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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


Two bottles of orange hot sauce and one bottle of a yellow-green hot sauce, all with labels that say “Awe-Sauce Hot Sauce” with a pepper below. The background is filled with red peppers hanging from green plants.

Evanston resident builds handcrafted hot-sauce brand

April 21, 2021

Verzell James has brought 100 boxes of Awe-Sauce, his hand-crafted hot sauce, to various shops and restaurants around the city. His goal? To expand, to succeed and to show others they too can grow a business...

The pumping station on Gross Point Road in Evanston. The pumping station being built on Church Street is expected to have a similar set up.

City pushes forward with water pump despite resident opposition

June 1, 2018

A vacant lot, two villages in need of water and a vocal community caught in between it all. Evanston is set to begin construction on a water pump this summer in an attempt to generate revenue from nearby...

Evanston resident Verzell James holds up sign in protest at City Council meeting Monday. Fifth Ward residents expressed frustration that the city received the award as it planned to install a water pumping station in their neighborhood.

Evanston receives 4-STAR community recertification

May 4, 2018

Evanston was recertified as a 4-STAR community in the STAR Community Rating System, a scale evaluating the social and environmental sustainability of local governments, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said...

Mayor Steve Hagerty speaks at a town hall meeting Tuesday. Community members raised concerns over a lack of transparency from City Council to citizens.

Residents complain of lack of transparency at Mayor Hagerty’s town hall

April 3, 2018

Evanston community members voiced concerns about the lack of transparency from City Council to local residents at a town hall Tuesday. Mayor Steve Hagerty hosted the meeting at the Levy Senior Center,...

5th Ward resident Verzell James addresses residents at the monthly West End Area Block Club meeting at the ETHS Transitional House. Much of the meeting was spent discussing the impact of Evanston’s plans for a controversial water pumping station on Church Street, which would provide large revenue for the city.

5th Ward residents discuss task force to combat water pump station

March 18, 2018

Roughly 20 5th Ward residents gathered for a monthly meeting Tuesday night and discussed the impact of the looming water pump station, which is expected to begin supplying Morton Grove and Niles with water...

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