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Consumer advocates push Chicago City Council to take stand against bank fees

By Devin Katayama | February 10, 2011

The increases have advocates for the poor and middle class upset. Find out what happened this week at City Hall.

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Head of anti-drug group sees 29th Ward as family needing to unite

By Deborah Kadin | February 9, 2011

C B Johnson is one of eight vying to be the next alderman.

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Alderman working to keep the 29th Ward seat

By Sarah Ostman | February 8, 2011

Deborah L. Graham is being challenged by seven others in her first Chicago City Council election.

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Forest Preserve employee says 29th Ward needs engaged alderman

By Deborah Kadin | February 7, 2011

Mary Russell Gardner is competing against seven others for the Chicago City Council seat.

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Hospital exec wants to restore 29th Ward

By Deborah Kadin | February 6, 2011

Jill R. Bush is running against seven others to represent Austin in the Chicago City Council.

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Oliver’s Kitchen offers culinary training for vets

By Sarah Ostman | February 4, 2011

The Chicago Anti-Hunger Federation program starts this month in Austin.

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Bar manager hopes to upend government establishment by winning 28th Ward seat

By Sarah Ostman | February 3, 2011

William Siegmund thinks the time may be right for a political novice to win. He faces Jason C. Ervin and Carmelita P. Earls.

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Austin begins to dig out and the questions begin

By AustinTalks | February 3, 2011

At least one local official wonders when West Side streets will be cleared and criticizes city officials for diverting snow removal equipment.

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Former village manager wants to make permanent his new job as 28th Ward alderman

By Sarah Ostman | February 2, 2011

Jason Ervin, newly appointed to serve out the rest of retired Ald. Ed Smith’s term, aims to beat opponents Carmelita Earls and William Siegmund.

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Firefighter one of three vying to represent the 28th Ward

By Sarah Ostman | February 1, 2011

Carmelita P. Earls hopes voters will back her Feb. 22nd over William Siegmund and Jason Ervin, who has been appointed the alderman until mid-May.

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  • Expungement, record sealing event helps West Siders get jobs after leaving prison

    Austin resident Anthony Jefferson has been working over the past six years to expunge his criminal record. With help from the Monroe Foundation, he's moving toward the clean slate he wants to achieve to secure employment.

  • Get free groceries, other help from these Austin groups

    On a recent Thursday, volunteers from What About Us Charitable Enterprises spent the morning filling dozens of grocery bags with fresh food and staples that soon filled the arms of West Side residents in need. Dorin “Pastor Mac” McIntyre, executive director and co-founder of What About Us Charitable Enterprises and pastor of Mount Olivet Missionary Baptist Church, is one of many helping Austin residents struggling with food insecurity.

  • 29th Ward residents invited to holiday events on Tuesday

  • 29th Ward residents invited to propose how to spend $450,000

    Austin residents are invited to participate in this year's participatory budgeting cycle. The annual process lets ward residents ages 14 and up decide how to spend a portion of the aldermanic menu money.

  • Forty Acres Fresh Market marks important moment this week in bringing store to Austin

    Austin moves one step closer this week to getting a new grocery store with the groundbreaking of Forty Acres Fresh Market in the heart of the Soul City Corridor. Another effort to expand food offerings on the West Side continues with the Austin Community Food Co-op, which held a virtual info session last week on its efforts to bring a grocery store to the area.

  • Healing in nature workshop set for Saturday

    The Westside Cultural Alliance continues its "See, Feel and Heal" nature series Saturday at Garfield Park Nature Area, 100 N. Central Park with a workshop on making memory boxes. The workshop sessions focus on art and nature as vehicles of healing through art therapy, which provides wholistic healing for the body, mind and spirit.

  • Illinois residents can apply for help with paying gas, electric bills

    Applications are now open for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for qualified residential customers who are over the age of 60, have a disability or have children under the age of 6 to receive financial assistance to pay their energy bills. LIHEAP is a federally funded bill payment assistance program that helps low- and fixed-income families pay their utility during the winter heating season.

  • West Siders turn out for chili cook off in Austin’s Soul City

    Over a dozen local chefs competed in the second annual "It’s Getting Chili in Soul City" event on Saturday. A team of five who make up the Austin African American Business Networking Association board – Malcolm Crawford, Shirley Fields, Sharmine Rickett, Ronald Smith and Marshawn Felton – created the chili contest last year.

  • Chicago Marathon runner raises money for West Side girls

    Over the last 20 years, Ashley Graham has run 56 marathons - including the Chicago Marathon five times. Several of those marathons she raised money for charity - and this year was no different.

  • Stop by Austin farmers market this week

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