‘Tis the Season for Street Sweeping

Watch where you park because today marks the first day of the street-sweeping season, which has been the topic of discussion at City Hall. Ald. Eugene Schulter (47th) said his office will have a schedule posted on his?Web site soon.?A spokeswoman for Ald. Patrick O’Connor (40th) said a schedule can be found through the...

Metal Haven Farewell Show Announced

Reggie’s Rock Club will host a farewell show on May 1 for Ravenswood record store Metal Haven, which will be closing its doors for good in the next month or two. Local metal bands High Spirits, Kommandant, and Slauter Xstroyes will be on hand along with Mexican death metal group The Chasm. Metal Haven...

Beyond Farmers’ Markets: Investing in CSA Programs

Chicago will finally get to experience spring weather this week, and that means other seasonal staples?like farmers? markets?won?t be far behind. While most farmers? markets in Chicago don?t officially kickoff until early summer, you can get a jump-start on the fresh-produce scene by becoming a shareholder in a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. Investing...

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Foster & Western Red Light Cameras Bring In $2.3 Million

The red light cameras at the Foster and Western Avenue intersection brought the City of Chicago over $2.3 million in fines between 2007 and 2009, according to Freedom of Information Act filings released this spring. Buffalo Grove resident and anti-red light camera activist Barnet Fagel obtained?the list of cameras and fine totals throughout the...

The Last Headbang: Metal Haven Prepares to Close

Metal heads from around the world won?t be flocking to Ravenswood for very long. Since opening in 1999, Metal Haven has become the record store to go to for underground or hard-to-find metal records. But the store will be closing its doors for good in the ?next five to eight weeks,? said owner Mark...

EveryBlock Decides to Stay Close to Home

On Berteau Street and Ravenswood Avenue, a small team is building one of Chicago?s fastest growing technology companies:?EveryBlock. And most of the team lives in Center Square. The six-man EveryBlock team, led by founder Adrian Holovaty, is changing the meaning of local news by aggregating public, location-based information, and then making it searchable. For...

Here’s the Scoop: Paciugo to Open Lincoln Square Location this Summer

Giddings Plaza is going to get more crowded this summer, because a new Paciugo outpost is slated to open in the ground floor of the Fountain View building across from Café Selmarie. Paciugo makes gelato in four base formats, including milk-based (no cream, butter, or margarine), water-based (fat free and dairy free), soy-based, and...

1000 Words: Clear Sky

It’s a Doggie Easter? Alright!

My mother is proud of her grandchildren. ?She has three boys, one girl, and Otis, my younger sister’s Akita/Boxer mix. And for many of us (including my neighbor Jane, who has rescued and loved her fair share of dogs), our four-legged friends are considered family. Easter events in our community are?aplenty?(check our events calendar...

Schulter sounds off on Daley’s street-sweeping plan

Ald. Eugene Schulter (47th) is weighing in on Mayor Daley’s plan to restructure the city’s street-sweeping system. Earlier this week, Daley indicated he wants to throw out the current plan that designates one street sweeper to each ward. He instead wants to implement a grid system, which he claims is more efficient and will...

La Cabana de Don Luis

Finding a great taqueria can be as difficult as driving through Wrigleyville during a Cubs game. Some people are drawn to certain taco fillings or salsas, but a good taqueria offers a boatload of food for less than the cost of our annual public-library fines. Case in point: La Cabana de Don Luis. I...

Cubs night game parking permits available

Baseball season is upon us. The first Cubs night game is on April 26, and baseball fans will soon flood into the area and claim parking spaces like some kind of Biblical plague. But if you?re a Chicago resident, have a city sticker, and a state license plate, then you can pick up a...

No death threats made toward Quigley, Schakowsky

A spokeswoman for Rep. Mike Quigley says no one from his office has received death threats due to the congressman?s support of the health care overhaul bill. Quigley spokeswoman Aviva Gibbs says staff members have received ?very vocal opinions? about the congressman?s vote in favor of the bill, but no one has been threatened...

Woman raped in Ronan Park

Chicago police are looking for a man who allegedly raped a woman in Ronan Park. On March 22 at 4:30 p.m., a man carrying a handgun approached a woman near the 3000 block of Argyle Street and took her to a secluded area by the riverbank, according to a community alert released by 17th...