January 2010 - Evanston Now

Government

Editorial: Stay the budget course

Evanston aldermen need to follow through on the goal Mayor Tisdahl says they hired City Manager Bobkiewicz to achieve -- a balanced budget with no tax increase. Only a relative

By Bill Smith on January 31, 2010 - 4:50 pm

Government

Manager: Slash main to keep branch libraries

City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz, asked by aldermen to come up with a plan to keep branch libraries open, now is suggesting shutting Evanston's main downtown library on Fridays and making

By Bill Smith on January 31, 2010 - 4:27 pm

Government

Recycling cart distribution completed

City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz says the distribution of the new blue recycling carts to households around the city was completed on Friday. If your house was missed, you can call

By Bill Smith on January 30, 2010 - 3:57 pm

Education

School sued over student’s death

The family of Aquan Lewis, a 5th grade student who died after he was found hanging in an Oakton School bathroom last February has filed a wrongful death suit against

By Bill Smith on January 29, 2010 - 11:32 pm

Business

Evanston house featured in Trib

A new Craftsman-style home in Evanston is one of two in the metro area featured in a story on the front of the Homes section of the Chicago Tribune today

By Bill Smith on January 29, 2010 - 8:32 pm

Government

Early voting turnout moderately high here

A total of 1,553 people turned out for early voting at the Evanston Civic Center ahead of next Tuesday's primary election. County Clerk David Orr says that's the sixth highest

By Bill Smith on January 29, 2010 - 8:10 pm

Government

Media Center vet says its time has passed

John Wefler, a former board member, staffer and volunteer at the Evanston Community Media Center, says the center's public access function has "just been slowly sliding off people's radar" for

By Bill Smith on January 29, 2010 - 4:43 pm

Education

Applications to NU up 70% in 5 years

Freshman applications to Northwestern for next fall reached 27,555, a 9 percent increase from last year -- and a 70 percent increase over the last five years. This rate of

By Northwestern News on January 29, 2010 - 4:04 pm

Business

Jobless rate declines as workforce shrinks

Evanston's jobless rate dropped 0.3 percent last month, but the number of people with jobs also fell. The unemployment rate dropped from 7.7 percent in November to 7.4 percent in

By Bill Smith on January 29, 2010 - 3:01 am

Business

Center tries to fight rise in teen joblessness

The Illinois teen employment rate hit an all-time low in 2009, according to a recent report by the Center of Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University. But the Youth Job

By YouthJobCenter on January 29, 2010 - 2:11 am

Business

Mayor gives Rotary chief key to city

Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl presented John Kenny, president of Rotary International, the key to the city during the Rotary board of directors meeting today. Rotary has long been headquartered in Evanston,

By City of Evanston on January 28, 2010 - 10:48 pm

Business

Downtown building set for facelift

Evanston's Economic Development Committee Wednesday voted to recommend to the City Council that it provide $11,000 to pay half the cost of facade improvements to a building at 816-818 Church

By Bill Smith on January 28, 2010 - 6:02 pm

Business

California dreaming about parking

Evanston Alderman Coleen Burrus told the city's Parking Committee Wednesday that she found a great idea about parking on a trip to Laguna Beach, Calif. 5274

By Bill Smith on January 28, 2010 - 4:25 pm

Education

Media Center looks for cheaper digs

Leaders of the Evanston Community Media Center say they're looking closely at alternatives for the group's future in the face of a sharp budget cut proposed by the city manager.

By Bill Smith on January 28, 2010 - 3:33 pm

Business

Poverty parking discount dissed

A plan by city staff to require residents to prove they're impoverished to get a discount on monthly parking permit fees at downtown garages was widely criticized at Wednesday's Evanston

By Bill Smith on January 28, 2010 - 1:11 pm

Bouzi sentenced to 35 years in prison

Antoine Bouzi, found guilty last February of attempted murder in a July 2008 shotgun attack on an Evanston police officer, was sentenced earlier this month to 35 years in prison.

By Bill Smith on January 27, 2010 - 5:23 pm

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