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Clark Street Gets Intersection Bumpouts For Pedestrian Safety
Broadway Coffee Shop Closes After Five Months In Business
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Chicago’s Lesbian Feminist Chorus Artemis Singers To Perform At Women & Children First Block Party
August 23, 2019Women & Children First bookstore will be celebrating their 40th anniversary this weekend to honor their milestone achievement. At the event another celebrated group of women will take stage as the Artemis Singers, Chicago’s lesbian feminist Chorus, will perform an arrangement of songs that showcase women. The Artemis Singers, who also turn 40 next year, […]
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CTA Reaches Out To Hire Local Workers For The Red Purple Modernization Project
August 22, 2019The CTA and Walsh-Fluor, the company selected for the rebuild of the Red Purple Modernization Project (RPM), will be holding a series of construction career networking fairs. According to them, they hope to find workers to diversify the project workforce and reach disadvantaged persons and communities throughout Chicago. The project, which is expected to begin […]
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Man Assaults Woman In Edgewater After She Refuses To Let Him Use Her Phone
August 20, 2019An man is being charged with felony robbery after he attacked and robbed a woman in Edgewater after she refused to let him use her cell phone last Thursday. The man approached the 20-year-old victim around 11:30 p.m. on the 6100 block of N. Clark and asked if he could use her phone. When she […]
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Clark Street Gets Intersection Bumpouts For Pedestrian Safety
August 19, 2019Now that the water main project is complete and the road has been resurfaced, Clark Street has received new delineation markings to help organize traffic flow and make Andersonville crosswalks more safe. The project is expected to provide clearer sight lines and better identifying features and help motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians alike flow comfortably through […]
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Broadway Coffee Shop Closes After Five Months In Business
August 16, 2019The coffee and cafe business seems to be getting harder after so many options have opened recently in the Edgewater and Andersonville neighborhoods. Unfortunately, a small independent cafe which opened at the beginning of March has already closed its doors. The European-style coffee cafe Velox Coffee at 6206 N. Broadway (just North of Granville) opened its doors on March […]
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Women & Children First Bookstore Celebrates 40 Years Strong With Community Block Party
August 15, 2019It has been a four decades of serving the community at Women & Children First Bookstore at 5233 N. Clark as they offer more than 30,000 books about women, children’s publications and a large selection of LGBTQ fiction and non-fiction. To celebrate 40 years strong, they will be inviting all to a very special free […]
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor To Appear At Senn High For A Moderated Conversation
August 14, 2019Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor became the first Latina to ever hold a position on the high court after then President Barack Obama nominated her to the job on May 26, 2009. It has been announced that Sotomayor will hold a moderated discussion and audience Q&A on Sep 11, 2019 at Senn High School. The event, which is being […]
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Osterman Beach’s LakeBreeze Cafe Expands With A New Lounging Area And Sunday Brunch
August 14, 2019Since opening last year, LakeBreeze at Osterman Beach (5800 N. Lake Shore Drive) has been serving up American fare, appetizers, and cold alcoholic drinks to area beach-goers. In that time they have slowly expanded their menu and in late June started offering brunch. Now after a long anticipated arrival, they offer a new beach club […]
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Projected Metra Station Timeline Announced, Updated Plan Adds 75 Parking Spaces
August 12, 2019After being stalled for years, the long anticipated Edgewater Metra station’s funds were finally approved and released last March. According to Alderman Vasquez’s website, the new plans are to add 75 parking spaces to the design. State Representative Greg Harris and Senator Heather Steans proudly announced back in March that the funding was released by Governor […]
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Edgewater ALDI Temporarily Closed
August 9, 2019If you shop at ALDI at 6221 N. Broadway, you will have to visit one of their other area stores because the Edgewater location will be shut down for over a month for remodeling according to the company. The store officially closed on August 5 and is expected to reopen on September 12. Back in May […]
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2 New Events This Weekend Bring Attention To The North End Of Clark In Edgewater
August 9, 2019There has been increased attention towards the revitalization of the N. Clark Street corridor in Edgewater from Ridge to Devon. Now, two popular businesses along that strip will be holding first-time events this weekend to attract foot traffic to the area. Raven Theatre at 6157 N. Clark will be holding their first Food Truck Festival on […]
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New Andersonville Restaurant Offers Fresh Take On Soul Food
August 7, 2019What do you add to a neighborhood with a incredibly diverse food scene? How about adding some new flavor with a whole lot of soul. Since quietly opening in June, Bettie Lou’s at 5633 N. Ashland has been spicing up the food scene with their own style of soul food. With influences from Europe, Asia […]
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Edgewater’s First Pet Mayor Is Pax The Goat, Contestants Collectively Raise $20K For Local Charity
August 5, 2019Across the country and right here in Chicago people have been looking for new faces to represent the diverse fabric of our nation. So it only seems fitting that Edgewater turned to a not-so-typical animal to become its first Pet Mayor. With fundraising in and tails wagging, Pax The Goat was officially named Edgewater’s first […]
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Edgewater Chamber Director Stepping Down After Almost 7 Years Of Service
August 2, 2019After 6.5 years of service leading the Edgewater Chamber of Commerce, its Executive Director Katrina Balog will be stepping down and accepting a new position at a Chicago area urban planning firm. Balog was named the new Director of Operations at Muse Community + Design. Her last day at the Chamber will be Friday, August 23. However, […]
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This Weekend’s EdgeFest Offers New Events Including The Pet Mayor Results
August 1, 2019Edgewater is getting ready for this weekend’s EdgeFest which is bringing new programming to the event for everyone in the family including all your favorite pets. The 2019 EdgeFest will take place on Broadway from Thorndale to Ardmore Saturday, August 3 from 12p.m.– 10p.m. and Sunday, August 4 from 12p.m.- 9p.m. Like a giant Summer […]
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