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29th Ward

Tree cutting, loitering and other issues raised at community meeting

By Nicholaus Garcia | June 20, 2016

Ald. Chris Taliaferro will host the next 29th Ward gathering – where residents can discuss any topic of concern – 6:30 p.m. July 6 at Columbus Park Refectory.

candidates

Meet the candidates running in the March 15 primary

By AustinTalks | March 4, 2016

Know the issues, ask the questions and hear their answers March 5 from 12 to 2 p.m. at Healing Temple Church, 4941 W. Chicago Ave.

Community

Debate set for 29th Ward candidates Deborah Graham, Chris Taliaferro

By AustinTalks | March 13, 2015

Former candidate Bob Galhotra will moderate the 60-minute event 7 p.m. March 18 at Redeemer Church, 6740 W. North Ave.

News

Rev. Ira Acree launches television show

By Jessica Wenck | July 14, 2014

All Hands on Deck airs Fridays from 5 to 5:30 p.m. on CAN-TV Channel 21.

News

The West Side Writing Project moves to Austin

By Jessica Wenck | July 9, 2014

Middle and high school students are welcome to participate this summer in the 7-year-old program.

News

Tenants of troubled, foreclosed apartment building hope to vacate its units

By Ellyn Fortino | May 31, 2012

While some repairs have been made by a temporary property manager appointed earlier this month, residents say mold and pest problems have not been fixed.

Opinion

Sometimes parents just don’t understand, sometimes they do

By John W. Fountain III | January 18, 2011

Commentator John W. Fountain III returns to share his thoughts about illness that has struck his family – and drudged up some strong feelings.

Opinion

Chicago’s next mayor has to be free of special interests

By John W. Fountain III | October 19, 2010

How important will race be for Chicagoans as they choose the city’s next mayor? Read what one Austin resident has been hearing.

News

  • 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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