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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 exterior of the Evanston Public Library.

Evanston Public Library executive director Danczak Lyons will step down

April 24, 2022

Evanston Public Library Executive Director Karen Danczak Lyons will step down in June.  Danczak Lyons has worked in her current position for ten years. Because many of her initiatives are wrapping...

A skater skateboards.

Wheels up: Twiggs Park skate park to centralize growing skating community

April 7, 2022

Avery Bryant, a recent Evanston Township High School graduate who has been skateboarding in Evanston since late elementary school, said there isn’t a day he doesn’t get chased out of a skate spot in...

Four squares with illustrations of people in them. On the left side, two people wear masks, and on the right, the same people are unmasked.

Evanston community centers, businesses adapt protocols following mask mandate lift

April 3, 2022

When Evanston lifted its vaccination and indoor mask requirements Feb. 28, early childhood center Little Green Tree House decided to wait to see COVID-19 numbers before removing its own mask mandate. “We...

The Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. The sign outside is brown, and snow is covering the ground.

“My City, Your City, Our City” violence prevention program receives ARPA funds for expansion

January 11, 2022

Content warning: This story contains mentions of gun violence. City Council voted unanimously Monday to fund the expansion of an initiative that supports youth and family violence prevention.  $552,500...

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...

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