Sweet Collective celebrates its first anniversary with champagne and samples from all three members of the collective: Rich Chocolates and Candies, the Sugar Syndicate, and Ruth and Phil's Gourmet Ice Cream. 6-9 PM, 5333 N. Lincoln, 773-293-0888, free.

Published by Chicago Reader on October 2, 2008.

When the Association for the Jewish Blind acquired a practically new, assisted living facility at 5527 N. Maplewood, its planners set about readying the building for its new residents. That move came in...

Published by The News-Star on October 2, 2008.

A building owner arrived to fix a broken side door of a building on the 2700 block of West Berwyn around 1:45 p.m. Sept. 15 when he found broken glass and the door...

Published by The News-Star on September 25, 2008.

Paul: We used to go to 24-hour Korean but a lot of them closed down. But San Soo Gab San (5247 N. Western Ave.; 773-334-1589 is still open 'til 4 a.m.)

Published by Chicago Tribune on September 25, 2008.

L.Stolpman: I'm heading to San Soo Gap San for bulgogi, kalbi, rice, kimchee and bibimbop and everything else I can get my hands on and I'm going along with this guy. (5247 N. Western.)

Published by Chicagoist on September 15, 2008.

Sarmiento, of the 2600 block of West Foster Avenue, was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 7:54 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. The car's passenger was treated and released at that hospital, police said.

Published by Chicago Tribune on September 8, 2008.

...was struck by a westbound Volvo S70 sedan driven by an alleged drunken driver at Foster and Lincoln Avenues about 7:20 a.m. Sunday, police said. The force of the collision pushed the...

Published by Chicago Tribune on September 8, 2008.

Jamie Rickards, 22, of the 2400 block of Foster Avenue, was charged with felony driving under the influence and cited for disobeying a red light, police said. She was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, police said. Her condition was unavailable.

Published by Chicago Tribune on September 8, 2008.

A 70-year-old motorist is dead and a 22-year-old man was arrested after a two-vehicle crash Sunday morning on the North Side. Jaimie Rickards, of the 2400 block of West Foster, was charged with felony driving under the influence and cited for disobeying a red light for the crash Lincoln and Foster, police said.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on September 8, 2008.

About 7:30 a.m., two vehicles were involved in a crash near Lincoln and Foster avenues, police News Affairs Officer Daniel O'Brien said.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on September 7, 2008.

The shooting occurred at about 9:15 p.m. in the 5500 block of North Washtenaw Avenue in the Lincoln Square community, police said. The person was taken in serious to critical condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, police and fire officials said.

Published by Chicago Tribune on August 26, 2008.

About 9:15 p.m. police attempted to curb the offenders vehicle in the 5500 block of North Washtenaw Avenue when the offender ditched the vehicle and attempted to flee police on foot.

Published by Fox News Chicago on August 26, 2008.

The shooting occurred at about 9:15 p.m. in the 5500 block of North Washtenaw Avenue in the Budlong Woods neighborhood, police said.

Published by Chicago Tribune on August 26, 2008.

About 9:15 p.m. police attempted to curb the offender's vehicle in the 5500 block of North Washtenaw Avenue when the offender ditched the vehicle and attempted to flee police on foot.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 26, 2008.

...with army patches, black hat and black shorts, robbed the Shell gas station on the 5200 block of North Western Avenue at 6:48 a.m. Aug. 2. An employee told police that the man entered...

Published by The News-Star on August 14, 2008.

Loraine Olsen, of the 5500 block of North Maplewood Avenue, died in her residence Monday, a spokesman for the Cook County Medical Examiner's office said.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 21, 2008.

A man in his early 30s wearing a Chicago Bears hat, a grey shirt with White Sox across the front, jean shorts and flip-flops, knocked off the North Community Bank at 5241 N. Western Ave. around 10:40 a.m. July 3.

Published by The News-Star on July 17, 2008.

