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Local candidate forums start Saturday

By AustinTalks | January 31, 2014

Those running for the vacant 1st District seat on the Cook County Board will participate Feb. 1.

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Circle Urban Ministries hosting “Ready for college?” forum

By AustinTalks | January 28, 2013

The Jan. 29 forum for high school students and parents starts at 6:30 p.m., 118 N. Central Ave.

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Alderman hosts small business forum

By Ellyn Fortino | June 26, 2012

The June 22 event provided owners an opportunity to learn about available assistance and resources for starting and improving their businesses.

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Candidate forum planned for Brunson local school council candidates

By Sarah Ostman | April 15, 2012

Monday’s 2:30 p.m. event will allow the public to learn about those running in the April 18 election.

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Public waits for information about candidates running for LSC positions

By Sarah J. Pawlowski | April 11, 2012

AustinTalks and others have requested basic information from CPS, but recent changes may mean all the information won’t be made public in time for elections next week.

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NAACP election forum sparks debate

By Darryl Holliday | March 7, 2012

The Feb. 25 event drew multiple contenders and supporters ready to back their chosen candidates.

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Primary election candidates come to Bethel New Life

By Ellyn Fortino | February 24, 2012

The forum gave West Side voters an opportunity to learn about contenders whose names will appear on the March 20 ballot.

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NAACP holds second candidate forum in Lawndale

By Ellyn Fortino | February 20, 2012

Low voter registration, water conservation and green infrastructure were some topics discussed.

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NAACP holds first primary election candidate forum

By Ellyn Fortino | February 15, 2012

The event gave residents the opportunity to learn more about those running for Cook County positions that will be on the March 20 ballot.

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Meeting held to discuss student suspensions at Austin Polytech

By Jon Graef | May 28, 2011

The students have been reinstated but the status of seven teachers who were dismissed remains the same.

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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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