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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 volunteer with the Evanston Animal Shelter walks a dog near the shelter’s grounds. The shelter will hold a gala Saturday as a way to fundraise and strengthen community ties.

Evanston Animal Shelter gala seeks to highlight community engagement

February 4, 2016

At a gala this weekend, the Evanston Animal Shelter hopes to not just raise money, but celebrate how far it has come in the past few months, members of the organization that runs the shelter said. The...

Marty Lyons, Evanston’s chief financial officer, speaks at a City Council meeting. Lyons said the Illinois government has withheld fuel tax revenue from the city since July 1, when the state began its own fiscal year without a budget.

Evanston staff funding uncertain without fuel tax revenue

November 2, 2015

Evanston officials must find alternative funding to pay Public Works Agency staff for 2016 if Illinois fails to pass its own budget by January. During the state’s four months without a budget, it...

Karen Danczak Lyons, director at Evanston Public Library, presents a plan for the library’s 2016 budget before aldermen at a special City Council meeting Saturday morning. The proposed tax levy increases library funding by about 4 percent.

Evanston Public Library requests expanded budget for new programming

October 25, 2015

Evanston Public Library requested the city increase the library’s tax levy about 4 percent to fund expanded programming and new staffing for the coming year. Aldermen voted unanimously at a special...

Northlight Theatre executive director Tim Evans (right) and artistic director BJ Jones speak to City Council about their interest in returning to Evanston in its proposed downtown performing arts center. Northlight Theatre was founded in Evanston in 1974 but has been established in Skokie at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts for nearly two decades.

Northlight Theatre plans to return to Evanston

October 20, 2015

The Northlight Theatre company formally expressed interest at Monday’s City Council meeting in returning to Evanston to occupy the proposed downtown performing arts center. Aldermen reacted positively...

Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl cuts the ribbon dedicating the Civic Center’s aldermanic library to former mayor Joan Barr-Smith. Barr-Smith, the city’s first female mayor, passed away last spring.

Aldermanic library dedicated to Evanston’s first female mayor

October 19, 2015

Evanston honored the city’s first female mayor and alderman by dedicating the Civic Center’s aldermanic library to her memory at a ceremony and subsequent reception Monday night. Joan Barr-Smith...

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