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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

The Evanston Urban Farm proposal aims to establish a one-acre farm in Evanston.

Participatory Budgeting winner Evanston Urban Farm hopes to combat food insecurity in Evanston

November 1, 2023

In hopes to address food insecurity, community gardening with locally grown vegetables, fruits and nut-tree orchards may finally be coming to Evanston.  The Evanston Urban Farm proposal was among seven...

Jane R. Perelman apartments. The facility served as a polling place on Tuesday.

Democrats win Metropolitan Water Reclamation District seats

November 4, 2020

In the race for Commissioner of the Cook County Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the three Democratic candidates won over the three Green Party candidates. Kimberly Neely DuBuclet, Cameron Davis...

On Election Day, Evanston polling locations were mostly quiet, which some attribute to an increased use in early voting and mail-in ballots.

Evanston polling locations quiet on Election Day

November 4, 2020

As polls opened at 6 a.m., Evanston voters showed up sporadically to polling locations across the city, for the most part avoiding the long lines seen in other parts of the country. The city’s 26...

 MWRD commissioner Debra Shore speaks. The board granted an easement to the Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways to construct a road at the 10th hole of the Canal Shores Golf Course.

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District grants easement at Canal Shores Golf Course

November 15, 2018

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago on Thursday approved a plan that will allow the Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways to pave over part of a golf course and...

Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) speaks at a rally protesting a proposed easement at the Canal Shores Golf Course. The easement would harm the area’s ecology and “effectively destroy” the freeway.

Protestors organize against golf course easement proposal

November 11, 2018

Golfers, dog walkers and local residents rallied on the 10th hole of the Canal Shores Golf Course just north of Evanston to protest plans to pave a road in a section of the course. The Dick Keefe Development...

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