3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (344+ words) RTA (Regional Transportation Authority) is out. NITA (Northern Illinois Transit Authority) is in. And as one of the key legislators who helped pass the $1.5 billion transit structure and funding bill, State Rep. Kam Buckner told the first NITA board meeting…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (378+ words) Evanston author Gilo Kwesi Logan, a diversity and leadership consultant who published a book earlier this year to honor his father, the city’s first Black police chief, is entering the crowded race for Evanston mayor. Logan is the seventh person…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (379+ words) The trains are the same. The buses are the same. And the people who run them, or collect the tickets, are the same. But the organization in charge of Metra, PACE, and the CTA is now the Northern Illinois Transit…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (236+ words) After a lengthy postponement, the city cut the ribbon to open its new dog park Sunday morning. The park, dubbed Dog E-Town, is located in Grey Park at Main Street and Ridge Avenue. Ald. Jonathan Nieuwsma (4th) and Parks and Recreation…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (718+ words) Biking around the Evanston-Chicago border at sunset on Thursday, a group of bike advocates toured areas where they say better bike infrastructure and connections could help people on both sides and help build a robust regional bike grid that doesn’t…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (344+ words) The Chicago Stars will stay at Northwestern University’s Martin Stadium for its 2027 season, the team announced on Tuesday. The women’s soccer team will host 15 home matches next season at the temporary venue located on the Evanston lakefront. “We’re grateful to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (95+ words) Construction on the Merion Legacy development on Chicago Avenue in downtown Evanston took a very visible step forward Monday. Huge crane was used to left sections of a tower crane into place. Our PM Report newsletter is published daily at…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (435+ words) The first day of school is exciting for some students, but some long ago students said Monday that it was also exciting for them. That’s because they had attended the old Foster School that closed in 1979. Oliver A. Ruff, who…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (206+ words) Evanston’s Parks Board voted Thursday night to recommend two honorary street sign nominations. One would honor Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein with signs on Orrington Avenue between Foster and Simpson Street. Klein, an Evanston resident for over 40 years, is the executive…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (200+ words) The new dog park at Grey Park in the 4th Ward is set to open in early September, Evanston Now has learned, after months of waiting for the grass to grow in the newly fenced-in park space. The dog park is…...