That case is under investigation. On Sunday afternoon, a 5-year-old boy was hit by a car in the 2900 block of West Foster. The boy ran between two parked cars and was struck by an oncoming car, Chicago Police said. He was taken to Swedish Covenant Hospital in stable condition.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 14, 2008.

The boy was taken to Swedish Covenant Hospital in stable condition after being struck by a westbound vehicle in the 2900 block of West Foster, said Officer John Mirabelli.

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 14, 2008.

Severe overnight thunderstorms left thousands of Commonwealth Edison customers without power and sent tree limbs flying in excess of 60 mph in the north side's Ravenswood neighborhood.

Published by NBC 5 on July 13, 2008.

The boy was struck in the 2900 block of West Foster Avenue at 4:10 p.m., according to police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 13, 2008.

Police responded to a call of suspicious males walking around an apartment building on the 2700 block of West Catalpa around 4 p.m. June 24.

Published by The News-Star on July 3, 2008.

Police responded to a call of suspicious males walking around an apartment building on the 2700 block of West Catalpa around 4 p.m. June 24.

Published by The News-Star on July 3, 2008.

Upon their arrival, a witness said she had just observed several young males running from a third-floor apartment carrying computer equipment. Police picked up three male juveniles on the 5500 block of North Washtenaw, and another male on the 5600 block of North Lincoln Avenue.

Published by The News-Star on July 3, 2008.

Upon their arrival, a witness said she had just observed several young males running from a third-floor apartment carrying computer equipment. Police picked up three male juveniles on the 5500 block of North Washtenaw, and another male on the 5600 block of North Lincoln Avenue.

Published by The News-Star on July 3, 2008.

The 54-year-old Borzo, who lives in the North Park neighborhood, rides his seven-speed GT Rapid Transit for fun. He rides it to run errands. Sometimes he'll ride it to his job at the Field Museum, where he's a science writer.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 2, 2008.

When a 20-year-old man went to pick up his wallet after he had dropped it on the sidewalk on the 5200 block of North Lincoln Avenue, another man scooped it up.

Published by The News-Star on June 19, 2008.

A big sinkhole that flooded and shut down Montrose Avenue in Ravenswood back in January is causing closures again.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 18, 2008.

Charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking are Justin King, 19, of the 6000 block of North Albany; and Sergio Eneya, 20, of the 2400 block of West Berwyn. Court information was not available.

Published by The News-Star on June 5, 2008.

Birman started the organization nearly two years ago to prevent a deer cull at North Park Village. Sharpshooters were ready to thin out a swelling Bambi population.

Published by Medill Reports on June 5, 2008.

A 44-year-old cab driver had just left the gas station at Western and Berwyn around 1:15 p.m. May 25 when his cell phone rang. The victim pulled into an alley on the 5300 block of North Artesian to take the call.

Published by The News-Star on June 5, 2008.

Born Harvey Herschel Korman, he grew up in Ravenswood. His dad, Cyril, was a salesman; his mother, Ellen, a housewife. With a mound of curls stacked high atop his head, the face of the young man peering out from his senior class portrait in the 1943 Senn yearbook is unmistakably the same man who entertained millions of Americans on "The Carol Burnett Show."

Published by The News-Star on June 5, 2008.

A 16-year-old boy was shot in the foot on the 5100 block of North Francisco sometime around 9:30 p.m. May 28. Police responded to a call of a disturbance in an alley, when they found the victim at the corner of Foster and California.

Published by The News-Star on June 5, 2008.

The parks, bordered by Kedzie and Virginia Avenues, are enjoyed by West Ridge, Lincoln Square, North Park, and Albany Park residents.

Published by Chi-Town Daily News on June 2, 2008.

But on Friday night, he and his Truck Company No. 12 team were already in the midst of lifesaving efforts at 2916 W. Foster before they even got the department's call about a fire there.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 1, 2008.

Chicago firefighters rescued four people from a burning North Side apartment building Friday night. The fire happened in the 2900-block of West Foster Avenue in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 31, 2008.

