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Nurses at Loretto Hospital vote to form union

By AustinTalks | June 1, 2012

United employee representation and improved patient care were among reasons cited for the decision.

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Rep. Camille Lilly goes red for heart health; announces free cooking class

By Ellyn Fortino | February 15, 2012

The Feb. 24 event at Loretto Hospital will feature heart healthy recipes for women.

News

Santa Claus comes to Austin

By Ellyn Fortino | December 12, 2011

Kids 12 and under received stockings and gifts at Loretto Hospital’s 21st annual event.

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Loretto Hospital’s TIF project has yielded no jobs

By Ellyn Fortino | August 15, 2011

Ten positions were to be created by an emergency room renovation and expansion.

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Chicago’s top cop talks crime

By Sarah Ostman | July 21, 2011

Austin residents packed a meeting room earlier this week to hear Garry McCarthy’s take on fighting crime.

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Just a handful of private-sector TIF projects approved in Austin over the last decade

By Ellyn Fortino | July 13, 2011

Only one has been completed, and details about some of the others are hazy.

Community

Local students host health fair for community

By AustinTalks | May 20, 2011

There will be plenty to do and see Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Michele Clark High School.

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Most TIF money since 2000 went to companies, nonprofits in the heart of Chicago

By AustinTalks | March 1, 2011

Tax increment financing of private-sector projects bypassed parts of the West and South Sides, though some funding was approved for Austin.

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Austin women urged to be proactive, vocal in fighting breast and ovarian cancer

By Sarah Ostman | August 31, 2010

Event last Saturday at Loretto Hospital spotlights these too-often deadly diseases.

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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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