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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


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Evanston Community Foundation hosts first in-person Public Service Challenge since pandemic

May 5, 2024

Evanston Community Foundation held its first in-person Public Service Challenge since before the COVID-19 pandemic at the Joseph E. Hill Early Childhood Center Saturday. Established in 2000, the Public...

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Evanston Health Department study reveals health inequities in 5th Ward

November 9, 2022

A health assessment in July revealed that residents of the historically Black 5th Ward have a life expectancy five to 13 years shorter than residents in local predominantly white neighborhoods.  Every...

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Community leaders host bus tour on Evanston’s Black History

October 31, 2022

Before the 1960s, when Northwestern did not allow Black students to live on campus, the Emerson Street YMCA provided them with beds. When Evanston Township High School did not permit Black students to...

Curt's Cafe, 2922 Central Street.

Curt’s Cafe consolidates to one location

October 1, 2019

When the south branch of Curt’s Café, located on Dempster Street, struggled to maintain staffing levels that would let them stay open later in the day, the company realized it would need to merge with...

Evanston residents meet to discuss ideas to repurpose the Harley Clarke mansion. Community members proposed repurposing plans that would provide more lakefront access to minorities.

Residents discuss minority access in Harley Clarke repurposing

January 25, 2019

Making the Harley Clarke mansion a more accessible space for minorities is a high priority, Evanston residents said at a community gathering Thursday. The gathering at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center...

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