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The Bulldog sat down earlier this week to talk to Ameya Pawar. Mr. Pawar recently announced he plans to run against 47th Ward Alderman Eugene Schulter in the 2011 city elections. We wrote Alderman Schulter by e-mail and talked to his staff requesting he respond to recent news, including the report by the Lake...
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The Waters Elementary School Field House was demolished on Monday. The Field House, located in a garden at the south end of the property, had become a center for a community garden and an ecology program at the school. The school plans to replace the building with a much smaller structure, according to Pete...
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A sewer upgrade has closed Montrose Avenue at Paulina for seven weeks. During the construction CTA buses will reroute and traffic will detour around the construction. The closed road will affect twenty restaurants and numerous other businesses between Damen and Ashland Avenue as well as parents dropping off children at Ravenswood Elementary School and...
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My name is Snowflake George. I’m a stray living under a porch in the 2400 Cullom block. I like to purr and climb into people’s arms. I accompany them along the sidewalk and about their garden chores. I play nice with other kitties and know what a litter box is for. I am a...
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Traveling the Brown Line since the recent service reductions the Bulldog noticed that first the cars seemed to be much more crowded and second that the trains seemed to be running four-car trains off-peak. In the past, it seemed as though off-peak service often consisted of six and eight-car trains. The Bulldog put the...
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From drug store to currency exchange. From a favorite ice cream stop to an authentic Irish bar, O’Shaughnessy’s building has been a home to businesses in the Ravenswood community for 100 years. Or maybe more. Blogger LizG14 has written a love poem to O’Shaughnessy’s on “Tales, Taverns & Towns: Let’s Raise a Glass”. While...
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The Welles Park Bulldog is seeking to force the Chicago Public Schools to release the nominating petitions of residents running for Local School Council in eleven schools, part of an effort by the on-line publication that pits privacy issues against the public’s right to know. In a March 12th letter by Bulldog attorney Terrance...
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Area 5 detectives have issued an alert following a sexual assault in Ronan Park, 3000 W Argyle St., Chicago, IL on March 22. According to police, the victim was approached while on Ronan Park property by a man with a handgun about 4:30 PM. The offender led her to a secluded area near the...
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