Hyde Park: a year in review | Evening Digest | hpherald.com
Dec 31, 2024 · Bring Chicago Home fails, Treatment not Trauma makes progress. Last winter, many Hyde Park residents joined the campaign for Bring Chicago Home, canvassing door-to-door to promote the March referendum that would have created a tiered transfer tax system to fund homeless services.
City Council Passes last-ditch 2025 budget - hpherald.com
Dec 20, 2024 · Although the mayor argued a substantial property tax hike was necessary to avoid cuts to services and widespread layoffs or furlough days for city employees, City Council unanimously rejected Johnson’s initial ask in mid-November.
Chicago school board fires CEO Pedro Martinez | Evening Digest ...
Dec 23, 2024 · Editor's note: This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s hand-picked school board voted Friday to fire Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, taking a step their predecessors had resisted and capping a months-long campaign …
B’Gabs reopens with new menu | Evening Digest | hpherald.com
Dec 17, 2024 · B’Gabs Comfort Cafe quietly reopened this fall after a two-year break with a new menu that moves beyond plant-based food. At a holiday party last Wednesday, neighbors floated in throughout the evening to create ornaments, try …
‘Louisa May Alcott's Little Women’ conflates the creator and her ...
Dec 23, 2024 · The world premiere of Lauren Gunderson's “Louisa May Alcott's Little Women” at Northlight Theatre is an exercise in innovation both artistically and practically. Unfortunately, that doesn't make it the ideal adaptation of Alcott's beloved Civil …
Lucy Ascoli, local civic leader and political activist, dies at 82
6 days ago · The family of Lucy B Ascoli is sad to announce her death on January 4, 2025 after a brief illness. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, a noted philanthropist and political activist. Lucy was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1942 and moved to Maplewood, NJ with her family, where she graduated ...
Housing voucher holders launch lawsuit against Mac Properties …
Dec 18, 2024 · RySheena Moore speaks at press conference held at Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.'s offices, 70 W. Madison St., flanked by (left to right) HOPE executive director Michael Chavarria and attorney Tory Tilton on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024.
Black creativity shines at Griffin MSI | Arts & Entertainment ...
2 days ago · Dominic Robertson, a student at Kenwood Academy’s academic center, stopped in front of DonCee Coulter's collage “Indiscernible Faces,” a bustling cityscape made of leather, suede, denim, wood and other materials. He leaned forward and noted the details. "I like all the elements and textures ...
City closes Hyde Park’s Lake Shore Hotel migrant shelter
Oct 28, 2024 · First announced last month, the Hyde Park shelter’s closure follows similar shutterings in Pilsen and West Town this month, removing a total of more than 3,000 beds from the city’s shelter system. Another shelter in Little Village is set to be phased out by November 3.. These closures are all part of a shift in the city’s transition to …
Mt. Carmel football captures 16th state title | Evening Digest ...
Dec 2, 2024 · Mount Carmel senior star quarterback Jack Elliott (right) and senior wide receiver Danyil Taylor Jr. embrace after defeating Batavia High School at Illinois State University's Hancock Stadium to win their third consecutive state championship on November 30, 2024.
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