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Secretary of State manager making second try in 37th Ward

By Margaret Smith | February 13, 2011

Tommy O. Abina is one of six candidates running Feb. 22nd.

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Tackling crime is key to improving 29th Ward, says community activist

By Deborah Kadin | February 12, 2011

Thomas E. Simmons is one of eight candidates, including the incumbent alderman, vying to represent the West Side.

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Jabs, jeers take center stage at 28th Ward forum

By Sarah Ostman | February 11, 2011

The three candidates along with two others who’ve been knocked off the Feb. 22nd ballot answered questions Wednesday night.

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Hospital exec wants to restore 29th Ward

By Deborah Kadin | February 6, 2011

Jill R. Bush is running against seven others to represent Austin in the Chicago City Council.

Austin High School

Introducing the V.O.I.S.E. of Austin

By V.O.I.S.E. Academy | January 2, 2011

Be sure to visit AustinTalks Jan. 3rd, when we publish the work of a new high school online paper called Code Blue, produced by the students of Virtual Opportunities in a School Environment.

Community

Start 2011 getting fit for free

By AustinTalks | December 31, 2010

Work out all next week at any of 70 Chicago Park District fitness centers, including several on the West Side.

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Holidays kick off with parade in Austin

By Jennifer T. Lacey | December 13, 2010

West Siders turned out earlier this month for the Austin Chamber of Commerce’s sixth annual parade. Check out the video and photos.

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Green cleaning this week

By AustinTalks | December 12, 2010

Join students from Austin Business and Entrepreneurship Academy Dec. 15th as they help clean the streets of Austin.

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Local group gives youth a safe place to party

By Vee L. Harrison | December 3, 2010

Latricia Walker and Collette Carter paid for last weekend’s celebration held at the Austin YMCA. They hope to have a even bigger event on New Year’s Eve.

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Local groups will serve Thanksgiving dinner

By Vee L. Harrison | November 24, 2010

The free meals will be served over the lunch hour Thursday at four locations in Austin.

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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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