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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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After Downzoning, East Andersonville Faces First Developer Poised To Test The Measure
May 28, 2020Over the past few years East Andersonville residents have worked to tighten building restrictions in order to avoid more demolitions of area homes to make way for luxury condominium complexes.…
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Care For Real’s Director Lyle Allen Leaving Organization After 8 Years Of Service
May 22, 2020It is hard to believe that it has only been eight short years since Lyle Allen took over the helm at Edgewater’s food panty Care For Real (CFR). But after…
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Grab A Cocktail And Some Takeout For The Virtual Andersonville Midsommarfest
May 20, 2020Many people where disappointed to hear that Andersonville’s Midsommarfest would not help welcome in the Summer festival season this year. The show must go on however, and the event’s organizers…
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Local Restaurants Offer Something Fresh With Pop-Up Grocery Stores
May 19, 2020Community restaurants have been scrambling to find fresh ideas to keep money flowing during the COVID-19 dining ban. With most businesses focusing on take-out and curbside delivery orders, some have…
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After 6-Week Delay, Parking Restrictions For Street Sweeping Resume
May 18, 2020It was no fooling that on the first of April parking restrictions were supposed to commence to make way for street sweeping. The COVID-19 virus however put a quick halt…
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Man Gets 10 Years For Robbing 3 Edgewater Businesses Within Blocks Of His Home
May 11, 2020On December 1 of 2018, 28-year-old Stanley Krzak was apprehended by police for three armed robberies that occurred in Edgewater within a week. Besides making a bad choice to commit…
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Income Tax Wine Bar Will Not Reopen Once Dining Ban Is Lifted
May 8, 2020Income Tax Wine Bar at 5959 N Broadway has been a celebrated restaurant in Edgewater since their anticipated opening almost four years ago. In a post on their Facebook page…
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