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Good morning! In your Wednesday edition of the Chicago Daily:

  • 🏗️ Affordable housing near Lincoln Square Brown Line gets the green light
  • 🍸 A Chicago bartender wins an award for best self-published cookbook
  • 🚓 122 candidates will compete for the city's new police District Councils

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Top 5 stories in Chicago:

1) Affordable housing near Lincoln Square Brown Line, other projects approved by City Council zoning committee. The project at 4715 N. Western Ave. will bring 63 lower-cost apartments to the heart of Lincoln Square while preserving some public parking for nearby businesses. The approval comes after three years of tense community meetings about the project, which will sit directly across from the CTA Brown Line station.

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2) 122 candidates will compete for 66 seats on Chicago's new police District Councils. Three districts where crime is surging—Central, Gresham and Shakespeare—don't have the bare minimum number of candidates to fill open seats. They have only two candidates each who filed nominating petitions by the Monday deadline. The ordinance calls for the election of three-member councils in each of Chicago's 22 police districts.

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3) Promontory Point supporters push for hearing in front of Chicago Landmark Commission. Preservationists are pushing for Promontory Point, a human-made peninsula that runs from 54th to 56th streets on the lakefront, to be granted Chicago landmark status. If declared a Chicago Landmark, it will be afforded greater protection from potential demolition or alteration. Advocates are requesting to have the matter heard at the Dec. 8 commission meeting.

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4) Chicago bartender wins cookbook award for 'Something and Tonic.' Nick Kokonas has won the award for best self-published cookbook from the International Association of Culinary Professionals. He got the idea for "Something and Tonic: A History of the World's Most Iconic Mixer" while working as a beverage director. "It started as a weekly rotating tonic-based cocktail," Kokonas said. But once he started reading the history of tonic, he became obsessed.

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5) Lawsuit filed against truck driver over school bus crash involving St. Ignatius hockey team. Sixteen members of Chicago's St. Ignatius College Prep junior varsity hockey team, along with their parents and two coaches, have filed a lawsuit after a semi-truck driver slammed into the school bus they were riding in Indiana earlier this month. The lawsuit names driver Victor Santos and four trucking companies as defendants, accusing them of "negligence and willful and wanton disregard for the safety of the players and coaches aboard the bus."

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Today in Chicago:

  • Winter Flower Show: Snow Day! at Garfield Park Conservatory (10:00 AM)
  • Mrs Claus! A Holiday Musical at Beverly Arts Center and Stahl Family Theater (10:30 AM)
  • The Plot In You: Swan Song North American Tour at Bottom Lounge (7:00 PM)
  • Special Interest at Empty Bottle (7:30 PM)
  • Joel Paterson's Hi-Fi Christmas at Hey Nonny (7:30 PM)
  • Voice of Chicago 2022 Promotee Ceremony at Chicago Cultural Center (7:30 PM)
  • Omar Apollo: The Prototype Tour at Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom (7:45 PM)
  • The Greeting Committee at Lincoln Hall (8:00 PM)
  • An Evening of Entitlement at The Den Theatre (8:00 PM)
  • Schtick at Schubas (8:00 PM)
  • Nat King Cole Tribute feat. Gregory Stewart at Untitled (8:00 PM)
  • Blitzkid at Subterranean (8:00 PM)
  • Cecilia Zabala at Old Town School of Folk Music (8:30 PM)
  • Robert Glasper at City Winery (10:30 PM)

Social chatter:

  • Old Chicago: "1960s - Rush Street at night" (Growing up in Chicago via Facebook)
  • Restaurant closing: "Ownership is planning another fine dining restaurant to replace the Lincoln Square landmark" (Eater Chicago via Facebook)
  • The Color Is: Renaissance closing ceremony: "THE COLOR IS: RENAISSANCE CLOSING CEREMONY Saturday, December 10th 6 PM - 11 PM, DuSable Museum Roundhouse Honoring the closing of NICK CAVE/JACK CAVE: THE COLOR IS FASHION EXHIBITION. A "people's gala"; a party with a purpose! This is a curated fundraising event in support of the DuSable Museum's future exhibitions and arts programing." (The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center via Facebook)
  • CTA holiday bus: "Be on the lookout, as the Allstate CTA Holiday Bus began its seasonal run Tuesday afternoon. You will know the bus is near when you hear the sound of holiday music and a jolly "Ho-Ho-Ho!" from Santa." (FOX 32 Chicago)

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— Nicole Cvetnic

About me: I'm a Midwesterner and very happy to call Chicagoland home. I love the outdoors—especially hiking, performing arts, photography, good food, travel and gardening. You can often find me reading to my two-year-old daughter, watching a tv series with my husband or cuddling with our special needs dog.

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