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Street Sweeping Season Commences
April 5, 2012April 1st. The coming of spring, and with it the implementation of
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Andersonville resident to star in Marriott Theatre’s “The Pirates of Penzance”
March 30, 2012Lincolnshire’s Marriott Theatre is set to preview their production of the Gilbert and Sullivan musical classic The Pirates of Penzance
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$10 million goes to family of 2005 Edgewater murder victim
March 29, 2012The family of Melissa Dorner was recently awarded $10 million by a Cook County jury. 21 year old Dorner was found beaten and strangled in her apartment at 6151 N. Winthrop Ave. on January 24, 2005, the apparent victim of a robbery. Local residents may recall the case, as it was quite brutal and shocking. […]
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CTA set to launch “Red Ahead” initiative
March 26, 2012Last Wednesday’s Construction and CTA meeting at the Broadway Armory featured comprehensive details on the CTA’s maintenance and modernization project for the Red Line, dubbed “Red Ahead.” The project aims to accomplish some much needed short term improvements to multiple stations, including: Lawrence, Argyle,
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Details about Edgewater’s new branch library emerge
March 23, 2012Wednesday night’s 48th Ward Construction and CTA Meeting at the Broadway Armory saw a good number of people in attendance, eager to hear all about the new Chicago Public Library branch planned for the intersection of Broadway and Elmdale. Alderman Harry Osterman opened the meeting, introducing the Public Building Commission of Chicago’s Executive Director, Erin […]
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Community Visioning Meeting @ Former Blockbuster Space
March 22, 201248th Ward Alderman Harry Osterman will be holding a “Community Visioning” meeting this Saturday, March 24th from 10AM – 12PM at the empty Blockbuster space located at 5300 N Broadway.
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Alert for Dog Owners
March 22, 2012Dog owners should be on the alert that someone has recently been laying squirrel poisoning in alleyways of Edgewater and Rogers Park, according to an e-newsletter recently sent out by Edgewater’s Bark Bark Club (5943 N Broadway) and Rogers Park’s Rogers Bark grooming shop (1447 W Jarvis). According to the alert, several dogs have died […]
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Edgewater Chamber seeks nominees for Best of Edgewater and Sweetheart of Edgewater Awards
March 21, 2012Each spring, the Edgewater Chamber of Commerce
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Crime and the Community coming to EHS
March 20, 2012The Edgewater Historical Society’s current exhibition features the history of grocery stores in the neighborhood, and is set to close on March 25th. On the heels of that presentation comes an entirely different concept for the EHS exhibition opening on Saturday April 7th….Crime and the Community. According to EHS, “the exhibit will include photos, newspapers […]
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What is important to you?
March 14, 2012That’s essentially the question being asked by artist Candy Chang’s interactive, temporary public art exhibit currently appearing on a previously blank wall at 1101 W. Granville. Before I Die began as a project in Chang’s own New Orleans neighborhood, when the first chalkboard of its kind was painted on the side of an abandoned house. […]
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In Fine Spirits Closing, Reopening as “Premise”
March 8, 2012In Fine Spirits (5420 N Clark) this week announced that they will close the lounge portion of their business on March 18th, and reopen sometime in April as “Premise” under the same owners. Owners Johnnie Grozenski,
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Fleeting inspiration
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The ‘Lipstick Killer’ dies at 83
March 7, 2012William Heirens, known as the Lipstick Killer, was a convicted burglar and burgeoning serial killer who operated in Edgewater, Rogers Park, Uptown and Lakeview during the mid 1940s. He died on Monday at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Heirens had served 65 years in prison for his 1946 confession to killing two women, Josephine […]
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Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” at Senn High School
February 23, 2012The Edgewater Development Corporations’s
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Linden bound
February 10, 2012
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