Decisions about Jones are a long way off
06/10/2009
A new Jones College Prep high school building won’t be ready for occupancy until the 2012-13 school year. That’s what Jose Alvarez, Chicago Public Schools director of operations, told members of the Jones local school council, parents and community members on Monday. Read more...
Time for the annual South Loop photo show
06/10/2009
South Loop Neighbors is now accepting submissions for its annual photography show. The group is seeking shots that “illustrate some aspect of life, culture, or history of this neighborhood,” defined by the group as bound by Jackson on the north, 16th on the south, the Chicago River on the west and Lake Michigan on the east. Read more...
Get out of the gas guzzler
06/10/2009
Forget the seemingly constant drizzle of the spring (and now the summer). Put the car keys away and get on the bike: Bike to Work Week starts Sunday, June 14, and continues through June 19. The annual ride is organized by the Active Transportation Alliance and backed by a number of corporate sponsors. Read More...
This week online
06/10/2009
We’ve got two blogs going at the Chicago Journal Web site: Near Loop Wire, written by Micah Maidenberg, and South Loop Observer, offered up by Dearborn Park II dweller and longtime contributor Bonnie McGrath. Read more...
After flames, boards on windows
06/03/2009
A fire ripped through three buildings in Little Italy last Sunday afternoon in the 700 block of S. Aberdeen, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Quention Curtis. Read More...
Reaction and response
06/03/2009
We ran out of space on the editorial page for letters to the editor again this week, but will get some in soon. Chicago Journal accepts letters that are e-mailed directly to mm@chicagojournal.com and often seeks to print comments left on stories posted to the Web site into letters. Read more...
Learning muraling
06/03/2009
The Near West Side Community Development Corporation is seeking 15 neighborhood residents aged 14-16 to help Chicago muralist Damon Lamar Reed restore the mural on the south side of Victor Herbert Elementary School, according to the group’s Web site. Read more...
Shred it
06/03/2009
A joint effort to combat identity theft is coming to the Near West Side in later this month. From 9:00 a.m.-2 p.m. June 20, www.chicagoshreds.com invites residents to United Center parking lot E, on Wood between Madison and Warren, to shred up to 10 boxes of documents for free. Read more...
Enrollment update at Skinner
06/03/2009
Robert Hoban, a community representative on Skinner Elementary’s local school council, reports that 14 of the 30 kindergarten seats reserved for West Loop children in the new Skinner building, 1260 W. Adams, have been filled as of the LSC’s May meeting. Read more...
Police-involved shooting near Madison and Western
06/03/2009
Officers from the police department’s narcotics section shot a person Tuesday, June 2 at 8:40 p.m. in the 2300 block of W. Madison. Read more...