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Over 100 Lakeview residents — fed up with crime on their turf — have united with local officials to meet monthly on the streets of their North Side neighborhood in an effort to “Take Back the…

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In a 48-to-1 vote, Chicago City Council passed a resolution Nov. 18 supporting a halt to the deportation of UIC junior Rigoberto Padilla and other undocumented students. The resolution sponsored by…

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Sentra Lamon went on what she calls a “job-hunting blitz” a month ago. The Kenwood Academy High School graduate and current DeVry University student applied for 16 positions over a two-day span,…

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A barren Ravenswood parking lot may soon be home to a grocery store, parking garage, condo complex and more — if the developer’s “plan B” manages to appease the community that gave a cold shoulder…

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Deployment of RFIDs globally.

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Community gardens. Buying the Leone beach house. Security cameras on the “L” platforms. Those were just a few of the suggestions 49th Ward residents gave last week on how to spend next year’s…

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By Curtis Black, of Community Media Workshop With some saying violence at Fenger High School has increased sharply since Derrion Albert’s killing on September 24, Far South Side residents are…

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James Gibson recently asked a man for a cigarette, to which the man replied that he “just bought this one for 50 cents.” Gibson, 33, said he asked a number of “passers and mouth flappers” for a…

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Virtual Giving Beats F2F donations for charities

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