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Graffiti removal in Wicker Park tagged in more ways than one
The Wicker Park-Bucktown neighborhood is finding faster ways to alleviate masses of graffiti missed by the city’s new Graffiti Blaster program, which community leaders say is too slow to effectively combat tagging in the area. “Since the city has cut back some of these services, we’ve been looking for other ways, so the graffiti doesn’t get […]
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Changes to CPS tier system will make school choice more difficult for Logan Square students
December 27, 2012 Comments Off
Logan Square eighth graders will have a tougher time getting into selective schools next year because of a revised citywide ranking system. Some neighborhood students will need higher test scores to get in to their school of choice, because several census tracts in Logan Square were assigned to a higher tier in Chicago Public School’s […]
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In 2007, Maria Hadden’s landlord abandoned the building she lived in in Rogers Park, so just about a month after moving in, Hadden found herself stuck in a distressed condominium building. Somehow, that was the inciting incident that led her to be in the basement of Thorek Hospital, 850 W. Irving Park Road, on […]
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 and Chicago Wilderness today announced the recipients of their annual Conservation and Native Landscaping Awards. “The Conservation and Native Landscaping Awards are a celebration of conservation excellence: the recipients are inspiring examples of passionate and hardworking stewards committed to restoring and enhancing the health of nature in our region,” […]
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Three may be the charm for developer Chris Fifield, who is sending his third proposal for a Chicago Avenue building to the East Village Association and Ald. Proco Joe Moreno (1st) for review and approval this month. The plan will be sent to the East Village Association by the end of the month, said association president […]
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Darryl “Lil’ Man” Howell, 24, Chicago-born drummer started playing the drums at the age of 4 with the children’s choir at his church. “The beginning of playing drums for me was God given,” said Howell. Growing up around music, Howell‘s passion for the drums grew. By 17, he had decided to make his passion his […]
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A fragile sense of security often robs Zuhair Sulaiman of the luxury of good night’s sleep. “The fear is embedded inside,” he said in Arabic at a meeting at Arab American Family Services in Bridgeview. Along with more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs, who abandoned their homes, his family fled to Iraq when Israel was created […]
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