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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


Beachgoers walk on the sand, lounge on towels, and stand on a boat in Lake Michigan at Clark Street Beach.

City Council debates extending lakefront parking fees into yearlong program

October 12, 2021

City Council debated Monday whether to extend a pilot program implementing parking fees along the lakefront into a yearlong initiative. The pilot program was approved by council on July 26 and began...

There are four tents, each with a variety of vegetables, such as tomatoes. There are around ten people under the tents, both customers and vendors.

Controversy continues over potential relocation of Downtown Evanston Farmers’ Market

October 11, 2021

Tents line the streets of downtown Evanston nearly every weekend from May through November, selling local products like pasta, tomatoes, flowers and apple cider. But soon, the Downtown Evanston Farmers’...

A sunlit clearing surrounded by trees full of green leaves. Two students walking on the right side of the image. One student with a green backpack walking in the center of the image.

“Time’s running out”: How Evanston has made a name for itself through its efforts to fight the climate crisis

July 30, 2021

It’s not easy being green — but over the past decade and a half, Evanston has done just that, making a name for itself as a sustainable city. From being the first city in Illinois to commit to full...

A lakefront at sunset.

City Council to vote on mobile food vendors on Evanston beaches

July 13, 2021

After discussion with the Evanston Health and Human Services Department last night, City Council will vote in two weeks on whether to begin allowing mobile food vendors at city parks and beaches. Currently,...

A bug’s-eye view photo of Evanston’s Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, taken in daylight. The center is a brown brick building with the front door set into a tan stone wall.

City Council to consider moratorium on accessory dwelling units

July 1, 2021

Evanston’s Planning and Development Committee voted to introduce an ordinance to City Council which would stop the creation of new accessory dwelling units in Evanston homes not occupied by their landlords...

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