16+ hour, 15+ min ago   (177+ words) Alex Harrison reports on local government, public safety, housing and homelessness, town-gown relations and more for the RoundTable. He graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in June 2023 with both a bachelor's and master's degree in journalism, and previously…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1608+ words) As the country collectively experienced the horror of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, for Evanston firefighter and paramedic Tom Moon, that day was especially terrifying because for a good portion of the day he did not know if his mother,…...

4+ day, 39+ min ago   (717+ words) Northwestern University recently finished a memorial to six alumni lost in the 9/11 attacks. While a formal dedication is scheduled for Oct. 9 during the school’s homecoming weekend, the RoundTable pulled together information on the six victims from published obituaries. The monument,…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (179+ words) After more than five years as president and chief operating officer of the Evanston Community Foundation (ECF), Sol Anderson has stepped down. His departure, which took place Sept. 4, was confirmed by the foundation. ECF, a tax-exempt nonsectarian charitable organization, plays…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (589+ words) The city’s Preservation Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to approve Celadon Partners’ planned exterior changes for the Harley Clarke Mansion, 2603 Sheridan Rd., lauding the development team’s intent to restore as much of the building as possible and reuse its existing materials....

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (626+ words) I was having an ordinary conversation with my husband in our kitchen a few weeks ago when I used the words “movie star” to describe someone famous. (I don’t remember who I was talking about.) “Oh my God,” I said,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (255+ words) Gilo Logan, son of Evanston’s first Black police chief Bill Logan and children’s book author, has entered the race for next year’s special mayoral election. Logan, 60, filed his political bid with the Illinois State Board of Elections on Friday, Sept....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (471+ words) In its first meeting in a month, the city’s Reparations Committee revisited the 2024 lawsuit against its program and discussed bringing an art installation to Evanston from Chicago. Committee Chair N’Namba (also known as Robin Rue Simmons) proposed that the committee…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (653+ words) After hearing feedback from the local school districts Wednesday, the City of Evanston’s Finance and Budget Committee voted 6-0 to table discussion of the West Evanston and Chicago-Main tax increment financing districts until the Jan. 6, 2027, meeting of the committee. Last week,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (897+ words) According to city records, 133 of the 559 buildings in Evanston that are more than 20,000 square feet did not fully comply with the city’s benchmarking ordinance this year, including several Northwestern University buildings, the Whole Foods on Green Bay Road and Orrington…...