Evanston RoundTable

The Evanston RoundTable serves as the primary news outlet for our community, delivering updates on local government, educational institutions, cultural events, and key issues impacting our city. Our goal is to encourage active participation in civic matters and to help residents tackle the challenges that arise in our diverse community. We aim to enhance understanding and appreciation among individuals of various races, ethnic backgrounds, and income levels.

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George Wendt's friends recall a great guy and a talented actor

2 days ago | evanstonroundtable.com | WENDI KROMASH

Actor George Wendt (George Robert Wendt Jr.) who played Hilary Norman “Norm” Peterson in the television show Cheers, died in his sleep on May 20. He was 76 years old. He was one of only three actors who were in all 275 episodes of the show from 1982 to 1993. (Ted Danson and Rhea Perlman are the other two.) He died 32 years to the day after the final episode of Cheers.
Evanston listed on feds' 'sanctuary jurisdictions' list that was scrubbed days later

2 days ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

City officials are in “wait and see” mode after Evanston was included in an online list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” published May 29 by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which by Sunday, June 1, had already been scrubbed from the DHS website.
City Council to hold special summer meetings to finalize Envision plan

3 days ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

City officials are lining up the draft comprehensive plan developed under Envision Evanston 2045 for its final landing this summer, with two special City Council meetings scheduled to allow expanded discussion and public input on the policy document intended to guide the city over the next 20 years.
Philanthropist Mike Arrington sets new record with round canopy jump

4 days ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Belinda Lichty Clarke

Lifelong Evanstonian, philanthropist and Marine Corps veteran Mike Arrington has spent a lot of time — and money — giving back to his hometown. He recently partnered with ETHS to champion and fund the Michael B. Arrington Wellness and Performance Center, a $500,000 training center at the high school that rivals any top college facility and allows Evanston students, athletes or not, the opportunity to access to top-of-the-line equipment and work with elite trainers.
She's caught 3,000 babies

4 days ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Claire Zulkey

I didn’t use a doula when I gave birth. Back then (2012 and 2015), I had the impression that a doula was a nice-to-have, and not compatible with the labor and delivery I planned, which included a hospital and an epidural. In retrospect, after talking to doulas like Heather McCullough, of Evanston’s 312Doulas, I think a doula would have helped me tremendously, not just during the birth but especially after, with support and help at home.
How to avoid student summer slide without fighting about it

4 days ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Claire Zulkey

The summer slide is a well-documented phenomenon in which kids on summer break lose up to several months’ worth of what they learned over the school year. “Kids who don’t read over the summer often show regression in the fall,” confirms Kristina Patel, a literacy coach in District 65. However, few parents have the ability or desire to coach their kids through workbooks all summer long.
Council nixes expanding mayor's voting power, raises bar for acting mayor in new rules

4 days ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

The city’s Rules Committee decided to reject creating new voting powers for the mayor, among several suggested significant tweaks to how the City Council will operate under a brand new set of rules — all while only making it through the first three sections out of eight in the draft rulebook being developed by staff.
A future in forensic science

5 days ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Belinda Lichty Clarke

The Evanston Police Department welcomed its first high school intern, Yanelise Santiaguillo, this spring as part of Beacon Academy’s Experience Learning Program. Santiaguillo, a senior, did her 10-week senior internship in the department’s forensic science unit. An unconventional high school internship, certainly, but for Santiaguillo, it was exactly what she was looking for. Santiaguillo will graduate from Beacon on June 5 and matriculate to Loyola University to study forensic science.
Construction on Central: As Ryan Field rises, NU applies to rebuild softball stadium

5 days ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

Northwestern University’s athletic campus on Central Street is in for a busy summer construction season, not only from work scaling up on the new Ryan Field football stadium but also from the demolition and reconstruction of the softball stadium next door, a project that will soon go before City Council.
Transit agencies prepare for service cuts as state fails to pass funding bill

5 days ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Igor Studenkov

Illinois lawmakers failed to pass a bill at session’s end on May 31 that would give Chicago-area transit agencies the funding they need to avert an impending fiscal cliff. The bill, which also included significant changes to the current transit governing structure, passed the Illinois Senate but failed to pass the Illinois House in time.