Three years ago I listened to Alexi Giannoulias on WBBM-AM's "At Issue" program where he repeatedly stated, "We need a banker as Illinois Treasurer." The political novice, who never voted in an election until his name was on the ballot, was a loan officer at his family-owned [...]
A reader sent in this photo: "CTA workers performed yet another patch job on the CTA Red Line this week. This time workers removed dangerously crumbling cement from the CTA overpass at Broadway and Leland." [...]
A special invitation from Marigold Restaurant at 4832 N. Broadway:
(Photo: CNB file image of N. Broadway and W. Wilson, taken August 2009; click to enlarge)
A reader and neighbor of Ald. Shiller sends in the following pic and info:by Mark Silva
There's just one thing about being president that has really annoyed him, President Barack Obama says:
The flak he caught for taking his wife to New York City for a Broadway play and dinner, a campaign promise kept.
"People made it into a political issue," Obama tells the New [...]
A reader was a witness and photographer today: 
There's a lot of scary stuff going on in Uptown this Halloween.... and it's not just your everyday walk down Broadway. Below is a list of what we're aware of. Got more? Send it to uptownupdate@hotmail.com and we'll add it to the list.
Buena Park Neighbors will continue the tradition of collecting CANDY DONATIONS on Thursday, October 22nd from 7:00 pm. to 9:00 p.m. at Michael's Pizzeria & Tavern (4091 N. Broadway). Please stop by if you'd like to make a candy donation for our goody bags' [...]
After years of denials, a letter of intent that's been much discussed but never seen, and do-it-yourself non-corporate logos, we finally have a definite answer, from Target itself:
