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Ald. Delores Holmes,5th said regulating illicit establishments is "not a small thing," at Monday night's City Council meeting.

Controversial massage ordinance off the table in Evanston

May 12, 2019 at 9:35 p.m.

Evanston City Council members dropped a controversial ordinance regulating massage establishments Monday, agreeing the extra requirements drawn up to protect against illicit establishments weren't worth the stress they were causing...

Officials to residents: ‘Lock up’ after spate of Evanston car break-ins

May 12, 2019 at 9:35 p.m.

Ald. Mark Tendam, 6th, and police are urging residents to lock up following a spate of car burglaries in some northwest Evanston neighborhoods where close to a dozen vehicles have...

Summer reading program seeks wider audience

May 12, 2019 at 9:34 p.m.

Evanston Public Library officials are looking to spread word about the library's 2016 summer reading program in a big way. Some 7,000 copies of a 39-page brochure of the program,...

Shout Out: Alfred Lieteau, avid reader, champion tennis coach

May 12, 2019 at 9:34 p.m.

Alfred Lieteau, an Evanston resident for 29 years, is modest about his achievements when he coached Mather High School to seven straight tennis championships in the 1970s. "I inherited the...

Tony Levy and Lenice Levy say they expressed interest in moving their restaurant Good to Go over a year ago to the Evanston side of Howard Street.

Chicago restaurant owners feel shunned on Howard Street opportunity

May 12, 2019 at 9:34 p.m.

When the city raised the possibility of making the former police outpost at 633 Howard Street available for a lease to own arrangement, Lenice Levy and her husband Tony Levy,...

Evanston High School student Dominique Gulley pins a boutonniere on her prom date Michael Roseman during their pre-prom party on the 1200 block of Pitner in Evanston Saturday.

Big send-off for longtime buddies

May 12, 2019 at 9:34 p.m.

Rita Roseman never fashioned a balloon arch before, but Saturday seemed like a fitting time to master the skill. After inflating the balloons, she framed them in an arch, done...

City officials have mapped out four phases for the Green Bay Road-Emerson Street-Ridge Avenue project which kicked off May 16.

Construction kicks off on difficult Evanston intersection

May 12, 2019 at 9:33 p.m.

The city was slated to begin work this week on this summer's biggest project — an ambitious $11.1 million improvement of the Emerson/Ridge/Green Bay intersection that has long been every...

Ross Burns (right), at last week's 2nd Ward meeting, is the owner of Elanar Construction which recently completed Baker Park in Evanston.

Officials aim to finish Penny Park project by mid-November

May 12, 2019 at 9:33 p.m.

Penny Park will stay open until Labor Day, and then be demolished, with a new playground constructed in its place "as close as we can to the existing structure," the...

Evanston renews Visitors Bureau membership

May 12, 2019 at 9:33 p.m.

Evanston has signed on for another year of membership with Chicago's North Shore Convention and Visitors Bureau (CNSCVB), this time at higher dues. Aldermen approved a city allocation of roughly...

Evanston police investigate after shots fired on Asbury Street

May 12, 2019 at 9:33 p.m.

Evanston police say they are investigating after two women in a car reported they were shot at after a passenger stepped out of a vehicle they passed Friday night. The...

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