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At a community meeting, Rogers Park residents got a peek at what the university is planning. The improvements call for an addition to the athletic department and updates to a residence hall to make it wheelchair accessible.
The former Village North Theater, which closed more than six months ago, reopened last night ats the New 400 Theater. Owners tried to preserve some historic features while updating the venue.
Alderman Joe Moore pledged to pay the park district $89,000 a year to keep the lakefront lots in his 49th ward free. But the nightly parking fee remains in place at all other lakefront lots.
A controversial ban on the sale of foie gras in city restaurants was lifted by city council members today in a vote decried by the ban's sponsor as an undemocratic end run.