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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

The interior of the OKAY Cannabis dispensary. The owners are putting finishing touches on the dispensary and the West Town Bakery that is attached to it.

A budding South Evanston business venture combines bakery, dispensary

January 30, 2024

At a new South Evanston business set to open next month, customers will be able to purchase coffee, croissants and cannabis all under one roof. A bakery connected to Evanston’s second dispensary will...

A marijuana plant with the Evanston logo within.

City Council approves permit for cannabis dispensary and bakery

May 10, 2023

City Council voted unanimously Monday to approve special use permits for Evanston’s second cannabis dispensary and a bakery on Chicago Avenue in South Evanston. The two independent businesses, OKAY...

A marijuana plant with the Evanston logo within

A Joint Venture: Land Use Commission paves the way for bakery-dispensary to open in South Evanston

April 17, 2023

Evanston is one step closer to building its second dispensary after the Land Use Commission recommended the approval of a combined bakery and dispensary on Chicago Avenue in a Wednesday meeting.  Chicago...

EPD police chief Demitrous Cook. At a virtual roundtable discussion on race and policing in Evanston, Cook said he wants to continue to find ways for EPD to improve its relationship with the city, especially its black residents.

Local academics, Evanston officials discuss race and policing in virtual roundtable

June 16, 2020

Panelists from Evanston, Northwestern and Chicago discussed issues surrounding the state of race and policing in Evanston during a virtual conversation hosted by the city clerk’s office on Tuesday. The...

State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) appears at a July event. The Democratic gubernatorial candidate hired a new campaign communications director.

Former Pawar communications director joins Biss gubernatorial campaign

October 30, 2017

State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) announced Tom Elliott — a former official on Chicago Ald. Ameya Pawar’s (47th) campaign — as his new communications director on Friday. “We’re tremendously...

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