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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

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Evanston small businesses adapt to plastic bag ban as new compliance date approaches

October 4, 2023

“Paper or plastic?” It’s the quintessential question customers are asked at most grocery and retail stores — and starting January 2024, a question Evanston residents may no longer have to answer. Evanston...

The swap will result in Mt. Pisgah, which qualifies as an iconic building, being located on the corner, with the HODC development being built on the land currently occupied by the church.

City Council approves Church Street affordable housing development

July 12, 2023

City council voted 6-2 Monday night to approve a proposed affordable housing development on Church Street. The two council votes were the final hurdle in the controversial development’s more than two-year-long...

Man shot on Dempster Street Thursday afternoon

September 2, 2022

Content warning: this story contains mentions of gun violence. A man was shot in the McDonald’s parking lot on Dempster Street Thursday afternoon.  The 23-year-old victim was shot just after 4...

Exterior photo of Evanston Pour with outdoor seating.

New coffee house Evanston Pour provides a morning and night space for Evanston

May 25, 2022

From 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., customers walk down Dempster Street into Evanston Pour to get a pastry or a coffee from the local bakery. But in the late afternoon, Pour dims the lights, places candles on tables...

Blotter: Man arrested on battery charge, man arrested for possession of crack cocaine

March 4, 2020

A 31-year-old Evanston man was arrested for battery Tuesday at around 5 p.m. on Lake Shore Boulevard. The incident, which occured on Feb. 12, was at a soup kitchen at Beth Emet The Free Synagogue, 1224...

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