Covering the far Northwest side for @BlockClubCHI [email protected] @mollydevore.bsky.social IG: @writtenbymollyd
Chicago, IL
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The Far Northwest Side has a beautiful new landing page on @BlockClubCHI's website courtesy of @BauerJournalism !!!
If you live on the Northwest Side or if you just want to read more of my ramblings, you can subscribe to my twice-weekly newsletter here: blockclubchi.ac-page.com/far…
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New Pope has been announced and he’s from Chicago. I’m on assignment for @BlockClubCHI at Holy Name Cathedral where people are starting to gather. A press conference is going to start soon.
Follow along?
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Uber promises it'll now refund a lot of people $1.5 per ride for overcharging the city's "Downtown Congestion Surcharge."
The move comes after Block Club started asking questions.
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Flashback to when @mollydevore1 wrote about the Godzilla vs Chicago comic. Thanks to her article, the comic sold out immediately and the gallery show opening was swamped. This Friday we’re closing the show out with new art and REPRINTS OF THE COMIC!!!
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Thank you @ataviawrotethis for bringing years of neglect to light and forcing action from the administration.
This is how community journalism works, y'all.
No landowner is above the law. We are fighting to clean up these vacant lots so that we can transform our communities.
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I'll be on WTTW's Week In Review talking about this week's local, regional and national news. Tune in live at 5:30 and then again at 7 ✌🏾
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Order up! 🛎️
The @BlockClubCHI food & drink newsletter is here. Led by @jrfull, this weekly email is packed with staff recs, restaurant updates, features and more.
Sign up: blockclubchicago.org/newslet…
First edition: newsletter.blockclubchi.org/…
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been working hard in the kitchen with the @BlockClubCHI team!!
coming monday ... sign up here: blockclubchicago.org/newslet…
We're launching a food + drinks newsletter!🍕🍸
Block Club Eats drops next week — your weekly serving of Chicago food news, features and hidden gems from our hungry neighborhood reporters.
Sign up now to get it delivered every Monday: buff.ly/0gYTBIC
The Forest Preserves of Cook County burns an average of 7,738 acres every year, making it one of the largest urban prescribed burn programs in the country. The practice has even grown in recent years — 30 years after the entire program was nearly snuffed out.
Prescribed burns were banned 3 decades ago. Now, Cook County is a leader in urban burning. buff.ly/jlh6iUg
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"Are we waiting for someone to die?"
NW Siders are begging the city to address a dangerous intersection. buff.ly/76RFvOw
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Cannabist dispensary is “closed until further notice” after a driver a crashed into the Jefferson Park storefront. buff.ly/17HWLMP
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A locally-owned gym will replace the LA Fitness in Portage Park.
"The neighborhood wants this." buff.ly/PBazVNX
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Northwest Siders are mourning the loss of Dennis Wolkowicz, the founder of the Silent Film Society of Chicago and one of the city’s last remaining photoplay organists.
He was 74. buff.ly/ilSOuQr
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Skyway Lanes —the city's last Black-owned bowling alley and one of only 3 alleys left on the South Side — needs to raise $1M to stay open.
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Was on scene at Gompers Park this morning where five yurts were removed. Story to come @BlockClubCHI
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A benefit concert for Palestinian children is being held at the Irish American Heritage Center on Saturday. buff.ly/4gJZRLB
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This 27yo is breaking birding records & stereotypes.
Tarik Shahzad recorded 294 different bird species this year, breaking Cook County’s Birding Big Year record. An “obsessive birding hobbyist,” he’s among the many Chicagoans making birding more diverse. buff.ly/3CvmUeX
Maciej Niewiadomski and his partner Martina Brkljacic have been making ice sculptures for the past four years.
This 10-foot-tall igloo is their largest creation yet.
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On Sunday a woman drove onto the Metra tracks at Nagle Ave and was fatally hit by a train
This wasn't the first crash at the crossing
Neighbors say the area has a deadly combination of poor visibility and heavy traffic
Officials say changes are coming
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accepting bets on the next strange place a coyote will be found... blockclubchicago.org/2025/01…
