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Two Proposed Andersonville Housing Developments Scrapped After Resident Backlash
July 30, 2020After an intense struggle to rezone the East Andersonville neighborhood, the communities that surround Andersonville north of Foster Ave. are all officially RS-3. Construction developers who have been eyeing the…
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Latest Edgewater Public Art Series Brings Life To The Community
July 29, 2020The first of a new series of art pieces have started to go up in and around Edgewater using vibrant mosaics that are thoughtfully placed in select locations. The Edgewater…
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Proposed Andersonville Clock Tower Complex To Help Anchor Clark Street’s Northend
July 24, 2020Big changes will likely be coming to the Andersonville strip’s northern end soon. A proposed apartment complex with a large-scale clock tower could be erected in the long-vacant 7-eleven property…
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Edgewater Metra Station Contractor Selected, Work To Begin This Fall
July 23, 2020After a decade-long struggle to get the Edgewater Metra station built, the contractor for the $15.2 million project was finally selected last week. The work is expected to commence this…
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Andersonville Chamber Executive Director Resigning, Search For Replacement Postponed
July 22, 2020After over three years at the helm of the Andersonville Chamber of Commerce (ACC) and the Andersonville Sustainable Community Alliance (ASCA), its Executive Director Sara Dinges has resigned from her…
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CTA Trains Will Not Stop At Edgewater Stations Through The End Of July
July 20, 2020A Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) service alert went out over the weekend to alert its customers that there will be no Northbound service to three of the four Edgewater red…
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Autopsy Reveals That Edgewater Man Found Dead In His Refrigerator Was Strangled
July 14, 2020The lifeless body of a man was discovered last Thursday stuffed in his Edgewater Beach high rise apartment refrigerator. It has since been learned that the cause of death was…
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Edgewater Community Alert Issued After Woman Is Sexually Assaulted On Lakefront Trail
June 23, 2020A community alert was issued by Area 3 Detectives after a man sexually assaulted a woman who was walking her dog near Foster Ave. Beach. The suspect remains at large.…
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Family Gets Justice For Death Of Edgewater Man Who Overdosed On Drugs That “Will Knock You Out Like Mike Tyson In His Prime”
June 18, 2020The mother of 29-year-old Joshua Bloomfield turned the terrible pain of losing a child into action over the last year by protesting alongside others to get the criminal system to…
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Filmmaker’s Onion City Fest Will Stream Worldwide From Edgewater – And This Year It’s Free!
June 16, 2020Since taking over the Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival (OCFF) in 2001, The Chicago Filmmakers have developed the event into an artistic powerhouse. With COVID-19 threatening to cancel…
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Antique Store That Helped Redefine Edgewater’s Broadway Has Closed
June 9, 2020North Broadway in Edgewater has seen some amazing business growth in the last few years. Yet for those local store owners the daily grind got much harder once COVID-19 hit…
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Andersonville Midsommarfest Canceled, But Fundraiser Will Still Provide A 16 Candles Fix
June 8, 2020With Chicago Summer festivals in limbo due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the city finally confirmed last week that it will not be issuing special events permits until after Labor Day…
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Andersonville Farmers Market Reopens With Online Ordering
June 4, 2020Getting back to normal is a slow process, but the organizers of the Andersonville Farmers Market (AFM) have found a way to reopen by allowing customers to order online and…
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Unfounded Rumors That Include Destruction Of Northside Communities Prompt CPD To Recommend Staying Off Social Media Right Now
June 3, 2020The rise of social media has done great things in connecting communities and providing important information. But with all the good, there is often those that take advantage in negative…
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Multiple Andersonville Stores Looted, Alderman Says Incidents Could Happen Again Tonight
June 2, 2020The peaceful protests in response to the death of George Floyd and the systemic racism and police brutality directed towards those of color has given rise to separate incidents of…
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