Despite “positive loitering” efforts by Uptown community members near the corner of Lawrence Avenue and…
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Despite Relative Wealth of Neighborhood, Lakeview Group Says Free Health Clinic is Needed by Many Residents
One Lakeview neighborhood organization hopes to open a free health care clinic in the North…
Summer School for Morgan Park?
Over the past two years, 132 Chicago Public Schools have changed from the “traditional” school…
Activists Trying to Build Support Now: Same-Sex Marriage Law to be Debated in Illinois this Spring?
While a new same-sex marriage law waits to be heard in the state Senate, Chicagoans…
“Blood Alley” Still a Problem in Uptown
Police and business owners in Uptown recently joined forces to develop a strategy to clean…
West Loop Residents Angry: Dogs Do Their Business While Dog Owners Fail to Do Theirs
November 25, 2009 By Jean-Virgile Tasse-Themens A dozen residents of the West Loop protested at…
Far North Side Residents Uneasy as Violent Crimes Increase in Their Neighborhoods
Two years ago, Marilou Kessler was holding a dinner party at her East Rogers Park…
Lakeview Residents Say Efforts to “Take Back the Streets” Are Working
Over 100 Lakeview residents — fed up with crime on their turf — have united…