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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

The exterior of the Robert Crown Community Center, a large stone building with glass windows on the first floor.

In Focus: Nearly two years after its reopening, residents remain divided on the Robert Crown Community Center’s impact

November 22, 2021

Tucked into the bottom left corner of Evanston’s 4th Ward, a looming stone building with towering windows sprawls across 130,000 square feet. Behind its sliding glass doors, visitors can find two ice...

Ald. Clare Kelly (1st) behind the dark brown dais at Evanston’s City Council chambers.

11 new full-time positions could come to city government, costing the city $951K within 2022 budget

November 10, 2021

City Council discussed designating $951,000 within the 2022 budget to add 11 full-time positions and one part-time position to city government next year. These positions would include a new lakefront...

Two people stand on either side of a table with boxes of Insomnia cookies on it.

Cookies for Compost makes composting more accessible along with a sweet incentive

November 8, 2021

Compost old food. Get new food — specifically, a cookie. That’s the premise of Cookies for Compost, an initiative encouraging Evanston residents to start composting. Evanston Township High School...

City officials sit at the dais, from left to right: Ald. Melissa Wynne, Ald. Jonathan Nieuwsma, Interim City Manager Kelley Gandurski, Mayor Daniel Biss, City Clerk Stephanie Mendoza, Ald. Bobby Burns.

City Council discusses hot-button issues in 2022 proposed budget

November 3, 2021

City Council discussed the 2022 proposed budget Monday night, diving into hot-button issues like Robert Crown Community Center maintenance costs, citywide understaffing and beach payments for Evanston...

Six people (children and adults) wearing masks skating on an indoor rink.

Robert Crown offers free ice skating for Northwestern students and faculty

November 1, 2021

Northwestern students can now hit the ice for free at the new Robert Crown Community Center. Completed in 2020, the center is home to two new skating rinks, an art room, track, outdoor turf field, library,...

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