November 25, 2009
By Jean-Virgile Tasse-Themens
A dozen residents of the West Loop protested at a Town Hall meeting last week about the constant presence of dog feces on sidewalks and in parks. Residents are upset about owners not cleaning up after their dogs in those public spaces.
John Finnegan, a resident of the West Loop since...
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West Loop Residents Angry: Dogs Do Their Business While Dog Owners Fail to Do Theirs
Far North Side Residents Uneasy as Violent Crimes Increase in Their Neighborhoods
Two years ago, Marilou Kessler was holding a dinner party at her East Rogers Park house, when two of the couples invited were mugged upon arriving in the neighborhood en route to her home.
A few years before that, Kessler’s son, then in his 20s, was also mugged. Kessler —who has lived in the area...
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Eye-Opening Seminar Exposes North Side Gangbanging
By Lorraine Swanson, Editor, Lake Effect News
In a packed auditorium at Swedish Covenant Hospital, a North Side audience snacked on chocolate Macadamia nut cookies donated by a local Costco and got a few lessons in gangbanging.
Much of the information presented at last week’s community gang awareness seminar hosted by Cook County State’s Attorney Anita...
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Chicago community demonstrators seek end to gun violence
Story by Shaquita Matthews
May 21, 2009 – Erin Jones lost her 17-year-old brother James to gun violence two years ago. She says her brother made money selling drugs on the street. Many who knew him believe he died in a “deal that went wrong.”
Jones, 24, participated in a South Side demonstration May 9 to call...
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Increase in theft worries New Eastside residents
April 16, 2009 – An increase in “crimes of opportunity” has New Eastside residents concerned about safety in their downtown neighborhood.
At a recent Beat 124 Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) meeting, the officers who patrol the beat highlighted the growing issue of theft. The area has experienced an increase of 13.6 percent in theft,...
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Closed CTA station leaves residents anxious
Story by Mandy Treccia
March 31, 2009 – When the CTA started remodeling work last March on the Brown Line Paulina station, Roscoe Village resident Nicole Cieslak did not think twice about it.
“I take the Brown Line on a daily basis because I work at the Merchandise Mart,” said Ciselak, 27. “I just started...
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