City funds will cover part of the cost of a new parking ramp for the site of Evanston's tallest building, reversing a 2005 decision not to fund the ramp. The 7-2 City Council vote Tuesday came almost three years after developer Golub & Company first presented plans to revamp the Chase Building, 1603 Orrington Ave.…

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A mutual love of a popular board game brought SESP junior Nikolai Smith and Evanston resident Ruth Locin, 91, together for friendly competitions and conversation each week. During his first week on campus in 2005, Smith saw a flyer for Senior Connections, an Evanston program that pairs older adults in the community with volunteers.…

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Amid the controversy over Evanston's proposed Fountain Square tower, Northwestern is bringing the architect behind the 38-story skyscraper to lead the engineering school's new architecture program. NU has named Laurence Booth the inaugural Richard Halpern/RISE International Distinguished Architect in Residence for McCormick's new undergraduate concentration in architectural engineering and design .…

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Eleven months after her son was shot and killed a block from his high school, Kim Pickett visited that school last week to award a scholarship in his honor. "It was very emotional for me," she said. "I told them I was there to represent my son and his dreams.…

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