by BRIAN NADIG A group of residents has been seeking to have Kolmar Park, 4143 N. Kolmar Ave., rededicated in honor of poet Gertrud Kolmar, who was killed in a World War II concentration...
by BRIAN NADIG Longtime Sauganash Community Church Troop 834 Scoutmaster Bob Waddick, whose family has three generations of Eagle Scouts, passed away on Oct. 5. He was 87. “He mentored a lot of guys....
by BRIAN NADIG The Gift Theatre is leaving its longtime home at 4802 N. Milwaukee Ave. and plans to reopen in 2022 at a new, larger location in Jefferson Park. For the past 15...
by BRIAN NADIG About 160 people attended an Oct. 13 community meeting on a mixed-use proposal for the former Peoples Gas site at 3955 N. Kilpatrick Ave. at Six Corners, but for about half...
16th Crime 10-6-21 A man WAS shot at about 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30, in the 5400 block of West Melrose Street, according to 16th (Jefferson Park) District police. The man reported that he...
by BRIAN NADIG History took center stage at the Jefferson Park Neighborhood Association’s Sept. 29 meeting when members discussed the community’s 109-year-old Masonic temple and took a look back a the “Operation Greylord”investigation that...
by JASON MEREL Officials say a gang conflict involving up to 50 people is largely responsible for shootings and violence in the 17th (Albany Park) Police District and that the violence is spreading to...
