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Third Unitarian Church luncheon raises scholarship funds

By Cara Ball | February 16, 2015

College-bound students will share in $20,000; this is the 41st year of the program.

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Austin business owners celebrated

By Cara Ball | February 15, 2015

Restaurant operator Charmaine Alfred and business leader Malcolm Crawford were honored last weekend.

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29th Ward hopefuls meet again

By T.J. Kremer III | February 9, 2015

Six of the eight candidates answered questions at a forum sponsored by the newly formed Advocates for Neighborhood Development and Empowerment.

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Unplowed sidewalks caused inconvenience for students, pedestrians

By Cara Ball | February 6, 2015

Days after the city’s fifth-worst blizzard, CPS plowed the sidewalks surrounding the closed Emmet School.

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Snow covered sidewalks outside closed schools much of the week

By AustinTalks | February 6, 2015

Austin resident asks CPS officials to shovel so that students now attending other elementary schools can travel safely.

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New community group hosts forum Thursday for 29th Ward candidates

By T.J. Kremer III | February 3, 2015

The event will be Feb. 5 from 7 to 9 p.m. Feb. 5 at Galewood Community Church, 1776 N. Narragansett Ave.

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37th Ward hopefuls discuss crime, education

By Terry Dean | January 31, 2015

While three candidates appeared at the event, Ald. Emma Mitts missed Thursday night’s forum.

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Some Austin properties appear on city’s new ‘problem landlord’ list

By AustinTalks | January 29, 2015

The Chicago Tribune reports that one tenants rights group questions why the city’s largest owners aren’t listed.

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Local politicians urge new governor to help Austin

By Cara Ball | January 28, 2015

Bruce Rauner should focus on job creation and improving education on the West Side, they say.

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29th Ward hopefuls square off in heated forum

By Terry Dean | January 27, 2015

Incumbent Ald. Deborah Graham was center of attacks by rivals; she faces seven challenges Feb. 24.

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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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