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No Sidewalk Needed To Snag These Andersonville Sales
No Andersonville Midsommerfest For 2021
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New Edgewater Wellness Center Opens Inside The Historic Colvin House
April 9, 2021A new wellness center will be moving into part of the Colvin House (5940 N Sheridan), a mansion that recently received an overhaul and became an Edgewater co-working space. The new business promises not only to provide holistic healing to its customers but also provide a fair living wage to the therapists who work with […]
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Edgewater’s Chicago Grind Closes After Department Of Coffee Shutters Area Stores
April 7, 2021They came to Chicago with hopes of being a new coffee option for the American cafe crowd, but the London-based Department of Coffee and Social Affairs (DCSA) have officially closed all three area locations. Edgewater’s Chicago Grind (5256 N. Broadway), which is owned by DCSA, has now announced their closure as well. The storefront was […]
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Andersonville’s Marijuana Experts Set To Open New Location With 2X The Space
April 1, 2021The Illinois marijuana industry has exploded since Andersonville’s Dispensary 33 first opened its doors six years ago at 5001 N. Clark and made history as the first of its kind in Chicago. The company is now poised to open a second location in the West Loop area that will provide twice the amount of space […]
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Local Help Strengthens As Race To Vaccinate Intensifies In Edgewater
March 29, 2021Like a page out of Hollywood script, the race to vaccinate the population becomes increasingly urgent as COVID variants create skyrocketing numbers in new cases across the country. For the most vulnerable residents in Edgewater and Andersonville, the drama is all too real as they search for life-saving shots that will protect them from the […]
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No Sidewalk Needed To Snag These Andersonville Sales
March 19, 2021For bargain hunters who can’t wait until the annual Andersonville Sidewalk Sale this summer, the neighborhood shops that line the Clark Street corridor are cooking up some great buys next weekend in order to make way for Spring merchandise. Since 2018, the annual Andersonville InSidewalk Sale has provided some of the year’s best deals on […]
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A Celebration Of One Man’s Milestone Birthday And 100 Years Of Service
March 16, 2021Life takes a person on a journey that is full of amazing celebrations and at times terrible sadness. After living through a century chock-full of personal memories, one Edgewater man will be celebrated this month as he turns 100. For 99-year-old Lionel Rothbard, life has brought 64 glorious years of marriage which produced two loving […]
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No Andersonville Midsommerfest For 2021
March 11, 2021For a second year in a row, Midsommarfest has been postponed in order to prevent further spread of the COVID-19 virus. The annual Summer festival was to take place June 11 – 13, 2021. Like last year however, the fun will have to wait. The Andersonville Midsommarfest is expected to return in 2022 from June […]
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Celebrate Equality With Stories From Those Driving Women-Led Businesses In Edgewater
March 8, 2021Today is International Women’s Day. As we celebrate the strength, courage and compassion of women from around the globe, a new video presentation series will focus on inspirational females who lead businesses right here in Edgewater. For five years the Annual International Women’s Day Crawl has been held in Edgewater to honor achievements and to […]
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Andersonville Store Scout Opens Unique “Côncept” Pop-Up Shop
March 5, 2021“Why not surround yourself with beauty?” That is the question one Andersonville furniture and design store is asking its customers. To help aid in the search for the the perfect pieces, they have opened a new pop-up shop that features exceptional mid-century moderne finds meant to inspire interior happiness. Since opening 17 years ago, Scout […]
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CTA To Hold First Of Two Virtual Town Hall Meetings Tonight About RPM Construction
March 2, 2021The first of two virtual town hall meetings will be held tonight to discuss the Lawrence to Bryn Mawr CTA Station/Track Stage A Construction and the impacts it will have on the Edgewater community. The first town hall will be held via Zoom tonight, March 2 at 6 p.m. Participants must register for each of […]
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Boundary-Breaking, Women-Led Tattoo Studio Moving To Andersonville
February 26, 2021A Ukrainian Village tattoo studio that began in 2018 has taken on the industry with a core value that everyone is accepted and respected. After setting in place an inclusive business model that is backed up by distinctive artists, Evoke Tattoos has announced they will be moving to Andersonville and into a larger space with […]
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Care For Real Awarded Funding To Help Expand New Rogers Park Program
February 23, 2021Care For Real has long been Edgewater’s support lifeline for those needing essentials such as food, clothing and even job support. Now it has been learned that the organization has been selected to receive a large grant to also help feed our neighbors to the North. When the pandemic hit last year shutting down the […]
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Four New Businesses Take Flight In Edgewater
February 18, 2021Though the number of businesses that have closed during the pandemic is tragic, several new businesses in Edgewater and Andersonville are setting the stage for the area’s future economic recovery. After reporting on several new businesses in Andersonville such as Ándele at 5232 N Clark, Parson’s Chicken & Fish at 5721 N Clark, and Rattleback Records new […]
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Andersonville’s The T-Shirt Deli Set To Close This Month
February 12, 2021Opening their first location in Bucktown in 2003, The T-Shirt Deli found a unique way of offering their custom-made product to the masses. Then in 2006 they expanded North into Andersonville, taking over a cozy little space just off Clark Street at 1482 W. Berwyn. In a recent email from The T-Shirt Deli owner Ninel […]
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Ex-Cop’s Friend Gets Reduced Sentencing After Violent Beating Outside Andersonville Gay Bar
February 11, 2021After a fight outside an Andersonville Gay bar that left two men critically hurt and another pair facing criminal charges, the Chicago Police Department was accused of dragging its feet to bring charges in the case. Now it has been learned that one of the two offenders has pleaded guilty to lesser charges and will […]
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