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Public meeting Sept. 26: Should Austin schools extend the day?

By Ellyn Fortino | September 22, 2011

Community members are encouraged to join and discuss whether or not more time should be added to the day.

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West Side candidates participate in one last forum

By Sarah Ostman | February 21, 2011

Polls will be open Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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Voters down to two choices in the 28th Ward

By Sarah Ostman | February 19, 2011

An Illinois appellate court ruled Friday that West Siders can’t vote for candidate Carmelita Earls, leaving Ald. Jason Ervin and William Siegmund on Tuesday’s ballot.

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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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Bar manager hopes to upend government establishment by winning 28th Ward seat

By Sarah Ostman | February 3, 2011

William Siegmund thinks the time may be right for a political novice to win. He faces Jason C. Ervin and Carmelita P. Earls.

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Former village manager wants to make permanent his new job as 28th Ward alderman

By Sarah Ostman | February 2, 2011

Jason Ervin, newly appointed to serve out the rest of retired Ald. Ed Smith’s term, aims to beat opponents Carmelita Earls and William Siegmund.

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Judge orders 28th Ward candidate off the ballot

By Sarah Ostman | January 28, 2011

West Side residents will have three candidates to consider on the Feb. 22nd ballot.

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Ballot set in 28th Ward alderman’s race

By Sarah Ostman | January 14, 2011

Residents of the West Side ward will have four candidates to choose from in the Feb. 22nd election.

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Two more knocked out of 28th Ward contest

By Sarah Ostman | January 4, 2011

Election officials remove aldermanic candidates Carol Johnson and Erick Von Kondrat from the Feb. 22nd ballot after a staffer for retired Ald. Ed Smith raised objections.

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28th Ward awaits new alderman

By Suzanne McBride | December 29, 2010

View the applications of the six candidates seeking to complete the term of retired Ald. Ed Smith.

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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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