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Evanston receives grant to improve urban forest health in waterside parks

September 25, 2023

Evanston has received a $802,500 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service Agency to improve the health of the urban forest parks alongside Evanston’s Northshore Channel. The...

Evanston school districts release free and reduced-price lunch applications

July 24, 2022

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 and Evanston Township High School District 202 released information about applications for free and reduced-price meals for the 2022-23 academic year. Following...

Federal government recalls meat distributed in Illinois

November 1, 2015

The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a recall Friday on more than 300 pounds of meat sold in Illinois and Wisconsin, after the distributor called back uninspected food. A Canadian meat producer...

Doe: The hidden power on your plate

September 22, 2013

You love bacon. Your grandma makes the best roast beef, and you don’t know what you’d eat most nights if you couldn’t have pizza. I’ve been there. All I ask is that you hear me out and consider...

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