Turn off the lights, Edgewater!

Don’t forget, this Saturday (March 28th) is Earth Hour between 8:30pm – 9:30pm.

Andersonville named "Hottest Hood" to buy

Time Out Chicago named Andersonville as the ‘Hottest Hood’ in Chicago to purchase a home in their real estate edition. “ANDERSONVILLE Nearly every Realtor offered up Andersonville as the city’s hottest ’hood, citing lakefront proximity, a robust commercial district brimming with independently owned businesses and good public transportation as factors. Also, sales here are...

Thorndale Red Line Robbery, Suspects Flee

(View from Thorndale stop looking northwest. Not sure if that is the building w/skylights that the suspect fell through) Two or three suspects tried to rob someone early Tuesday morning on either the train or the platform of the Red Line at Thorndale in Edgewater. When police responded, one man fled and apparently fell...

Skinstinct named ‘Best New Boutique’ by Chicago Reader

Skinstinct clothing store has received a Reader’s Choice award as ‘Chicago’s Best New Boutique’ voted by readers of the Chicago Reader. Skinstinct has a location at 5135 N Clark in Andersonville, along with locations in Water Tower Place and Lakeview. Check out all of the Chicago Reader’s Best of 2009.

Senn High School Evacuated

According to various news sources, firefighters evacuated Senn High School on Monday due to a chlorine spill. The school, located at 5900 N. Glenwood, was evacuated by staff and the 1,500 students were taken to the nearby Broadway Armory Park District facility while a Hazardous Materials team was called in. Sources: Chicago Sun Times,...

Windy City Gay Idol Kicks Off in Andersonville

From the Windy City Times: CHICAGO —Windy City Gay Idol kicks off its seventh year featuring the best amateur gay and lesbian singers in the Chicago area. What started as a fun promotion with Windy City Media Group has become a large and highly anticipated annual event in Chicago’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender...

Foster / Sheridan Traffic Study

Courtesy of the Association of Sheridan Condominium/Co-op Owners email blast:Study OverviewSam Schwartz Engineering PLLC (SSE) conducted an analysis of the traffic and parking impacts for the proposed redevelopment of a Dominick’s Finer Foods grocery store in the Edgewater neighborhood. The purpose of the traffic portion of the study was to determine the existing traffic...

8:58 PM, 5200 N. Lake Shore Dr. – Assistance call. Vehicle is stalled in the left southbound lane. 8:59, 2527 W. Ainslie – Burglary in progress call. Male caller says someone is in his garage as he can see the lights going on and off. Responding unit asks for Supervisor to join them. 9:01,...

Send you back to Croatia, in a box!

From the News-Star Crime blotter: Bitter guest threatens homeownerA 59-year-old man reported being threatened by a former house guest around 8:30 p.m. March 16. The victim told police that the house guest, a man in his mid 70s, had stayed at his home for a few months in the 2200 block of W. Foster.The...

Reward Offered for ‘Red Line Robber’

The FBI is offering up to $10K for information leading to the arrest of a serial bank robber who is believed to be responsible for holding up 6 Chicago banks, inlcuding the North Community bank branch at 5342 N Broadway (1/23/09) & the MB Financial at 6443 N Sheridan (3/10/09), both in Edgewater. The...

Dumpster Tax Delayed

ALDERMAN CONTINUE TO MEET“The Dumpster tax will go into effect on April 1st, however it will not be implemented”according to Alderman Mary Ann Smith (48) co-chair with Ald. Tom Tunney (44) of the ad hoc dumpster tax task force of aldermen. The group is working directly with a representative of the Intergovernmental department of...

Andersonville a safe haven for some in real estate debacle

From Medill:by Inyoung HwangMarch 12, 2009In a recession that has seen massive job cuts and plummeting home values, realtors point to Andersonville as one Chicago neighborhood that has been a safe haven of sorts, where potential homebuyers appear to be more willing to take a chance on buying a home even before the overall...

Senior Health Fair

9th Annual Senior Health Fair Satrurday March 28, 10 a.m. Broadway Armory , 5917 N. Broadway State Representative Harry Osterman invites the community to attend his 9th Annual Senior Health Fair on Saturday, March 28th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Broadway Armory Park, located at 5917 N. Broadway St., in Edgewater....

CTA / Traffic Meeting

At the request of ASCO representatives who attended the presentation on the Berwyn Multi-Modal center, Ald. Mary Ann Smith has scheduled a conversation with the CTA with respect to the buses at Foster and Sheridan.The meeting will be March 18, Wednesday 6:00 PM, at the Ward office (5533 N. Broadway) with proposed agenda:1. What...

Purse Snatching on Sheridan

From the ASCO: “It was definetely a Friday the 13th for an 82 year old Sheridan Road resident. She was returning from shopping at Dominick’s on Glenlake at about 4:00 p.m., in broad daylight. She was on the SW corner of Glenlake and Sheridan Road. A short male, age and race unknown, approached her...