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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 outside of Evanston Public Library. The library is interested in hiring a full-time social worker to assist Evanston residents in navigating the facility and using its resources.

Evanston Public Library includes full-time social worker position in proposed budget

November 3, 2016

Evanston Public Library staff are proposing to hire a full-time social worker in 2017. The main branch of the library, 1703 Orrington Ave., already houses several part-time student social workers, said...

Connections for the Homeless launched an awareness campaign attempting to inform Evanston residents of the city’s homelessness problem. They are hoping to both increase community awareness and raise $500,000.

Connections for the Homeless launches awareness campaign

September 21, 2016

The time has come to act on Evanston’s homelessness problem, said officials from Connections for the Homeless on Wednesday. The nonprofit, located at 2121 Dewey Ave., serves North Shore and Evanston...

Evanston Public Library is offering free WiFi hotspots beginning May 1. The hotspots will be available to library members and is meant to help bridge the digital divide.

Evanston Public Library to launch Wi-Fi hotspot program

April 14, 2016

Evanston Public Library cardholders will be able to check out a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot beginning May 1. The program is designed to help bridge Internet access for Evanston residents who do not currently...

Homes line the block of Dodge Avenue between Church Street and Lyons Street in Evanston’s 5th Ward. Residents identified access to affordable housing as an issue in both the ward and the city at large.

5th Ward residents say negative perceptions overshadow progress in neighborhood

February 9, 2016

Colette Allen acknowledges the 5th Ward has problems. Other residents and community leaders agree — safety and economic inequality have been issues in the 5th Ward for decades. Those problems, however,...

Lack of state budget reduces social service resources, operations for city’s homeless

December 1, 2015

Illinois’s state budget impasse has led to a reduction of resources and social services for Evanston’s homeless this holiday season. Some nonprofit organizations have had to cut or alter many of...

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