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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


Evanston Swims! program more than doubles in size

May 13, 2014

A program to teach Evanston second graders to swim has more than doubled in size and moved out of its pilot phase, the Evanston Community Foundation said Monday. Evanston Swims!, which provides free...

‘Game-changing’ initiative aims to shape entire Evanston community

May 4, 2014

Evanston community leaders are drafting a proposal to bring a long-term education initiative called Cradle to Career to the city. Cradle to Career has established itself with the vision that “by...

Mark A. Dennis Jr.

New leadership comes to McGaw YMCA

April 16, 2014

New leadership is coming to the McGaw YMCA this summer in the form of well-known Evanston pastor Mark A. Dennis Jr. Dennis was selected to replace Bill Geiger as the organization’s CEO and president, YMCA...

Yard signs of District 202 school board candidates fill a lawn outside 1900 Sherman Ave. Bill Geiger, Gretchen Livingston, Doug Holt and Patricia Savage-Williams won the election.

New District 202 school board members elected from crowded field

April 9, 2013

Thousands of Evanston residents took to the polls Tuesday to vote for Evanston Township High School District 202’s school board in a hotly contested race that featured eight candidates vying for four...

Letter to the Editor: Diversity, equity needed on ETHS, D65 boards of education

April 2, 2013

With the approaching retirement of Martha Burns, Evanston's District 202 school board will have lost three very forceful black leaders in a matter of two years. We now risk having almost completely white...

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