Hot Times at Old Town

Appearing below are selections from the hard copy Hot Times. The objective is to highlight activities at the School and in the larger community, especially those featuring or of special interest to teachers and staff. Your suggestions are welcome. Enter a comment (under any item); it will come to me rather than automatically appearing.

Get the local scoop!

We all have a natural interest in our neighborhoods. Accordingly, a website focused on local news has perked up some interest.
It’s EveryBlock.com.

This site filters an assortment of local news by location so you can keep track of what’s happening on your block, in your neighborhood and in the city. A lot of this information is in the “who cares?”category – license renewal, restaurant inspections, etc. But you’ll also find police reports (by address) and major media news stories on happenings in your neighborhood. Most intereresting for those of us who are foodies may be the links to reviews of nearby restaurants.

This project was started under a Challenge grant funded by a newspaper chain and carried out by Adrian Holavaty, who set up the Chicago Crime.org site and others. Interesting and maybe worth a look (though not about to replace the Chicago Tribune).

Filed under: Interesting outside the Old Town School by Skip | January 29, 2008 | Comments (0)


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