Comings and goings
07/01/2009
Sam Strain, a staffer in Ald. Fioretti’s office, is leaving the 2nd Ward to travel to Korea and teach English. Read more...
Help save the birds
06/24/2009
The Grant Park Conservancy and Advisory Council have been working with the Chicago Park District and Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation at Northerly Island to help nature and birds. Read More...
Montefiore update
06/24/2009
As of Chicago Journal’s deadline, we were waiting for additional data from Chicago Public Schools for an update about Montefiore Elementary, the Near West Side school facing staff cuts and possibly closure. Read more...
On the blogs this week
06/24/2009
In case you missed them, check out these posts at our two blogs at chicagojournal.com. Read more...
In South Loop, K kids to Early Childhood Center
06/24/2009
The three kindergarten classes expected to enroll for the 2009-2010 school year at South Loop Elementary are moving south, to the school’s Early Childhood Center, 1915 S. Federal, according to principle Tara Shelton. The move was prompted by additional students from the neighborhood enrolling in the K-8 school. Read more...
The times from a cabbie's mirror
06/24/2009
Chicago Journal intern Danny Fenster has been pitching in some interesting work for the paper, and its sister publication Skyline, thus far this summer. Last week, Fenster hung around restaurants in River North frequented by the city’s cab drivers to talk shop about the economy. The conclusion: things aren’t good. Read More...
This week online
06/17/2009
Among the recent blog entries from ChicagoJournal.com’s two blogs ... Read more...
Next week: More on Montefiore
06/17/2009
The city council’s education committee met June 15, and Montefiore School, the Near West Side institution that enrolls boys with a history of trouble, was on the agenda. Check back next week for a full run-down of what happened. Read more...
Olympic committee in Switzerland - No Games is too
06/17/2009
Chicago 2016, the local committee organizing support for Chicago’s run to host the 2016 games, has arrived in Switzerland to press the flesh at an International Olympic Committee confab. Read more...
Budget protestors to hit the streets
06/17/2009
In last week’s paper, Chicago Journal detailed the local organizations and institutions that could be up for grants through a capital bill that legislators in Springfield passed on May 31 Read more...