Paul D'Agostino

City moves Public Works Agency forward with new bureau managers

October 6, 2015

In the next step toward reorganizing Evanston’s Public Works and Utilities departments under one agency, the city announced Monday the appointment of three of the agency’s bureau managers. Although...

Evanston implements pesticide-free park program

April 21, 2015

A new program to keep Evanston parks pesticide-free will launch soon, the city announced Tuesday. The city has chosen five local parks — Ackerman, Burnham Shores, Eiden, Perry and Trahan — that...

Evanston orders public tree inventory

April 21, 2014

Evanston has launched an inventory of all trees on public property in order to evaluate the health of the trees and to enter their locations in the city’s mapping software. “This inventory is intended...

Evanston sycamore trees suffer severe splits during storm

January 12, 2014

Last week’s severe winter weather may have caused significant damage to a number of Evanston’s sycamore trees, the public works department said. Public Works director Suzette Robinson said a resident...

Northwestern’s Brady Scholars Program plants orchard in west Evanston

April 28, 2013

As Northwestern student groups promoted green initiatives on campus for Earth Week, students in the Brady Scholars Program spent time off campus this weekend planting an orchard in west Evanston that will...

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