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WEB4 days ago · Brazilian jiu-jitsu evangelist brings the martial art to Woodlawn. When Solomon Dixon, a former pastor and martial arts dedicatee, started the first Brazilian jiu-jitsu club on the South Side last November, he wasn’t sure how it would fare. Having quit his six-figure job at a charter school network a year before, Dixon, who has three young ...
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WEBUpdated Sep 26, 2024. 2. Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce members, Ald. Desmon Yancy (5th) and La Boulangerie owners cut the ribbon during the French bakery's grand opening at 1550 E. 55th St. on Thursday, September 19, 2024. Owners say the cafe is not quite open for business yet, however, pending city inspections. +2.
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WEBUpdated Sep 16, 2024. 0. When Daniel Kumapayi, a Nigerian-American Hyde Parker and a music teacher, began playing the double bass for his middle school orchestra in Grand Rapids around 2010, he wasn’t sure he’d amount to much as a musician. A bundle of energy, Kumapayi struggled to sit still and pay attention in his….
South Side Weekly’s Best of the mid-South Side
WEB5 days ago · The Best of the South Side, an annual issue published by the South Side Weekly, features neighborhood bests — sites, organizations and people that touch the everyday lives of South Siders in meaningful ways.Below are this year’s selections for the mid-South Side, an area that includes everything in and around Oakland, Kenwood, Washington Park, Hyde Park, Woodlawn and Grand Crossing.
All Chicago Board of Education members to resign amid tensions …
WEB3 days ago · The upheaval is also happening amid contract negotiations with Johnson’s former employer the Chicago Teachers Union and on the cusp of the city’s first school board elections, which will introduce 10 elected members to the board and 11 others appointed by the mayor.. In a joint statement, Johnson and the current appointed school board announced all current members would “transition from ...
Herald under new 'ownership' | News | hpherald.com - Hyde Park …
WEBJul 28, 2022 · So Sagan, 24-years-old and a night editor of the City News Bureau, bought the Herald for only $2,500. On July 23, 1953, the Hyde Park Herald announced Bruce Sagan as its new owner. Sagan remained the Herald’s owner for 69 years, until July 1, 2022. Sagan went on to buy the Southtown Economist (now the Daily Southtown) in 1958 and made his ...
COVID update: omicron sends cases surging in Hyde Park, …
WEBDec 22, 2021 · Patrons 16 and older will need to show identification to ensure that their vaccination record is theirs. Venue and establishment workers who are not fully vaccinated must get tested for COVID-19 on a weekly basis.
COVID update: New CDC guidance explained, local numbers …
WEBJan 10, 2022 · In 60649, South Shore, 592 people tested positive out of 3,198 tests — an 18% positivity — up from 531, and two people died, up from one the week before. The number of tests performed dropped 31%. Out of eligible residents, 48.8% are fully vaccinated, up 0.3%, medium on the Vulnerability Index. Citywide, 69.1% of Chicagoans aged 5 and older ...
Local hospitals see rise in Covid-19 cases - hpherald.com
WEBAug 24, 2023 · Amid sweltering heat waves and the back-to-school season, several local hospitals are seeing an uptick in Covid-19 cases this month. The University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., reports increasing positivity rates — the percentage of Covid-19 tests that come back positive — for the virus since the beginning of August, according to Emily Landon, the hospital’s ...
Local school board candidates talk priorities and district challenges ...
WEBSep 25, 2024 · Seven local candidates running for two seats on Chicago’s first-ever elected school board faced off in Kenwood this week, answering questions about how to manage Chicago Public Schools’ (CPS) multi-billion dollar budget, provide culturally responsive teaching for Black students and ensure the transparency and effective functioning of …