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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


A building with a blue awning in front that says “Albany Care 901 Maple” on it.

Albany Care nears settlement with Illinois Department of Public Health

November 14, 2022

Albany Care has reached an agreement with the Illinois Department of Public Health in response to complaints filed against it, IDPH Deputy General Counsel Donna Otis said on a phone call meeting Monday. Last...

Blue silhouettes stand on a sphere labeled "A crisis of care." White eyes hover above the image.

In Focus: Albany Care’s residents report violence and medical mistreatment. But many may have nowhere else to go

November 14, 2022

Content warning: This article contains discussion of medical mistreatment, assault, suicidal ideation and racism. Peter Basquin moved out of one Chicago-area residential mental health care facility...

A woman stands in front of windows and beside a “Line Starts Here” sign.

Main-Dempster Mile hosts 4th annual Earth Day Neighborhood Cleanup

April 24, 2022

Evanston residents stood in a long line along Chicago Avenue Saturday — not for coffee or food, but for gloves and trash bags at the Main-Dempster Mile’s Earth Day Neighborhood Cleanup. The fourth...

Patient at mental health facility found dead eight days after being reported missing

February 29, 2016

Evanston Police Department officers discovered Sunday a man dead in his closet at Albany Care, a mental health care facility located at 901 Maple Ave., police said. Officers are investigating the death...

Blotter: Feb. 5

February 4, 2014

Pizza delivery man robbed at gunpoint A 23-year-old pizza delivery man was robbed by two men at gunpoint early Tuesday morning.  The Skokie resident got out of his car to make a Sarpino's pizza...

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