The fire broke out in a first floor kitchen just after 10 p.m. in a building at 2916 W. Foster Ave., in the North Park neighborhood. The blaze quickly spread to the second floor through the windows, fire officials said.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on May 31, 2008.

Crews responded to a fire in a two-story apartment building in the 2900 block of W. Foster Avenue, Fire Media Affairs Chief Joe Roccasalva said.

Published by NBC 5 on May 31, 2008.

Crews responded to a fire in a two-story apartment building at 2916 W. Foster Ave., Fire Media Affairs Chief Joe Roccasalva said.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 31, 2008.

The fire began at about 10 p.m. near the kitchen of one of the first-floor units in a building in the 2900 block of West Foster Avenue in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, said Chicago Fire Department Chief Joe Roccasalva. About half a dozen occupants of the two first-floor apartments escaped unharmed, he said.

Published by Chicago Tribune on May 31, 2008.

An employee was stabbed after he asked an unruly patron to leave Café Bliss at 5515 N. Lincoln around 4 a.m. May 10. The victim was stabbed three times in the chest, arm and wrist. The patron, described as a male in his late 20s, fled the scene. His friends were uncooperative with police. The victim was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital where he was listed in good condition. The incident was caught on the club's security video.

Published by The News-Star on May 22, 2008.

He had signed the lease for another space in the Ravenswood neighborhood when the landlord backed out at the last second.

Published by Lake View Booster on May 15, 2008.

A 19-year-old woman said she was riding with a 46-year-old male co-worker down the 5400 block of North Lincoln Avenue around 9 a.m. May 5, when he began hitting her in the head. The man took $400 from the victim's coat pocket and threw her belongings into the street as she exited the car. The man fled northbound on Lincoln in a silver Ford Taurus.

Published by The News-Star on May 8, 2008.

We're talking about Asian Longhorned Beetles, one of the most invasive insect species that descended upon the Ravenswood neighborhood not unlike a plague of locusts. More than 1,300 trees were removed that summer due to the beetle. Grieving residents of all ages wrote poems, created pictures and held services mourning the demise of Ravenswood's trees.

Published by The News-Star on April 24, 2008.

“Can you imagine how much this piece of land is worth?” marveled Beacom, looking out on the athletic fields flanked by crowded city streets in the North Park neighborhood. Only sirens of an ambulance and a police car disturbed the serene setting.

Published by Medill Reports on April 24, 2008.

The last infestation was detected in Chicago's Oz Park in 2003. The first infestation broke out in Ravenswood in 1998.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 17, 2008.

The Asian longhorned beetle is thought to have sneaked into Ravenswood years ago in wooden pallets carrying Chinese-made goods to a nearby hardware importer. By the time it was spotted, in 1998, it had spread to hundreds of trees.

Published by Chicago Tribune on April 17, 2008.

Illinois is the first state able to declare victory over the invasive species, which destroyed more than 1,400 maple, birch, elm and poplar trees in the city’s Ravenswood neighborhood alone. The beetle was also spotted in Kilbourn Park, at O’Hare Airport and in suburban Park Ridge, Addison and Summit.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 17, 2008.

Charlotte Newfeld, a self-proclaimed "proud Chicago native," grew up in Ravenswood while there was still prairie and when huge American elms lined Francisco Avenue.

Published by Lake View Booster on April 17, 2008.

I had Korean BBQ for the first time last week at San Soo Gap San (5247 N Western) and I’m an instant convert. When you order any of the main meat dishes, a glowing brazier of real charcoal coals in placed in the middle of your table and your meat comes delightfully marinated, but raw. So you grill the meat yourself, which means that the entire meal is accompanied by the sounds and smells of grilling meat. It also, of neccessity, spaces out the meat through the meal, giving you plenty of time to enjoy the copious banchan — the cornucopia of small dishes that accompany the meal. There were, seriously, 15 or so small dishes. We had very little idea what anything was, but that was half the fun. It all makes for a very social meal I’d recommend for 3 to 6.

Published by Metroblogging Chicago on April 15, 2008.