John Arena

The election was the group's first contested presidential election since it was founded in 2001.

The project would be built on vacant land once used to manufacture concrete. 

Binny's Beverage Depot plans to open its first location on the Northwest Side at Six Corners.

The Jefferson Park Neighborhood Association will pick a new leader Wednesday.

Free document shredding will be available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Jefferson Park.

Aldermen Joe Moreno and Carlos Ramirez-Rosa submitted competing rebate proposals.

Four Northwest Side aldermen said they would consider voting for a huge property tax increase.

Yet Ald. John Arena scoffed at the offer, saying, "This is politics."

A 20-mile ride to BRGRBelly and Northwest Side landmarks is set for Saturday, organizers said.

A public meeting will take place at 7 p.m. Sept. 30 at the Copernicus Center, 5216 W. Lawrence Ave.

City money would be used to save a historic theater and renovate a building built in the 1960s.

A vote by the Jefferson Park chamber board to drop the plan was improper, officals said.

Ald. John Arena is sponsoring the competition to draw attention to the 45th Ward. 

The addition of four apartments set aside for low-income residents changed commissioners' minds.

Some criticized the project as a giveaway to a firm that has stymied progress in Jeff Park for years.