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Beginning June 1, Evanston Public Library will expand its hours and services, including increasing its capacity and allowing visitors to stay for a longer time, according to a Tuesday news release. The library can expand services now that Illinois is in the Bridge Phase between Phases 4 and 5, the release said. The library will...
Updated 5/27/2021 11:44 AM Two months after calling off Frontier Days in Arlington Heights for a second straight year, organizers are reversing course and planning a scaled-down version of the annual summer festival. Members of the festival's operating board have decided they will hold a carnival from July 1-5, the originally scheduled days of the fest, at its traditional home at Recreation Park. The big-name main stage entertainment that has long been a hallmark of the event, and helped to make it one of the largest summer festivals in the suburbs, will not be included, however. "We're tr...
While most summer camps around Evanston closed last summer due to COVID-19, this year looks different as programs return to in-person activities. Earlier this month, guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed to allow three feet of space between children in school settings rather than six in communities where transmission is...
"I believe that we've talked about - we meaning myself and [Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady] - that we hope to get to fully open by Fourth of July. We will see what happens by June 11," Lightfoot said Wednesday. "We're definitely trending in the right direction, but the minute I say that I worry because we've been here before. But our cases are going down, our percent positivity is going down, hospitalizations, ICU - all the metrics that we follow on a daily basis are all trending in the right direction, but we've got to keep getting people vaccinated. But ...
Northwestern plans to lift the testing mandate for fully vaccinated and asymptomatic community members this summer, according to Vice President for Operations Luke Figora. Figora was joined by Feinberg Profs. Richard D’Aquila and Michael Ison at a Wednesday Faculty Assembly meeting on a panel that addressed faculty questions about NU’s COVID-19 response and planned return to in-person operation. NU’s forthcoming decisions, like the testing mandate, will follow public health guidelines as Illinois enters Phase 5 of reopening. The University has not yet made a decision on indoor mask mand...