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• Winterize your home and save

  
  Chicago North Shore Home & Beyond — Authority: 110
  Winter in the Chicago area can be expensive for a homeowner.  There are all kinds of commonsense ways to help on being efficient in a cold climate.  It’s not always easy to remember all the various ways to winterize, so here is a helpful link to refresh your memory .
  3 days ago

• Cops: Woman cleaned out 5 Evanston homes

  
  Chicago Breaking News — Authority: 165
  Police say a Des Plaines cleaning lady spent the past few years cleaning out Evanston homes where she worked -- to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars worth of coins and jewelry. Irena Cichanska, 46, of the 1000 block of Hollywood Street, has been charged with five counts of felony theft for allegedly taking ...
  4 days ago

• Evanston cops investigate two violent robberies

  
  Chicago Breaking News — Authority: 165
  Evanston police today were investigating two violent weekend street robberies in which one victim was knocked unconscious and the other was assaulted and robbed at gunpoint, authorities said. On Sunday night shortly after 1 a.m., a 27-year-old man was walking near the intersection of Darrow Avenue and Emerson Street ...
  6 days ago

• Chic Boutique Stella Launches New Website

  
  Marketing Relevance — Authority: 118
  mRELEVANCE is pleased to announce the launch of a new website for Stella, a chic and funky boutique filled with one-of-a-kind treasures.An eclectic mix of clothing, jewelry, handbags, accessories, home accoutrements and gifts that you just can’t find anywhere else is what you will find at this Evanston, Illinois ...
  1 week ago

• Property sales up 33.3% across the Chicago area

  
  Chicago North Shore Home & Beyond — Authority: 110
  There are healthy signs in the Chicagoland real estate market.  According to the Illinois Association of Realtors, pent-up demand and a tax credit drive, have pushed sales up 33.3% in the Chicago area, as of October ‘09.  Statewide, numbers are also up in the double digits, at 24.2%.  These are encouraging signs ...
  1 week ago

• Evanston Symphony Orchestra

  
  Chicago North Shore Home & Beyond — Authority: 110
  The Evanston Symphony Orchestra will hold it’s holiday concert at Evanston Township High School auditorium, on December 6th 2009 at 3:00 pm. Located at 1600 Dodge Avenue in Evanston. “An Evanston Symphony Christmas”, will showcase music selected by Director of Music, Lawrence Eckerling.  The selection will ...
  1 week ago

• Booted car stolen from Evanston street

  
  Chicago Breaking News — Authority: 165
  A vehicle with a "Denver Boot" attached to one of the wheels disappeared from an Evanston street over the weekend, police said today. A tow truck operator attached the Denver Boot to the wheel of a 1994 Toyota in the 1700 block of Grey Avenue in Evanston on Saturday evening because the owner of the vehicle had ...
  1 week ago

• Three with local ties win Rhodes scholarships

  
  Chicago Breaking News — Authority: 165
  Two Chicago -area residents and a University of Chicago grad are among the 32 winners of this years Rhodes scholarships. The prestigious scholarships provide tuition and a living stipend for two to three years study in any field at the University of Oxford in England. The winners include Russell A. Perkins ...
  2 weeks ago

• Chicago man struck, killed by train in Evanston

  
  Chicago Breaking News — Authority: 165
  A Chicago man was struck and killed overnight by a Chicago Transit Authority train in Evanston . Eric Utech, 42, of the 1300 block of West Fargo Avenue, died on the scene, according to a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiners office. Utech was struck on the Purple Line tracks located near the ...
  2 weeks ago

• At 95, Tinkertoy still building imaginations

  
  Art Institute — Authority: 164
  The idea came to Charles Pajeau, a stonemason from Evanston, Ill., when he noticed some children poking pencils into empty thread spools.
  2 weeks ago

• At 95, Tinkertoy still building imaginations

  
  Art Institute — Authority: 164
  The idea came to Charles Pajeau, a stonemason from Evanston, Ill., when he noticed some children poking pencils into empty thread spools.
  2 weeks ago

• Adding bespoke style to your home

  
  Chicago North Shore Home & Beyond — Authority: 110
  There are endless ways to add a little something, to spice up a bland living space.  New homes offer many desirable characteristics but many times lack anything to distinguish themselves, from the rest of the pack.  A great way to solve the cookie cutter syndrome is, to buy antique salvage.  Anything from the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Illinois 2010 Elections: David Schroeder Hits State Rep. Ken Dunkin over Past “Sex Smear” Attack; Hamos Successor Debate; Kotowski, Connor, Harris, Hoffman, McNeil, Williams, and Quinn

  
  THE iLLINOIS OBSERVER — Authority: 431
  State Rep. Ken Dunkin (D-Chicago) (Chicago, IL) — November 17, 2009 . From the Illinois 2010 elections candidate and cow-pie trail… … In Democratic State Rep. candidate David Schroeder ’s battle against incumbent Ken Dunkin (D-Chicago) in the Illinois 5th House district , the challenger has gone harsh. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Musical brains easily pick out speech from background noise (Re-issue)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  London, Nov 15 (ANI): Fail to keep track of conversations at noisy parties? Well, learn playing an instrument to enhance your ability to pick up emotional cues in conversation, says a new study.Nina Kraus and colleagues at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, has found differences in brain activity that they ...
  3 weeks ago

• Socialists arrive in Evanston for national convention

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Marching to a different drummer who perennially draws dreamers and dissenters to Chicago, the Democratic Socialists of America came to town Friday -- or at least close. Their three-day national convention was held at an Evanston hotel. The faithful still display the passion of predecessors who made Chicago the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Musical brains easily pick out speech from background noise

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  London, Nov 14 (ANI): Fail to keep track of conversations at noisy parties? Well, learn playing an instrument to enhance your ability to pick up emotional cues in conversation, says a new study.Nina Kraus and colleagues at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, has found differences in brain activity that they ...
  3 weeks ago

• Heart, head, and hair

  
  Telegraph.co.uk Culture Blog — Authority: 601
  I got out of bed this morning in Evanston in time to amble over leisurely to the local pastry shop, nibble a moist muffin, sip a mug of strong coffee and read some more Trollope before heading out to O’Hare airport.  I switched on my Blackberry and it began its familiar purr indicating that there [...]
  3 weeks ago

• Turin Food Drive Needs Your Support

  
  Pace of Chicago — Authority: 420
  Turin Bike Shop in Evanston is hosting a Food Drive from November 10 through December 10, in support of the Greater Chicago Food Depository.   As Chicagos food bank, the Greater Chicago Food Depository distributes to a network of 600 member pantries and shelters in Cook Count. Last year, the Food Depository ...
  3 weeks ago

• Mundeleins Obama stimulus "campaign sign"

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 579
  On the occasion of finding yet another of those Barack Obama economic stimulus "campaign signs," Id like to post an excerpt from a column by Steve Huntley in todays Chicago Sun-Times: In a bit of political irony, the administration of President Obama is turning out to be the mirror image of the White House of ...
  3 weeks ago

• TDW Exlusive: Dawson’s Creek Star Mary Beth Peil on Playing Grams

  
  TeenDramaWhore — Authority: 136
  In honor of today’s release of Dawson’s Creek: The Complete Series , I’ve rounded up some key cast and crew to reflect on the monumental series.  If you followed my coverage of the Paley Center panel, you probably noticed a certain lady was MIA: Mary Beth Peil, better known as the one and only Grams. I was ...
  3 weeks ago

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