Aldermen Tackle Public Health Budget
In response to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposed 2014 fiscal budget, Aldermen Tuesday questioned the city’s health commissioner about the department’s past performance and future plans. The proposed $8.7 million budget released Oct. 23, allows the city to balance its finances without increasing or introducing new property, sale or gasoline taxes, according to a statement […]
New Parks Commissioner Gets Marching Orders
A Chicago City Council Committee met last Tuesday to consider the appointment of a new parks commissioner. Instead it gave him a honey-do list of concerns about the parks in their wards. Donald J. Edwards, a graduate of University of Illinois and Harvard Business School, plans to put his financial expertise to use by helping […]
Five things worth Chicago talking about today, Feb. 19
1. Three separate shootings yesterday, February 19, left a 24-year-old man dead in Washington Heights and two men injured on Chicago’s West Side. Michael Powell was shot multiple times at about 4:54 pm on the 9100 block of South Ada Street and was pronounced dead at the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office at 9:20 p.m. […]
South Loop Parents, Alderman Want More Access to Good Schools for Neighborhood Children
Longtime South Loop resident John Jacoby said he will sacrifice anything for his two daughters’ education. And if that means moving out of the city he has grown to love, so be it. Jacoby, who has lived downtown for 19 years, said he may leave once his youngest daughter, now 11, begins ninth grade. The […]
Gov. Pat Quinn and Italian Prime Minister Emphasize Italian-American Business Partnership
Gov. Pat Quinn and Chicago’s main political heads welcomed Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti in a private ceremony at Loyola campus last Saturday and discussed the importance of Italian-American business partnership. Monti said he was proud to meet the international leaders in Chicago, because Chicago is a great city and it’s where President Barack Obama […]
Futuristic Trash Cans Arrive in the Loop
New garbage stations will save the 2nd Ward thousands of dollars a year after installation, said Richard Kennelly, vice president of marketing for BigBelly Solar, the company which provided the new trash stations. The city finished installing about 336 new trash containers in the downtown area that replaced the older trash cans, said Kennelly. The […]
Urban Prep Academy, ABLA Work On Improving Relations After Street Fight
A street fight in September involving students from Urban Prep West was due the school’s lack of communication with the community, Deverra Beverly, president of the ABLA Local Advisory Council, said.
New Proposed Initiative Would Ban Plastic Bags In Chicago
Plastic bags in stores larger than 5,000 square feet would be banned under an initiative proposed Wednesday by Ald. Joe Moreno (1st).
Chicago Libraries May Lose Some Hours
Chicago public libraries would reduce hours as a result of cuts in the 2012 city budget proposed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Oct. 12. Emanuel said the city’s 79 library branches will have to reduce their hours on Monday and Friday mornings under his proposed budget. Only three regional libraries would maintain their regular schedules […]
New Proposal Calls for Watchmen at Vacant Buildings Near Schools
A new ordinance would require owners of foreclosed and vacant properties located within a 1,000-yard-radius of a school to hire watchmen to ensure students’ safe passage to and from school, if the ordinance’s sponsors Ald. Deborah Graham (29th) and Bob Fioretti (2nd) have their way. If passed, the Vacant Property Safe Passages Ordinance — which […]
Despite Throat Cancer, Fioretti Will Serve The 2nd Ward Again
Ald. Bob Fioretti (2nd Ward) won a second term with 55 percent of the vote Tuesday, handily beating five opponents, according to preliminary results. Fioretti’s closest competitor for the 2nd Ward, attorney Genita Robinson, garnered about 31 percent of the 14,494 votes cast, according to the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. Despite winning endorsements from […]
2nd Ward Days Let Some “Shedd” Cares, Enjoy Aquarium
Calling all residents of zip codes 60612, 60603, 60616, 60605, 60653, 60608, 60604, 60607, 60611, 60606 and 60601. Columbia students, this may include YOU. Take a plunge, and visit the John G. Shedd Aquarium, 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive, at special discounted rates. This deal is brought to you by the 2nd Ward and Ald. […]
Finally: Groceries, Fresh Produce for Chicago’s Near West Side
By Ed Finkel, LISC Chicago’s New Communities Program Residents of Chicago’s Near West Side will be able to shop at a full-service grocery store for the first time in four decades when Pete’s Fresh Market opens in 2011. The Chicago Reporter and Chicago Matter’s The Color of Money helps provide more context for this issue.” […]
