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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


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 3, 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...

Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) at a city meeting. Revelle said she opposes a proposed land shore easement in south Wilmette.

Residents, Evanston and Wilmette oppose Canal Shores land easement

October 16, 2018

A proposed land easement in Wilmette near the border of Evanston is being met with staunch opposition from both cities, since the parcel comprises wetlands that are crucial for stormwater management. The...

Evanston Environment Board co-chairs Wendy Pollock (left) and Scott Osborne (middle) and board member Christopher Kucharczyk (right) sit at an EEB meeting Thursday. The board discussed a bird habitat enhancement project and a potential road development.

Environment Board discusses bird habitat enhancement, road development

May 11, 2017

The Evanston Environment Board met Thursday to discuss an update on the North Shore Channel Habitat Project and a development in Isabella Woods. Wendy Pollock, co-chair of the board, said the North...

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