Holstein Park News Today

Chicago is coming off an “incredible year for cycling,” after installing 27 miles of “new and upgraded protected bike lanes,” building 18 miles of neighborhood greenways, distributing 1,900 free bikes and racking up a record 6.6 million trips on Divvy bikes, a City Council committee was told Wednesday.

Snow began falling over the area Sunday morning and stopped by the afternoon. After dipping into the teens ovenight Sunday, warm temps will return later in the week.

Robberies in the Shakespeare District, which includes the Bucktown, Wicker Park and parts of Logan Square neighborhoods, are 93% higher than in 2019.

A vicious attack in Bucktown this week prompted community residents on Wednesday to demand that more be done to protect them from a spike in robberies.

Posters promoting the event were recently vandalized with spray paint crossing out the women's faces.

Support Chicago's neighborhoods and also get to the Taste of Greektown and Bucktown Arts Fest.

There are multiple outdoor events and festivals happening across Chicago this weekend.

Guitar collectors, film noir, doughnut races and Bechdel-Wallace-inspired short plays usher in the weekend. Here are 10 things to do in and around Chicago.

The Chicago Park District says it has only been able to secure 55% of the lifeguards it needs to safely operate its 99 pools and beaches.

With only 55% of lifeguard positions filled, the Chicago Park District is limiting access to “underutilized” beaches in order to redeploy staff to neighborhood pools, 37 of which will open July 5.