🌱 Tech Tuesdays and 10 more events

Good morning Mazon! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Dining with Dewey Cookbook Club at Coal City Public Library District
• Track vs Seneca/Saratoga/GSWB @ SHS at Seneca High School
• Tech Tuesdays at Coal City Public Library District

... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Clouds and sun; breezy, warm, with a high of 83 and low of 46 degrees.
• Saturday: Very windy; cooler, temps: high: 53, low: 36.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and windy, with a high of 54 and low of 35 degrees.

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📸 Around Mazon

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mazon

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★ Featured events ★

Monday April 20

• Dining with Dewey Cookbook Club
  Coal City Public Library District, 85 N Garfield St, Coal City
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday April 20

• Track vs Seneca/Saratoga/GSWB @ SHS
  Seneca High School , 307 E Scott St , Seneca
  4:30 pm

Tuesday April 21

• Tech Tuesdays
  Coal City Public Library District , 85 N Garfield St , Coal City
  5:00 pm

Friday April 24

• Movie of the Month
  Coal City Public Library District , 85 N Garfield St , Coal City
  1:00 pm

Tuesday April 28

• Will/Grundy R.O.S.C monthly council meeting
  Coal City Public Library District , 85 N Garfield St , Coal City
  11:00 am

Thursday May 7

• Versiti Blood Drive of Illinois
  Coal City Public Library District , 85 N Garfield St , Coal City
  3:00 pm

Tuesday May 12

• CCPLD Board Meeting
  Coal City Public Library District , 85 N Garfield St , Coal City
  6:30 pm

Wednesday May 13

• Early Dismissal Fun Days
  Coal City Public Library District , 85 N Garfield St , Coal City
  11:45 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• 2026 Reed-Custer Student Art Show
  Fossil Ridge Public Library , 386 W Kennedy Rd , Braidwood
  9:00 am
• Kindergarten Family Lunch
  Nettle Creek CCSD Morris, IL 60450
  11:00 am
• 2nd Grade Wax Museum- (Parents/Families)
  Morris SD 54 Morris, IL 60450
  11:15 am
• Track Practice
  Nettle Creek CCSD Morris, IL 60450
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• US Customs and Border Protection posted a job opening for Marine Interdiction Agent in Mazon. Apply here.
• Growmark, Inc. posted a job opening for Agronomist-Mazon - GRAINCO FS - Mazon, IL in Mazon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mazon here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Morris

• Historical covers for April 16: The sinking of the Titanic (shawlocal.com)
• 2026 Herald-News Boys Track & Field Preview Capsules (shawlocal.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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