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🌱 Patch AM: What Forest Park police handled in a busy week of calls

And check out Getting Out The Vote on the Forest Park Patch calendar

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Hey hey Forest Park! Your one-stop source for local news is here. Continue reading for all the updates. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Forest Park police handled in a busy week of calls

Also on today's calendar: Getting Out The Vote and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: A couple of showers; humid, with a high of 74 and low of 65 degrees.
  • Friday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 76, low: 65.
  • Saturday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 82 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Man threatens 7-Eleven clerk with butter knife (forestparkreview.com) — Recent Forest Park police reports detail a knife threat at the Harlem 7-Eleven, multiple car break-ins on Madison, a domestic battery arrest near I-290 and 1st Avenue, and a factory fire on Industrial Drive extinguished by Forest Park and North Riverside firefighters. Officers also handled a drug possession case and a juvenile ordinance violation at the Harlem Blue Line station.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Not too long ago I saw recommendations for tree and shrub trimming by a company in Brookfield.
    I thought I saved their info but now can't find it. Help please. Thanks. (Nextdoor Forest Park on Madison)
  • Popeyes posted a job opening for Popeyes Team Member - Maywood, IL in Forest Park. Apply here.
  • Whole Foods posted a job opening for Prepared Foods Dishwasher - Part Time in River Forest. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Forest Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

Maywood

  • Mental Health Summit (southwestmessengerpress.com)
  • Clinicopathologic Features and Diagnostic Challenges of Mycophenolate Mofetil-Associated Enterocolitis in Lung Transplant Recipients (cureus.com)
  • John Prine: The Songwriter Who Could Find a Story in Anybody (959theranch.com)

River Forest

  • OPRF football pounds Proviso West (oakpark.com)
  • River Forest residents push back on proposed express train connecting O'Hare to downtown (wgntv.com)
  • Nona Stamp George, 83 (oakpark.com)

Western Springs

  • Western Springs Leaf Pickup 'Difficult, Costly,' Changes Planned (patch.com)

Ok Forest Park! 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: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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