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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


A skater skateboards.

Wheels up: Twiggs Park skate park to centralize growing skating community

April 7, 2022

Avery Bryant, a recent Evanston Township High School graduate who has been skateboarding in Evanston since late elementary school, said there isn’t a day he doesn’t get chased out of a skate spot in...

Ald. Juan Geracaris (9th) and his two children practice skateboarding. There are green trees in the background.

Ald. Juan Geracaris (9th) kickflips into City Council

March 3, 2022

You might catch Evanston’s newest City Council member skateboarding at the park.   City Council confirmed Ald. Juan Geracaris (9th) as Evanston’s 9th Ward councilmember on Monday. An Evanston...

Brown skate ramps on grey concrete. A park with green grass and green trees is in the background.

City hosts discussion on potential new skate park

May 26, 2021

When 2000s pop icon Avril Lavigne penned her hit single “Sk8er Boi,” she was looking ahead to Evanston’s future.   Residents gathered Tuesday to discuss logistics for installing a new skate...

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