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Looking for a fresh new fit? Affordable accessories? A last minute formal dress? Look no further than Crossroads Trading, a clothing resale store located in the heart of Downtown Evanston. With more than 30 locations across the United States, Crossroads sells new and used clothes. One of three stor…

The Roycemore School Board of Trustees announced Monday that Christopher English will be its next head of school, effective July 1. The board unanimously approved English’s selection after the Head of School Search Committee’s recommendation, according to a news release. The search process engaged …

Evanston/Skokie School District 65’s Personnel, Building and Grounds and Finance Committee met Monday to hear facilities updates about COVID-19 mitigation measures. Tierre Brunson, District 65 director of buildings and grounds, said the district placed an order for 20,000 adult and 20,000 childrens…

This week, Evanston honors the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Here’s a list of events and other happenings around town during the week of Jan. 16. 3rd Annual Walk for Warmth Jan. 17, 11 a.m. Interfaith Action’s third annual Walk for Warmth is a family-friendly event hosted in hono…

One group of Evanston/Skokie School District 65 parents hopes to make the schools greener from the top down. The District 65 Climate Actions team is a group of parents urging the district to ramp up its response to climate change by taking districtwide steps instead of relying on individual schools …

Evanston Township High School District 202 administrators presented results from a May survey on student feelings about school resource officers, or SROs, at the school at a Monday board of education meeting. The national debate over SROs has led local districts to reevaluate their role within schoo…

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 announced Friday afternoon there will be no classes on Monday and Tuesday this week. Students will return to school Nov. 29 following Fall Break, Superintendent Devon Horton said in a letter to the community. The announcement comes in light of district staff short…

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 diversity hiring specialist Laketa Simpson, introduced the Aspiring Leaders program to the board Monday. She said the program, which the district created this year, aims to identify talented staff already placed within the district and encourage them to take on le…

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 announced more than 30 new members of its 2021-22 Superintendent Student Advisory Committee last month. The district established the committee last academic year to include student voices in its decisions. Students from the fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth grades …

Evanston Township High School/District 202 school board members discussed the upcoming year’s tax levy Monday night. During the meeting, President Pat Savage-Williams convened a public hearing on the district’s estimated tax levy for 2021. The proposed levy will provide funds to support the usual e…

Students in Evanston/Skokie School District 65 returned to in-person learning this fall, but they didn’t leave their iPads and laptops at home. Instead, devices will continue to be incorporated inside and outside the classroom, the district’s technology team said. District 65 adopted a one-to-one te…

In its first meeting of the 2021-22 academic year, Evanston/Skokie School District 65’s Special Education Parent Advisory Council emphasized the continued importance of creating inclusive educational environments for all students. SEPAC, which elected its first officers in May, seeks to advocate fo…

For 14 year-old Evanston resident Olivia Ohlson, community service has always been a central part of life. Conversations with other residents ground Ohlson’s work. She doesn’t focus on one cause in particular. Instead, she watches the news and jumps to fill any gap she sees, according to her mother …

Northwestern’s students come to campus from over 75 countries and practice a variety of faith traditions. Starting just days after move-in, undergraduates can find community through many spiritual and religious organizations on campus. Northwestern University Interfaith Initiative exists to promote …

Religious experts from across the country discussed reparations through an interfaith perspective in a Sunday panel hosted by Lake Street Church of Evanston and Second Baptist Church. Rev. Michael Woolf of Lake Street Church of Evanston, who moderated the event, said while the discussion stemmed fr…

About 50 community members gathered with Skokie Schools Equity Collaborative and the Abolition Coalition of Skokie outside Niles Township High Schools District 219 offices before a June 8 Board of Education meeting to celebrate anti-racist activism and protest school resource officers in District 21…

Marquise Weatherspoon will join the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board, the district announced in a Monday news release. Weatherspoon, who was chosen from a pool of seven candidates, will fill a vacancy left by Rebeca Mendoza, who resigned from her position on the board effective April 28. Weatherspoon ran in the 2021 school board election...

Evanston stage director and vocal coach Brianna Borger said she was “trepidatious going into casting” for Porchlight Music Theatre’s latest performance. “I was like, I don’t know if we’re going to find anyone who can do some of these pieces,” Borger, who directed the show, said. “We need some really specific people.” But then, two...