hateful’

At least one Evanston alderman got steamed up last week after residents criticized her decision to vote for a 20 percent hike in aldermanic pay. Mark Cison, who bought a

By Bill Smith on September 29, 2008 - 8:57 pm

Business

Restaurants offer ‘big bite’ Sunday

Thirty-five downtown Evanston restaurants will offer Northwestern students free samples of their fare from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 5. "It's like Trick or Treat without the costumes,"

By Bill Smith on September 29, 2008 - 7:41 pm

Business

Four beaten in separate attacks

Police report four weekend incidents in which people were beaten in Evanston. About 11 p.m. Friday night a man said a group of people, some of whom he knew, beat

By Bill Smith on September 29, 2008 - 7:25 pm

Business

America’s greenest house of worship

Evanston now is officially home to America's most environmentally friendly house of worship. The U.S. Green Building Council this week awarded its Platinum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ranking

By Bill Smith on September 27, 2008 - 12:48 pm

Business

Bike raffle helps polio fight

The Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club raised $4,200 for the worldwide polio eradication effort with a bike raffle at this summer's grand prix of cycling event downtown. Club leaders delivered a

By Bill Smith on September 26, 2008 - 10:29 pm

Business

WaMu failure may hit local branches

Washington Mutual Bank customers who visited the bank website this morning found a new graphic welcoming them to the bank's new owner, J. P. Morgan Chase. And bank customers may

By Bill Smith on September 26, 2008 - 5:28 pm

Business

‘VoterPalooza’ fest downtown

Downtown Evanston will be the scene Saturday of "VoterPalooza," a voter registration festival. The event will feature what the sponsors -- EvMark and the League of Women Voters -- are

By Bill Smith on September 26, 2008 - 5:03 pm

Business

Panel backs tax break for market

Members of Evanston's Economic Development Committee on Wednesday unanimously backed a proposal to give owners of the planned Farmer's Best market on Oakton Street up to $500,000 in sales tax

By Bill Smith on September 25, 2008 - 8:36 pm

Business

City wants supermarket design changes

City staff Wednesday pushed for several design changes in plans for an Aldi supermarket on Oakton Street. The proposal for the market, at the east edge of the Home Depot

By Bill Smith on September 25, 2008 - 7:47 pm

Business

3 held in drug bust on Seward

Evanston police say three people are in custody today following a drug raid on a home at 2120 Seward St. The police say officers from the Neighborhood Enforcement Team recoverd

By Bill Smith on September 25, 2008 - 6:07 pm

Business

3 held in drug bust on Seward

Evanston police say three people are in custody today following a drug raid on a home at 2120 Seward St. The police say officers from the Neighborhood Enforcement Team recoverd

By Bill Smith on September 25, 2008 - 6:07 pm

Business

3 held in drug bust on Seward

Evanston police say three people are in custody today following a drug raid on a home at 2120 Seward St. The police say officers from the Neighborhood Enforcement Team recoverd

By Bill Smith on September 25, 2008 - 6:07 pm

3 held in drug bust on Seward

Evanston police say three people are in custody today following a drug raid on a home at 2120 Seward St. The police say officers from the Neighborhood Enforcement Team recoverd

By Bill Smith on September 25, 2008 - 6:07 pm

Government

‘Bike the Ridge’ seeks volunteers

Organizers of a planned bicycle ride to mark the completion of the repaving of Evanston's Ridge Avenue are looking for volunteers to help with the event. The city will close

By Bill Smith on September 25, 2008 - 3:55 pm

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