Serve as a Poll Worker for the March 17th, 2026 Primary
The Chicago Board of Elections is seeking poll workers for the Primary on March 17th, 2026, including bilingual election judges who speak Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, Polish, Korean, and Tagalog.
To learn more and apply, please visit the Board of Elections website.
Chicago residents are once again encouraged to create innovative snowplow names and submit them below by January 10, 2026. At the end of the contest, the Department of Streets and Sanitation will pick the top six names, and those names will represent one snowplow in each of the City’s six snow districts.
Click here to submit a name.
The 27th Ward Town Hall will take place on December 16th at 6 PM, hosted at Malcolm X College. This event will feature important discussions on Healthcare, Budget, and Traffic, topics that directly impact our residents and community partners.Joining the meeting is an insightful group of speakers, including the Alderman, and:
- Cheron Massonburg, Chief Program Officer, Breakthrough (Healthcare)
- Morgan Elise Johnson, Co-Founder, The TRiiBE (Budget)
- Jung Yoon, Chief of Policy, Mayor’s Office (Budget)
- Craig Turner, Acting Commissioner, CDOT (Traffic)
All are welcome!
Location: Rosecrance Behavioral Health at 320 W. Ohio Street – Suite 405E
Experience the power and beauty of the holiday season with the Apollo Chorus of Chicago as they present Händel’s Messiah on December 13th at Holy Name Cathedral (735 N State St). This timeless masterpiece will be brought to life by a 120-voice chorus and baroque orchestra. Get your tickets before they sell out! CLICK HERE for more information and to purchase tickets.
CLICK HERE for a PDF of the below flyer to post or distribute to your friends. 
Toy Gifting at Seward Park Fieldhouse, 375 W Elm, 2 – 4 pm followed by a outside tree lighting
Stop by Alderman Reilly’s Office in City Hall, Room 200 at 121 N. LaSalle Street for a free smoke detector! Smoke detectors can be picked up from the 42nd Ward Office between 9am – 4pm, Monday through Friday. To coordinate picking up a smoke alarm, please call (312) 744-3062 or send a note via email (office@ward42chicago.com).
Most fires occur at night when people are sleeping. A smoke detector can alert you when there is a fire, in time to save your life. Below are some tips to ensure your smoke detector is properly installed and working correctly:
• Routinely test your detector correctly
• When a smoke detector sounds, get outside and call 911
• Install smoke detectors within 15 feet of any sleeping room and every level of your house
• Replace your smoke detector every 10 years. Write the installation date on the unit
• Don’t forget to install Carbon Monoxide detectors on every floor as well
• Any questions on smoke detectors or carbon monoxide detectors, call the Chicago Fire Department Public Education Division at (312) 747-6691
A special thank you to the Chicago Fire Department for the smoke detectors.
With snow expected soon, we would like to remind all residents of the winter weather parking restrictions that run from December 1 – April 1, 3am – 7am daily. If you see a posted sign that says “No Parking” between 3am and 7am, that means that the winter overnight parking ban is in effect on this street, whether snow is present or not. Violating vehicles could be ticketed or towed. More information on these “No Parking” signs can be found HERE.
Separately, the city also posts signage for designated “Snow Routes.” At the curb lane where this signage is posted, parking is only prohibited when over 2” of snow is present.
Visit the City of Chicago’s winter snow parking restrictions page to learn more. Chicagoans can visit chicagoshovels.org for a live snowplow tracker and other information.
