On May 17, 1970, prompted by the student strikes and shooting at Kent State University earlier that month, residents of the 1100 and 1200 blocks of Hinman Avenue, situated in the 3rd Ward, declared independence...
When Evanston resident Jack Hanson heard about the national program, Bicycle Benefits, as a student at the University of Vermont, he knew he wanted to bring it home.
So he did.
Working as a summer...
The formerly volunteer-run library The Mighty Twig reopened as a branch of the Evanston Public Library on Saturday, nearly two years after its birth.
The Mighty Twig, 900 Chicago Ave., was founded...
