The teachers and staff of Courtenay Language Arts Center, Sheridan Park's K-8 school, are trying to make sure that each of their students gets a gift this holiday season, and are asking for your help!You can take a look at the school's Amazon wishlist (here) and order from it, ORYou can show up at My Buddy's (4416 N Clark) this Saturday between 2pm and 6pm and read through the students' requests, take a letter, and "adopt a student" for the holidays.Sadly, the majority of students at Courtenay come from low-income families, and about a fifth are homeless. There's absolutely no… [...]

We have a better look now at who's interested in being our next aldermen and members of the community who form three-member police councils at our local police districts.Monday, November 28th, at 5pm, was the deadline for candidates for City of Chicago offices to file their nominating petitions with the Board of Elections to appear on the ballot in February's election.This is who's filed in Uptown (in alphabetical order by ward/district):46th WardAngela ClayJoe Cortez (no campaign website found as of post time)Marianne LalondePatrick NagleKim WalzRoushaunda Williams47th WardMatt Martin (running unopposed)48th WardJoe DunneNassir Faulkner (no campaign website found as of post time)Brian J.… [...]