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Winnetka resident strikes deal to have trespassing charge dropped
A Winnetka resident has reached a tentative agreement in court to have a trespassing charge stemming from an incident at billionaire Justin Ishbia’s property dropped. Ted Wynnychenko appeared before Cook County Circuit Court Judge Michele Gemski on July 22 at the Skokie Courthouse and agreed to submit a letter promising not to enter the construction site at 205 Sheridan Road while construction ...
Review Board hears Calusinski clemency petition
A petition seeking clemency for Carpentersville’s Melissa Calusinski is in the hands of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board, and ultimately, Gov. JB Pritzker. The argument for her release was presented at a July 9 hearing in Springfield, with Lake County prosecutors and her defense attorney, and witnesses for both sides, in attendance.
5th Ward residents hear proposal for soccer pitch, updates on Envision Evanston
Divided reactions greeted a proposal to develop a soccer pitch on an empty grass plot at Jackson Avenue and Emerson Street that was described Thursday at a virtual Fifth Ward meeting. An update also was shared about plans for the next phase in the Envision Evanston 2045 initiative. Neal Levin...
Trees come down on Central as Independence Park renovations begin
Outside Backlot Coffee Thursday morning, customers were surprised to see city arborists armed with chainsaws cutting down a row of trees just across Central Street. Evanston wouldn’t just take down trees, someone wondered aloud. So what was going on?. It turns out that the removals are part of a...
Information for the city’s 2025 Consolidated Elections is now available
For those interested in running for municipal office in the upcoming 2025 Consolidated Election, information is now available. Consolidated primary election petition circulation begins on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Filing Deadlines:. First day for filing petitions is on Monday, October 21, 2024. First day to file nomination petitions with the...
Week in review: Your Sunday digest of the news
Newsletter images missing? Read this newsletter on the web instead. Good Sunday morning, Evanston. Friday was the 34th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination based on mental or physical disabilities. Fred Stark (right), who witnessed the 1990 signing in Washington, D.C., marked the occasion at the Hill Arboretum Apartments with his “honey,” Jan Weeks. “We are celebrating the fact that we are living in a different time,” said Stark, who suffered a severe stroke at age 18. (At This Time photo by Richard Cahan.)
‘Serious and significant risks’: Council discusses details of internet outage
Evanston’s top information security officer provided details to a city committee Monday about the severing of fiber optic cables on July 1 that left many of the city’s major public buildings without internet for three days and also affected Northwestern University. First Ward Council Member Clare Kelly, the...
City Council will consider hiking elected officials’ pay next term
Evanston’s City Council will deliberate where to set the salaries for the city’s part-time mayor and council members and full-time clerk for the 2025-29 term in late August, after reviewing and accepting the final report and recommendations of the Compensation Committee at their meeting Monday night. Elected officials’...
City faces engineering staff vacancies
Despite challenges like understaffing and past underinvestment in park infrastructure, the city continues to make slow progress on park renovations that meet community needs and Parks and Recreation Board goals. Capital Planning and Engineering Bureau Chief Lara Biggs presented a list of in-progress and planned renovations included in a draft...
Village Launching New Portal to Streamline Building Permit Applications & Code Enforcement
The Village is launching a new cloud-based software called Cloudpermit that will allow community members to complete their entire building permit process online and easily submit code enforcement concerns. Code Enforcement Portal Now Active. Through Cloudpermit, users can submit a concern by searching for an address or selecting an address...
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