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Man wounded in West Side shooting
Chicago Breaking News
Jan 31A man described as in his 20s was wounded this afternoon in a shooting on the West Side in the city's East Garfield Park neighborhood. »
Garfield Park Conservatory eyes next fundraising steps after catastrophic hailstorm
Crain's Chicago Business Weekly Edition
Jan 28The shards of glass have been swept up and the missing panes covered with plastic, but the conservatory's work is just beginning. »
Teen Allegedly Bit Cop's Hand During Lunchroom Brawl
HuffingtonPost.com Chicago
Jan 27A 17-year-old Chicago girl has been charged with biting a Chicago police officer who intervened Thursday in a cafeteria fight at an East Garfield Park... »
Girl Charged with Biting Police Officer
NBC ChicagoLocal News
Jan 27A Chicago Police officer is bitten in the hand while trying to break up a fight in a high school in the East Garfield Park neighborhood »
Officer bitten in hand during school fight
WGN Radio
Jan 26A brawl that erupted in the lunchroom of an East Garfield Park neighborhood high school today left four female students under arrest and the Chicago Police officer who tried to break it up bitten in the hand. »
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The More You Know, the More You'll Eat
Drive Thru
Feb 06The Garfield Park Conservatory (300 N. Central Park Ave.) is holding a few chocolate-themed events in the coming days in preparation for that day that occurs two days after Lincoln's Birthday. The Chemistry of Chocolate (this Wednesday, 6-7:30pm; $5) i... »
Last week’s South Side Streets for Cycling meeting
Grid Chicago
Feb 01Peter Taylor points out a route on the Southeast Side Last Wednesday I put my bicycle on the Red Line, rode down to 95th Street and pedaled over to the Woodson Library, 9525 S. Halsted in Longwood Manor, for the second of three public meetings for the ... »
Candlelight vigil against gun violence...
The Sixth Ward
Jan 31This information was just emailed to the blog today! A printable flyer for this event is below! For Immediate Release Gun Violence Survivors Join Workers and Residents in Chicago’s 6th Ward to Hold Candle Light Vigil Against Violence Alderman Roderick ... »
Officer Bitten
Second City Cop
Jan 27Not cool:A brawl that erupted in the lunchroom of an East Garfield Park neighborhood high school today left four female students under arrest and the Chicago Police officer who tried to break it up bitten in the hand.About 12:30 p.m. a bunch of student... »
A flurry of new three-flats on the market
Yochicago
Jan 26Chicagoans love their two- to four-unit buildings, with the three-flat being one of the more popular configurations. According to the US Census Bureau’s American Housing Survey, nearly half a million metro Chicago housing units are in two- to four-unit... »