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Construction firm and Austin groups agree to meet regularly on jobs

By Kelsey Duckett | June 30, 2010

Walsh Construction executives and reps from People for Public Action and the Westside Health Authority plan to talk monthly. The goal: employing more West Siders in the construction industry.

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Baseball players and their supporters lament conditions at Austin parks

By Kelsey Duckett | June 28, 2010

Coaches of a West Side league complain about Levin Park, Amundsen Park, La Follette Park and Columbus Park. Chicago Park District officials say they’re doing all they can.

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Protest held outside Austin woman’s house after police visit

By Kelsey Duckett | June 26, 2010

Protesters say the Chicago Police Department mishandled the serving of a search warrant at the home of a disabled woman. But police defend their actions, saying they seized guns and narcotics.

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Elderly woman upset that bank officials didn’t begin work on foreclosed building

By Kelsey Duckett | June 10, 2010

Volunteers from the South Austin Coalition and Westside Health Authority plan to clean up the property in the 5300 block of West Congress Parkway. Delia Ewing is hopeful US Bank will step in.

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Bank officials attend lively town hall meeting on foreclosure

By Kelsey Duckett | June 9, 2010

West Side residents pushed US Bank to set up a fund to deal with the growing problem, but officials say they can’t promise $25 million right now.

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Elected officials take a foreclosure tour in Austin

By Kelsey Duckett | June 8, 2010

The West Side community is invited to a town hall meeting tonight at 6:30 at Hope Community Church to disclose the growing problem of abandoned and boarded-up houses.

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Seniors from Austin will be inducted into city’s Hall of Fame

By Kelsey Duckett | June 4, 2010

Three Austin residents who’ve served their West Side community for decades are among those being honored Saturday by Mayor Daley.

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This protestor gathers in the West Loop to demand more construction jobs (Photo/Kelsey Duckett)

Austin residents protest outside a Chicago company

By Kelsey Duckett | May 27, 2010

The group of activists says too few West Side residents get hired for good-paying construction jobs. They point to the Eisenhower Expressway resurfacing project and ask why there aren’t more minorities doing that work.

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Family holds vigil for two killed within a few months of each other in Austin

By Kelsey Duckett | May 22, 2010

Friends and relatives go door-to-door hoping to find someone who will help solve the murder of Samuel Elam-Thomas.

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First class at Austin Business and Entrepreneurship Academy will soon graduate

By Kelsey Duckett | May 21, 2010

All but two of the school’s 116 seniors will get their diplomas next month. Many students credit for their success Principal Karen Washington, who’s also leaving the West Side school.

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