Molly DeVore
Reporter at Block Club Chicago
Covering the far Northwest side for @BlockClubCHI [email protected] @mollydevore.bsky.social IG: @writtenbymollyd
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1 day ago |
blockclubchicago.org | Molly DeVore
BELMONT CRAGIN — The nonprofit behind the Northwest Side’s monthly, free thrift pop-ups is expanding its reach with “community closets.”Launched by Montclare resident Marisa Ikpoh in 2024, the Give-n-Receive is a free thrift boutique that hosts monthly pop-ups at libraries, aldermanic offices and small businesses in Belmont Cragin, Montclare, Portage Park, Elmwood Park, Oak Park and River Forest. The organization’s thrift pop-ups have grown in the past year, often drawing more than 100 people.
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4 days ago |
blockclubchicago.org | Molly DeVore
CHICAGO — Chicago is the fifth fastest-sinking major city in the United States, according to a new study. While the city isn’t at risk of falling into Lake Michigan anytime soon, researchers say the slowly sinking land could harm buildings and other infrastructure. Virginia Tech researchers looked at 28 of the United States’ most-populated cities while studying a phenomenon called “land subsidence,” the sinking or settling of the earth’s surface.
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5 days ago |
blockclubchicago.org | Molly DeVore
PORTAGE PARK — Henry the duck was well-known on his Portage Park block. Neighbors would often go out of their way to say “hello” to the friendly bird, who would quack at anyone who passed by his backyard domain. But neighbors are reeling after Henry and a chicken named Peep were both “massacred” last week in the 5200 block of West Newport Avenue, Henry’s owner Jake Pabello and police said. Around 3:50 p.m. Thursday, Pabello heard a loud banging on his door.
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1 week ago |
blockclubchicago.org | Molly DeVore
NORWOOD PARK — When an electrical fire broke out at Tommy’s on Higgins in December 2022, owner Tommy Migon thought the sports bar would be back open within six months. That turned into more than two years, but the favored Norwood Park bar is finally reopening: Migon said Tommy’s, 6954 W. Higgins Ave., passed all of its city inspections and plans to reopen Monday. “This is probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do,” Migon said.
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1 week ago |
blockclubchicago.org | Molly DeVore
PARK RIDGE — After 41 years at American Science & Surplus, there isn’t much that makes Pat Meyer uncomfortable. The surplus store owner feels at home walking past shelves filled with old animal skulls, WW II-era mule branding kits, vintage army helmets, giant suction cups and much, much more. However, last week Meyer had to do something completely outside his comfort zone — he set up a GoFundMe for the store, 27 N. Northwest Hwy. in Park Ridge.
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