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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


City and University collaborate to repair Evanston homes

September 27, 2016

Two Evanston homes have safer exteriors, as a result of  a new project run by Evanston and Northwestern. The project Rebuilding Evanston works to make major repairs on the exteriors of homes owned...

Samuel Johnson Jr., left, sits in his barbershop, located at 1905 Church St. The block of Church Street on which the barbershop sits will be named Samuel Johnson Place, after City Council approved the decision by unanimous vote on June 13.

Evanston to unveil Samuel Johnson Place: A look at the man behind the street

July 15, 2016

Samuel Johnson III is shaving a customer’s head and watching Chicago news when his father, Samuel Johnson Jr., bursts into the Church Street Barber Shop. Pausing to see who’s inside, he launches into...

Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) speaks at a City Council meeting. Holmes moved to hold the allocation of waste transfer station fees until a meeting was planned for impacted residents to provide input on how to spend the money.

Seeking community discussion, Council tables distribution of waste transfer station fees

May 24, 2016

City Council tabled allocating approximately $1.2 million in waste transfer station fees at Monday evening’s meeting because there had not been an opportunity for the impacted community to voice their...

Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) speaks at a city council meeting. Wilson voted against an ordinance that would have regulated massage and bodywork establishments Monday night.

Evanston City Council rejects massage ordinance

May 24, 2016

City Council rejected an ordinance that would regulate massage and bodywork establishments Monday night. “What we were trying to accomplish was a very specific, discrete thing which was generally...

Norshore Cab Association is one company whose stakeholders are impacted by the current city taxicab regulations. At Monday’s City Council meeting, Administration and Public Works Committee members recommended staff submit a revised ordinance of these regulations by June 27.

Staff to propose revised ordinance on city taxicab regulations by late June

May 9, 2016

The city’s Administration and Public Works Committee held the issue of city regulation of taxicabs Monday evening, recommending city staff submit a revised ordinance of the current policy. Staff will...

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