🌱 How Riverside Brookfield’s offense exploded after a tough season-opening loss

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• How Riverside Brookfield's offense exploded after a tough season-opening loss

Also on today's calendar: Mint Cannabis Forest Park Grand Opening Celebration and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What has 2 arms and a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A thunderstorm, with a high of 94 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: A thunderstorm, temps: high: 95, low: 72.
• Saturday: A thunderstorm possible, with a high of 83 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bulldogs offense finds groove in win over Hinsdale South (rblandmark.com) — Riverside Brookfield High School's Bulldogs bounced back with a big 41-34 road win over Hinsdale South, powered by quarterback Brendan Novak's four rushing touchdowns and 289 total yards. The story also highlights Lyons Township's gritty second-half comeback, giving Brookfield-area football fans a detailed look at how both nearby programs are shaping up early this season.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Brookfield

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 19
• Mint Cannabis Forest Park Grand Opening Celebration →
  7207 Roosevelt Rd, Forest Park
  8:00 am

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Other local events

Monday September 7
• Labor Day - District Closed
  La Grange SD 102 La Grange Park, IL 60526
• Labor Day Holiday/Non-Attendance Day
  Riverside SD 96 Riverside, IL 60546
• Labor Day - No School
  Lyons SD 103 Lyons, IL 60534
• Sustainability Commission Meeting →
  Village of La Grange Park Public Works Facility, 937 Barnsdale Rooad - Conference Room&n
  6:00 pm
Tuesday September 8
• Village Board Meeting →
  Village Hall Board Room, 447 N. Catherine Avenue, Brookfield
  7:30 pm
Thursday September 10
• Cross Country Meet at Pleasantdale
  Walker Park, 7425 S. Wolf Road, Burr Ridge
  4:15 pm
• Boys Softball vs. McClure
  Hanesworth Park , La Grange Park, IL 60526, USA
  4:15 pm
• Girls Basketball at McClure
  McClure Junior High School, 4225 Wolf Rd, Western Springs
  4:15 pm
Saturday September 12
• Fall Acting Workshop Intensive →
  LATTE Theater (Conservatory for Young Adult Creatives), 9008 Fairview Ave, Brookfield
  9:45 am
Sunday September 13
• 35th Annual Race Unity Rally →
  La Grange Village Hall, 53 LaGrange Rd, La Grange
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday September 3
• Village Hall Delayed Opening →
  Indian Head Park, IL Calendar, 201 Acacia Drive, Indian Head Park
  9:00 am
• Baby-Toddler Play Date
  Hinsdale Public Library - Community Meeting Room
  10:00 am
• Shake, Rattle & Read at Euclid Square Park
  Oak Park Public Library, 705 Fillmore, Oak Park
  10:00 am
• Board of Education - Academic Success Committee Meeting
  Hinsdale CCSD 181 Community Consolidated School District 181, 133 Ogden Ave., Hinsdale, IL
  12:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Riverside

• Riverside begins 2027 budget review (rblandmark.com)
• Amanda Martinez Named USA Wrestling Athlete Of The Week (themat.com)

Lyons

• La Grange House Cleaned Up After Village Cited Owner (patch.com)
• How The Ink Alliance and Sanford Greene are creating new pathways into comics (andscape.com)

La Grange

• No grand jury issues in Border Patrol agent sexual assault case, judge says (centredaily.com)

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