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“The message we want to convey is that our community is too caring and too inclusive to tolerate such hatred.”


LEN’s weekend calendar.


Edgewater residents will stand in silent protest against Westboro Baptist Church members who are set to picket neighborhood synagogues and other Jewish groups on Monday.


Some idiot left a free kitten in a cat carrier in the middle of the sidewalk on Sheridan Road. It might need a home.


Save the date for what will undoubtably be one of the most entertaining Chicago 2016 Olympic community forums held yet.


The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses.


By LORRAINE SWANSON

Editor

Lake Effect News has acquired two more 2008 annual reports for the Touhy-Western and Devon-Western TIF Districts in West Ridge. To our knowledge, both reports have not been posted publicly on any other Web site.

The reports are dated June 30, 2009 and are official city documents from the…


Chicago 2016 has changed the date in which it will make its pitch to 47th Ward residents for the city to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, plus a large demonstration is planned in front of City Hall on Wednesday protesting the city’s parking meter deal during the Chicago City Council meeting.


By LORRAINE SWANSON

Editor

Lake Effect News was able to procure a copy of the Wilson Yard TIF District 2008 Annual Report. This is an official city document from the Chicago Department of Community Development (formerly the Department of Planning and Development). As far as we know, LEN is the first web…


Nobody was injured in an apartment fire in an Uptown apartment building. A family member said the fire was caused by a young child playing with a cigarette lighter.


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