Suggestions to DeKalb’s Sustainability Plan include making the city more bicyclist-friendly and changing the NIU campus to make it more green.The Citizens Environmental Commission and the Sustainability Plan Citizen Task Force have worked together since...
Mike Peddle, Finance Advisory Committee chairman, speaks about the 2014 tax levy and the status of DeKalb’s finances during the City Council and Finance Advisory Committee meeting Thursday at the DeKalb Municipal Building, 200 S. Fourth St. The City Council proposed a 4.32 percent tax increase at the meeting. Aldermen will review the proposed increase at the Dec. 8 City Council meeting.
By Northern Star Editorial Board
| November 12, 2014
Adding 16 light fixtures to the area around Greek Row is a good step in improving safety in the area, which is home to many students.In September, Greek Row saw a higher police presence due to an increase of crime in the area. Fifteen mob action cases...
Members of the DeKalb Municipal Band perform a Christmas song Monday at the City Council meeting in the DeKalb Municipal Building. The DeKalb Municipal Band is celebrating its 160th anniversary, making it the oldest band in the state. The band was invited to City Council to be publicly commemorated.
A meeting between business owners and City Council members to continue discussing the progression of the Commercial/Industrial Building Responsibility Code Ordinance will be held 10 a.m. Nov. 21.The ordinance would require commercial and industrial businesses...
Focus DeKalb attorney Mike Coghlan speaks about how he thinks a portion of the original material within the Commercial/Industrial Building Responsibility Code Ordinance is unconstitutional and discusses proposed amendments during a meeting Wednesday at 1719 Sycamore Road.
Business owners balked at an ordinance that would require businesses to pay for a yearly inspection, leading to the postponement of a vote on the ordinance.The postponement of voting on the Commercial/Industrial Building Responsibility Code ordinance,...
PassCity Council decided to exclude the John and Harrison Street neighborhoods from a proposed enterprise zone.These neighborhoods are sacred to the city’s identity. These streets are meaningful to the people who live or have lived in the area. The...
Diane DeMers, resident of the Ellwood Historic Neighborhood, expresses her concerns over the implementation of a enterprise zone in DeKalb at a Monday City Council meeting in the DeKalb Municipal Building. DeMers brought photographs of a strip mall at...
The John and Harrison Street area will be excluded from DeKalb’s proposed enterprise zone, a move that was announced at City Council Monday.Enterprise zones are areas within communities where companies can take advantage of special state incentives,...
As a 25-year resident of the Ellwood Historic Neighborhood, I am very concerned about what lies ahead for this beloved cluster of older homes and majestic trees burrowed between NIU and downtown DeKalb. The fate of the John Street area of this neighborhood...
Mayor John Rey is officially looking for a city clerk.The seat has been left open since the early resignation of Liz Peerboom in late September. At City Council Monday, the mayor said anyone interested in the position should contact him, and said “a...
