Evanston Review

Evanston man, 30, facing gun charge

Fri, 11 May 2012 11:36:08 -0500

A 30-year-old Evanston man is facing a felony gun charge after a witness reported to police Thursday evening that a man was seen with a handgun near Emerson Street and Darrow Avenue.

Judge: Veolia needs to amend lawsuit against Evanston

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:34:13 -0500

A Circuit Court judge on Friday struck down a complaint by Veolia Solid Waste alleging that a city of Evanston impact fee and other actions against the company’s waste transfer site were imposed illegally. Judge Lee Preston, in an order Friday, struck down the complaint, ruling it was too vague and failed to comport with state civil procedure code. He gave Veolia until June 1 to file an amended complaint. Gerald Callaghan, attorney for Veolia on the case, could not be reached late Tuesday for comment. However, according to one press report, Callaghan said he would be filing an amended …

Evanston police question two in wake of Chicago shots-fired report

Fri, 11 May 2012 13:27:28 -0500

Evanston police currently have two subjects in custody for possession of a firearm after investigators learned that a vehicle involved in a shots-fired call in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood drove into Evanston via Sheridan Road at about 10:50 a.m. Friday. Evanston police found the vehicle in the area of Greenwood Street and Judson Avenue, but the occupants ran from police, said Cmdr. Jay Parrott, in a news release issued early Friday afternoon. “Police recovered a firearm from the vehicle,” Parrott said, and were unable to arrest the third occupant of the vehicle. “The area has since been cleared of any …

Knife merchant working to remain a cut above the rest

Tue, 15 May 2012 17:26:27 -0500

If Yankee Stadium is the House that Babe Ruth built and the United Center a product of Michael Jordan’s high-soaring exploits, then where does that leave Corrado Cutlery and its new store in Evanston? “This is the store that Pinaud-Clubman built,” quipped Jim Bilger, the 53-year-old owner of the store in the Main Street Shopping District at 716 Main St. Bilger was referring to a shelf full of Clubman-Pinaud products just a few feet away. At one time, the Clubman green talc bottle could be found in virtually every barbershop and salon throughout America. Barbers would dash the fresh-smelling talc …

City eases the way for an Evanston Trader Joe’s store

Thu, 10 May 2012 19:20:42 -0500

The city of Evanston is making the first moves in the eventual layout of more than $2 million to bring a long-sought-after Trader Joe’s grocery store to a vacant site at 1211 Chicago Ave., formerly a Blockbuster store. Aldermen authorized City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz Monday night to move forward on executing agreements for the purchase of property at 1223-25 Chicago Avenue, as well as at 1229 Chicago, a single-family residence currently owned by Northwestern University. The pieces are needed to accommodate the developer’s proposed site plan for the project that includes a 13,000-square-foot store with a 78-space parking lot located …

The end of football as we know it?

Thu, 10 May 2012 16:14:53 -0500

With the tragic suicide of football great Junior Seau last week, could we be witnessing the beginning of the end of football as we know it?

Aldermen take pass on curbing citizen speech

Thu, 10 May 2012 04:05:43 -0500

Evanston aldermen won’t adopt a staff recommendation and curb stinging citizen criticism by moving comments on non-agenda items to the end of their sometimes marathon meetings or to a separate meeting once a month. But they may avail themselves to a rule already on the books allowing them to respond if they feel criticism is out of bounds. Members of the City Council’s Rule Committee voted 6-4 Monday in favor of making no change in the rules governing citizen comment. Staff had approached aldermen about the changes. Currently council members allot 15 minutes at the start of council meetings for …