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🌱 Patch AM: Arlington Heights Students Earn Honors At Nebraska, UW-Whitewater

Coming up: EGT Mental Health Board Voter Outreach Postcard Party (Rolling Meadows) on the Arlington Heights Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • See which Arlington Heights grads are earning big college honors now
  • See how much a North Illinois Avenue home just sold for.
  • How an Arlington Heights lawmaker aims to rein in Flock cameras.

Also on today's calendar: EGT Mental Health Board Voter Outreach Postcard Party (Rolling Meadows) and 11 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a tail, but no body? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 79 and low of 64 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 72, low: 65.
  • Thursday: A couple of showers possible, with a high of 76 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Arlington Heights Students Earn Honors At Nebraska, UW-Whitewater (patch.com) — Arlington Heights families can celebrate several local students earning major college honors this fall. Three recent graduates, including John Hersey and St. Viator alumni, were named to prestigious programs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and are competing on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team, highlighting strong academic and athletic success beyond Arlington Heights.
   

• Four-bedroom house sells for $1.28 million in Arlington Heights (shawlocal.com) — A four-bedroom home on North Illinois Avenue in Arlington Heights recently sold for $1.28 million, highlighting strong demand in that part of town. Several nearby properties also closed between $785,000 and $1.65 million, giving residents a clear snapshot of current neighborhood prices and what size homes and amenities those amounts are buying locally.
   

• Police say Flock is invaluable. But as misuse mounts, many wonder how to rein in the surveillance system (dailyherald.com) — An Arlington Heights state representative is helping lead a push to tighten rules on Flock automated license plate readers after a series of alleged misuse cases across Illinois and nearby states. The proposed legislation would sharply limit how long data is stored and what crimes it can be used to investigate, as towns and civil liberties groups debate balancing public safety with privacy.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Not the clearest photo but we have 3 herons in this picture.
    • Left is a blue heron i frequently see • Right is a black crowned night heron (endangered in Illinois) • Middle (on the tree branch) is a juvenile… (Nextdoor Lk Arlington Towne North)
  • Black & white cat hanging around my double lot in Arl.
    4 a long time. Central & Arl Hrs Rd & Orchard area. Across from the Moorings——— Appears friendly. No left ear clip, so not TNR ———Am a retired… (Nextdoor E Orchard)
  • Township High School District 214 posted a job opening for Community Education Photography Instructor in Arlington Heights. Apply here.
  • PSG Global Solutions posted a job opening for Quality Inspector in Arlington Heights. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Arlington Heights here.

🗞 Nearby News

Mount Prospect

Palatine

Buffalo Grove

  • Business Burglary, Stolen Checks: Buffalo Grove Police Blotter (patch.com)
  • $90K Gift To Fund Accessible Buffalo Grove Park Project In Memory Of Local Man (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Coin (Thank you John W. for sending it in!)
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