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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


Assistant City Manager Marty Lyons speaks at a city meeting. The city plans to replace Robert Crown Community Center with a new building, adding ice rinks and a library.

City to build new Robert Crown Community Center rather than renovate

January 24, 2017

The city is planning to build a new facility to replace the Robert Crown Community Center in south Evanston, a city official told The Daily on Monday. This decision comes after years of discussion as...

(Source: City of Evanston) A screenshot from the video of the arrest of Northwestern graduate student Lawrence Crosby in 2015. The video was released publicly after Ald. Brian Miller (9th) requested it at a City Council meeting this week.

Police release video depicting 2015 arrest of Northwestern graduate student

January 12, 2017

The city released a video Wednesday evening showing the 2015 arrest of Northwestern graduate student Lawrence Crosby, showing Evanston police kneeing him and punching his legs. Crosby, a PhD candidate...

Ald. Brian Miller (9th) attends a city meeting. Miller, a mayoral candidate, pressed for the release of a 2015 video depicting the arrest of Northwestern graduate student Lawrence Crosby, which the city said it will publish online Wednesday.

City set to release 2015 video depicting contentious arrest

January 11, 2017

A mayoral candidate is pressing for the release of a 2015 police video that shows the arrest of Northwestern graduate student Lawrence Crosby. Ald. Brian Miller (9th), who announced his candidacy for...

The Sherman Plaza parking garage is city owned. Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) asked city staff on Monday to reexamine ways to limit unsafe activity on the upper level of the garage.

Alderman asks city to reexamine parking garage issues

January 10, 2017

Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) asked city staff to gather more information on how to make the upper level of city-owned parking garages less dangerous at a City Council meeting on Monday. Fiske requested that...

Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) attends a city meeting. Revelle moved on Monday to remove an item in the proposed budget that would have extended metered parking hours.

Council discusses raising parking costs, waste management in budget talks

November 8, 2016

Aldermen expressed support to increase the cost of monthly city parking garage passes by $10 from last year as they continued 2017 budget discussions at City Council on Monday. Ald. Eleanor Revelle...

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