Stone to try new stint: talk show host

Apr. 8, 2011
Outgoing Chicago alderman Bernard Stone (50th) will have an audition of sorts for his next job Saturday night ... as a radio host. On Tuesday Stone lost his bid for an 11th term to political newcomer Debra Silverstein.

Stone loses 50th Ward, offers no apologies

Apr. 6, 2011
In a race that dislodged Chicago’s second-longest serving member of City Council,  Alderman Bernard L. Stone lost his seat of nearly 38 years to a political newcomer. Debra Silverstein, a certified public accountant, swept the ward with 62 percent of the vote, against Stone’s 38 percent.

Stone testifies about shadowy PAC

Mar. 30, 2011
50th Ward Alderman Bernard Stone testified under oath Wednesday that he had no idea his reelection campaign was paying an outside committee to attack his opponent.

Garage remains closed, despite political hoopla

Mar. 1, 2011
In the election rush last week, I fell behind on reading the free local, ethnic papers that I usually pick up every week from stores along Devon Avenue.

North Side's Stone: Now is 'not the time for change'

Feb. 23, 2011
50th WardAfter a tight race, incumbent Ald. Bernard Stone will face a runoff for his seat on the city’s far North Side. When Stone declared he would run again for an eleventh term, the 83-year-old said now was “­not the time for change.”

Crime issue boils in some ward races, simmers in others

Feb. 17, 2011
Chicagoans who punch cards for their favorite aldermanic candidates might have the issue of crime on their minds. But depending on where they live, they will have heard more—or less—about crime from their candidates.

Sound bite of the day: Berny Stone botches opening statement

Dec. 3, 2010
50th ward Alderman Berny Stone took part in a WBEZ forum featuring 50th ward candidates vying for the seat in 2011.

50th ward candidates talk business

Dec. 2, 2010
Aldermanic candidates for Chicago’s 50th Ward held their first public forum of this election season at a luncheon organized by the West Ridge Chamber of Commerce and WBEZ. All six registered candidates were on hand at the Croatian Cultural Center in Chicago's West Ridge neighborhood to an