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🌱 Patch AM: Where To Pick Pumpkins Near Bolingbrook This Fall — And How To Carve Them
Also check out Oak Brook Artisan Market - Oakbrook Center (Sat-Sun, Oct 3-4) on the Bolingbrook Patch calendar
Good morning Bolingbrook! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Plan your Bolingbrook pumpkin run and carve like a pro
Also on today's calendar: Oak Brook Artisan Market - Oakbrook Center (Sat-Sun, Oct 3-4) and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Turning sunny; less humid, with a high of 67 and low of 48 degrees.
- Saturday: Plenty of sun, temps: high: 67, low: 49.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 71 and low of 48 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Where To Pick Pumpkins Near Bolingbrook This Fall — And How To Carve Them (patch.com) — Bolingbrook families looking for fall fun can choose from several nearby pumpkin patches, including Johansen Farms right in town and popular farms in Lemont, Lockport, Homer Glen, and Plainfield. The guide also walks readers through picking the right pumpkin and offers clear, step-by-step tips for carving a standout jack-o'-lantern for Halloween. 
📸 Around Bolingbrook
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bolingbrook
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★ Featured events ★
- Oak Brook Artisan Market - Oakbrook Center (Sat-Sun, Oct 3-4) →
100 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook
10:00 am - Friends of Fountaindale Book Sale →
Fountaindale Public Library District, 300 W Briarcliff Rd, Bolingbrook
10:00 am - The Great Get Together Music & Arts Festival →
Settlers' Park, 24401 Lockport St, Plainfield
12:00 pm - Oak Brook Artisan Market - Oakbrook Center (Sat-Sun, Oct 3-4) →
100 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook
11:00 am - MEN WHO COOK for the Will County Children's Advocacy Center →
Joliet Junior College Event Center, 1215 Houbolt Rd, Joliet
6:00 pm
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
Saturday October 17
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Other local events
- Storytime at the Illinois Aviation Museum →
Illinois Aviation Museum, 300 West Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook
9:30 am - Carillon Craft Show →
Carillon Clubhouse, 21146 S Carillon Dr, Plainfield
9:00 am - 2026 Celebration of Special Recreation →
Annerino Community Center, 201 Recreation Dr, Bolingbrook
11:00 am - Let the Mountains Move Ministries presents...Our Praise & Worship Nite Fundraiser →
Crosswinds Church, 14360 Rte 59, Plainfield
4:00 pm - Wake Up to Fresh Do-Rite Donuts on Chicago Marathon Sunday! Order by 2pm Saturday. →
5:30 am - Pancake Breakfast →
St. Francis Of Assisi Church, 1501 W Boughton Rd, Bolingbrook
8:00 am - Bolingbrook's Clow Int. Airport Haunted Hangar →
Clow International Airport, 130 Clow International Pkwy, Bolingbrook
10:00 am
Saturday October 3
Saturday October 10
Sunday October 11
Saturday October 17
📣 Bolingbrook Shout Outs!
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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Bolingbrook PatchAM possible:
- My Shuttle Bus LLC — 3313137562
- Sandi Wolski Public Adjuster — (630) 417-7407
- Meals on Wheels for Northern Illinois — (312) 207-5290
- Visiting Angels Plainfield — (815) 254-0152
- Will County Children's Advocacy Center — 815-774-4565
- Al Basha Sweets Co — (708) 233-0826
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🪧 Patch Classifieds
- Drainage,pavers,sod installation ,land cleanup and yard fall clean up
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Obituary: Ann Reiter-Emlund —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
- Obituary: Shelley Forbess Marek —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
- Obituary: Everette W. Andrus —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
- Obituary: Stephen "Steve" Michael Gleason —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
- `Packing for Retirement' Workshop Series Set For Bolingbrook, Downers Grove and Westmont —Kate Trudeau Read on Patch
- Giesecke+Devrient posted a job opening for Personalization Machine Operator - 1st Shift in Bolingbrook. Apply here.
- Power Play Distributors posted a job opening for Dock Worker- 3rd Shift - Bolingbrook, IL - Starting Hourly Range $20.70/Hr. in Bolingbrook. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bolingbrook here.
🗞 Nearby News
Romeoville
- Romeoville Begins Building Pumping Station for Lake Michigan Water (thetimesweekly.com)
- Romeoville Grandmother Abused 2 Grandchildren For Years: Police (patch.com)
- Around the Southland: Mentoring program sponsors shopping spree in Matteson (chicagotribune.com)
Woodridge
- Where To Pick Pumpkins Near Woodridge This Fall — And How To Carve Them (patch.com)
Naperville
- Things To Do in Naperville This Weekend: October 2-4 (positivelynaperville.com)
- Community Members Recgoinized for Creativity, Service and Global Connection (positivelynaperville.com)
Ok Bolingbrook! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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