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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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City opens applications for Sustain Evanston Incentive Program, invests in business sustainability projects

May 12, 2023

When the city announced the relaunching of its Sustain Evanston Incentive Program in April, leadership at Dream to Product knew the initiative was a “dream” opportunity. Along with product redesign,...

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Residents, local activists convene to discuss climate-friendly home improvements

April 30, 2023

Local climate groups and the city hosted a gathering Saturday morning about educating people on renewable energy in their homes. The event spotlighted individual actions instead of  government initiatives.  As...

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Students and parents speak out against gun violence at council meeting

April 25, 2023

Content warning: this story contains mentions of gun violence and death  At Monday’s City Council meeting, students and parents urged the city and nation to take action against gun violence after...

A landscape photo of lake Michigan. Northwestern’s lakefill with painted rocks in the left frame, lake in the center frame with a sandbar and the Chicago skyline in the background. Blue-ish green water shows shadows of two fish.

Evanston moves forward with shoreline reconstruction plans

April 18, 2023

When Jeff Green was growing up in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, he’d spend his summers and winters on Howard Beach — sunbathing one season, sledding another. “I recently drove by there,...

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The business of garbage: The price of profit to residents dealing with the Church Street Waste Transfer Station

February 12, 2023

Day in and day out, trucks carry trash past Church Street Village townhouses and trundle up a long driveway to the Church Street Waste Transfer Station. For 29 years, Evanston resident Cindy Levitt...

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