Chicagotalks » Laura Pearson http://www.chicagotalks.org Community & Citizen journalism for your block, your neighborhood, our city Fri, 24 Dec 2010 16:57:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Old Town School to Break Ground in August /2010/06/22/school-in-old-town-to-break-ground-in-august/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed /2010/06/22/school-in-old-town-to-break-ground-in-august/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:00:00 +0000 Laura Pearson /?p=7358 A report by Center Square Journal

Old Town School of Folk Music

Old Town School of Folk Music

The Old Town School of Folk Music is planning an August 5 groundbreaking on a new arts education facility at 4543 North Lincoln Avenue.

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Beat 1724 has been relatively quiet in comparison to other beats, said Chicago Police Sgt. Kristin Barker in a monthly CAPS meeting last night at Horner Park Field House.

Horner Park Field House

Horner Park Field House

Barker told those present—six residents and one other officer—that the city average is 100–125 incidents per beat per month, but last month Beat 1724 (covering Ravenswood Manor south of Wilson) reported 88 incidents. This month, it was down to 78. “Ever so often there’s an anomaly [in 1724], and that number will go up,” Barker told me. “But citizens are very active on this beat.”

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