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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.
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Former leader of PEER Services dies
Kate (Catherine Ellen) Mahoney, 61, a former executive director of Evanston-based PEER Services, died on Feb. 17 of mesothelioma.
Kate Mahoney.
Kate (Catherine Ellen) Mahoney, 61, a former executive director of Evanston-based PEER Services, died on Feb. 17 of mesothelioma.
Mahoney graduated from Northwestern University where she studied sociology and women’s studies and worked on the feminist journal, Mountain Moving.
She obtained a master’s degree in social work from the University of Michigan, and then began a life of service, seeking to improve people’s lives directly through counseling and education, but also more broadly through social reform.