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Washington Park advocates voice concerns about Olympic stadium

Submitted on Mon, 07/30/2007 – 12:55. Not everyone around Washington Park supports building a 90,000-seat temporary stadium there to accommodate the 2016 Olympics if it comes to Chicago, says Cecelia Butler, president of the Washington Park Advisory Council. But there is a broad community consensus on what Washington Park and the surrounding community need – […]

Submitted on Thu, 07/26/2007 – 13:41. Story by Jamie Morgan Three alderman representing the Midwest and Roosevelt-Homan TIF Districts have set aside nearly $3 million to help residents fix up the outside of their homes. Homeowners in the districts, which roughly span east to west from Washington Boulevard to 16th Street and north to south […]

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Submitted on Tue, 07/24/2007 – 05:00. Story by Dan Selecman For the next month, residents of Chicago’s 48th Ward will be able to help complete a work of art that’s been more than a year in the making. The underpass of Bryn Mawr Avenue at Lake Shore Drive in Edgewater is the site of a bricolage […]

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Taking aim at saving lives

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Submitted by Visitor on Sat, 07/21/2007 – 04:00. Story by Jamie Morgan Today is the Chicago Police Department CAPS program’s third annual Turn in a Gun Event. CAPS and 23 churches around the city are prompting people to put down their guns and, as the slogan reads, “Don’t Kill A Dream, Save a Life.” The message […]

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Submitted on Fri, 07/20/2007 – 15:52. Story by Dan Selecman After nearly two months of an overtime legislative session in Springfield, many state budget issues remain unresolved. Among the many funding issues still up in the air is a request from the CTA for an additional $110 million, on tops of its $1 billion budget. […]

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Safest in the city?

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Submitted on Thu, 07/19/2007 – 13:28. Story by Dan Selecman Sitting in on the most recent CAPS meeting for police beat 2024 in Edgewater, you might not be convinced you were in the “lowest crime district in the city.” But the alderman of the ward, Mary Ann Smith (48th) and the commander and beat officers […]

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Submitted on Wed, 07/18/2007 – 00:56. Story by Jennet Posey Some South Shore residents aren’t happy with the Friends of the Parks’ plan to create off-shore beaches in their neighborhood. Friends of the Park is pushing a proposal to complete the lake front’s last four miles. Currently, there are 26 miles of public beaches along […]

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