Join BUILD, 5100 W. Harrison, for salsa and steppin’. Bring your lawn chairs and a picnic dinner, and enjoy the music.
Brach's
Former Brach’s candy plant to be demolished
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Owners of the property plan to construct an industrial building they hope will make the site more attractive to tenants.
Business
Produce market sees growth in third year
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Fresh food is available every Friday through the end of August.
Austin
Halloween party at St. Paul Luthern School
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The 6 p.m. Oct. 31 event sponsored by Roman Morrow and Divinely Orchestrated will offer a safe place for families to go for games, food, treats and more.
Austin
Ella Flagg Young teachers join strike
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Austin advocate Dwayne Truss snapped photographs of faculty on the picket lines Tuesday, day two of school closures due to failed contract negotiations.
Community
Miss Illinois visits Austin Tuesday
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Megan Ervin will make a stop at Because I Care Inc., 5811 West Chicago Ave., at 11 a.m. Aug. 7 to talk to youth about healthy habits in urban communities.
healthy
Students, teachers debate whether food brought from home is OK
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Journalist Brittany Douglas wants students to have more options. What do you think?
Anti-Defamation League
Religion should be kept out of schools
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In an editorial, journalist Amber Richardson urges teachers and students to discuss their spiritual beliefs elsewhere.
classes
Students think some courses should be offered each year
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Journalist Brittany Douglas learns what her classmates want offered at V.O.I.S.E. Academy.
appropriate
Some students want the right to wear their own clothes to school
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Journalist Eddonishia Jones hopes schools officials will consider letting students ditch their uniform on some days.
abuse
Domestic violence harms teens
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Journalist Whittney Wright encourages everyone to reach out and help those who are hurt by others.