March 2010 - Evanston Now

Education

Study: ‘Digital divide’ persists, even with access

As Evanston waits to hear whether it will be chosen for Google's ultra high speed internet test, a new study from a Northwestern University professor suggests that it takes more

By Northwestern News on March 31, 2010 - 11:56 am

Business

‘Odd jobs’ sought for kids

Need help with work around your home this spring? The Youth Job Center of Evanston is offering its Odd Job Program again to Evanston-area residents in need of a large

By YouthJobCenter on March 30, 2010 - 5:04 pm

Business

NU names new dean for business school

Sally Blount, the dean of the undergraduate college and vice dean of the Stern School of Business at New York University, has been named dean of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School

By Northwestern News on March 30, 2010 - 3:20 pm

Education

Block exhibit shines light on engravings

Composed entirely of incised lines, engravings are works of exquisite beauty and incomparable intricacy. Northwestern University’s Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art will focus on the engraved line from

By Northwestern News on March 30, 2010 - 1:29 am

Business

Schoenberg budget bills pass senate

Three bills sponsored by Senator Jeff Schoenberg of Evanston that he says will help address the state's budget crisis have passed the state senate. Senate Bill 3762 is designed to identify

By Chris Coleman on March 30, 2010 - 12:35 am

Business

City public works unit reorganized

Evanston City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz has announced he's splitting up the city's public works department and giving new leadership positions to current managers. The interim public works director and head

By Bill Smith on March 29, 2010 - 10:56 pm

Business

Evanston Symphony named orchestra of the year

The Evanston Symphony Orchestra has been named “Community Orchestra of the Year” for 2010 by the Illinois Council of Orchestras, a statewide organization of 188 professional and community orchestras. 5471

By Sarah Flax on March 29, 2010 - 8:27 pm

Business

Cops capture dog — with blueberry muffins

The Noyes family of the 1200 block of Maple Avenue in Evanston has their lost dog back today, thanks to some Chicago police officers. Becca Noyes told neighbors on the

By Bill Smith on March 28, 2010 - 1:32 pm

Business

Google: 1,100 towns want fiber

Evanston has plenty of competition to be chosen as a site for Google's ultra high speed fiber optic network test. The company's blog says 1,100 towns submitted applications by the Friday

By Bill Smith on March 28, 2010 - 12:47 pm

Education

NU offers cash to boost census count

Northwestern University students can help the Evanston community by filling out census forms -- and they also can help themselves to cash prizes of up to $750. U.S. Census Bureau

By Northwestern News on March 28, 2010 - 2:18 am

Education

Alderman fears loud parties on dorm deck

Alderman Judy Fiske, 1st Ward, says she's concerned about possible loud parties or other disruptive behavior the top-floor deck of a planned addition linking two Northwestern University dorms. An architect's

By Bill Smith on March 26, 2010 - 3:20 pm

Business

Cops: Trash bag held pot

Evanston police say a long-running drug investigation led to the arrest of an Evanston woman Wednesday night in Skokie. Commander Tom Guenther says officers in the department's Neighborhood Enforcement Team

By Bill Smith on March 25, 2010 - 9:33 pm

Business

Phone tip leads to pot stash

Evanston police say they found over three pounds of marijuana in a house in the 1700 block of Hartrey Avenue late Wednesday night after getting an anonymous phone tip about

By Bill Smith on March 25, 2010 - 6:26 pm

Business

Econ panel backtracks on info demands

Members of Evanston's Economic Development Committee, who've spent months demanding more information from people applying for city grants, recoiled Wednesday when they saw the 20-page application form city staff had

By Bill Smith on March 25, 2010 - 12:13 pm

Business

Science fair takes global look at health

Complete with the usual number of erupting volcanoes and electric currents, Washington Elementary School's 25th annual science fair was, nevertheless, keenly representative of our times. Embracing mainstream issues that will

By Kim Yee on March 25, 2010 - 11:21 am

Business

Cashier gets gift of kidney from customer

As supermarket specials go, this one sounded too good to be true: One grade-A, healthy, human kidney -- for free. Myra de la Vega, a cashier at a Jewel-Osco store in

By Sun-Times on March 24, 2010 - 10:20 pm

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