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Evanston s 4th and 8th Wards will definitely each get a new alderman soon.
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Evanston’s 4th and 8th Wards will definitely get a new alderman soon. Final results from the February primary show Alderman Don Wilson, 4th Ward, and Alderman Ann Rainey, 8th Ward, will each be replaced by a challenger.
In Ward 4, Jonathan Nieuwsma was first in the primary, Diane Goldring second, and Wilson third, 56 votes behind Goldring.
In Ward 8, Current City Clerk Devon Reid came in first, Matthew Mitchell second, and Rainey, the senior alderman with nine terms, was third by 18 votes.
Each ward also had write-in candidates, who failed to receive a significant number of votes.
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How’s Evanston doing on vaccinations?
Data released by the City of Evanston indicates that city-run vaccination programs have provided enough second dose COVID-19 vaccinations to fully protect 3.8% of the city s population.
Data released by the City of Evanston indicates that city-run vaccination programs have provided enough second dose COVID-19 vaccinations to fully protect 3.8% of the city’s population.
But an unspecified number of those doses went to persons who work in Evanston but don’t live here.
In addition, the city has only distributed about 54% of the vaccine doses it has received at its own vaccination sessions, passing the rest along to healthcare partners. Evanston Health Director Ike Ogbo says those include AMITA Health St. Francis Hospital, NorthShore University HealthSystem Evanston Hospital, Erie Family Health Center and Northwestern University.
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But a blow-out result in the primary election also drew lots of reader interest.
An Evanston resident clearing snow this morning. (Jan Smith photo)
The big storm that dropped a huge blanket of snow on Evanston topped the news last month. But a sweeping election victory also played into the mix along with news of pandemic-related problems for two major downtown businesses.
Here’s a rundown of the month’s top 10 most read stories on Evanston Now:
Evanston digs out from storm Feb. 16 The National Weather Services says we’ve now got well over 20 inches of snow on the ground after a major storm blew through Evanston yesterday and overnight.