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aldermanic election

Officials working to finalize ballot for Feb. 28 municipal election

By Michelle Meyer | January 4, 2023

The ballot will be finalized by Jan. 13, once all challenges have been decided by the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.

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Most West Side aldermanic candidates face petition challenges

By Suzanne McBride | December 21, 2018

The petitions of two of the three incumbent alderman – 28th Ward Ald. Jason Ervin and 37th Ward Ald. Emma Mitts – have not been challenged. But each of the challengers in both of those wards are having to defend the signatures they collected to secure a spot on the Feb. 26th ballot.

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Five candidates file for 37th Ward race

By Reema Amin | December 2, 2014

Leroy Duncan, Maretta Brown-Miller, Otis Percy and Tara Stamps are challenging Ald. Emma Mitts.

Community

Another candidate set to run for Cook County Board

By AustinTalks | September 20, 2013

Brenda Smith joins a growing field of challengers to longtime Commissioner Earlean Collins.

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Another candidate may be challenging incumbent Earlean Collins

By AustinTalks | September 9, 2013

Forest Park Commissioner Rory Hoskins said he is considering a run for 1st District Cook County commissioner.

Community

State Rep. Ford’s annual family health challenge

By AustinTalks | January 19, 2013

The event is Jan. 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Percy Julian Middle School in Oak Park.

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West Siders take part in healthy living walking challenge

By Ashlee Rezin | June 12, 2012

Saturday’s event, sponsored by the Westside Health Authority and Ald. Emma Mitts, featured a three-mile walk and other activities to keep participants moving.

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Dozens of objections filed in 28th and 29th Ward contests

By Deborah Kadin | December 7, 2010

Hearings for both races start Wednesday at the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. Check out the schedule.

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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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