🌱 How Cicero’s new $96 million plan aims to curb flooding
Cicero, Illinois Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Cicero! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Cicero’s new $96 million plan aims to curb flooding
Also on today's calendar: Cravings on Clark 2026 and 3 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the elephant wear pink socks? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: A shower and t-storm; breezy, with a high of 74 and low of 58 degrees.
- Wednesday: Thunderstorms, some severe, temps: high: 70, low: 61.
- Thursday: A shower; breezy in the a.m., with a high of 71 and low of 58 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Town of Cicero, Illinois, launches flood relief funding program (cbsnews.com) — Cicero has launched a $96 million flood relief program to help residents protect their homes from future storms, including funding for backflow prevention valves and sewer upgrades. The initiative stems from severe 2013 flooding that damaged thousands of Cicero properties, and officials are marking the launch with a ribbon-cutting at the Cicero Community Center. 
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★ Featured events ★
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Movies at the Library! (Toy Story 4) →
Cicero Public Library, 5225 W Cermak Rd, Cicero
4:00 pm
Thursday June 18
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Other local events
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Last Day Of Summer School
Cicero SD 99 Cicero, IL 60804
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DISTRICT CLOSED — Juneteenth
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Cravings on Clark 2026 →
Briny Swine Smokehouse & Oyster Bar, 2577 N Clark St, Chicago
6:00 pm -
School Board Meeting
Berwyn South SD 100 Heritage Middle School, 6850 31st St, Berwyn, IL 60402, USA
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Los Lobos @ FitzGerald's →
FitzGerald's, 6615 Roosevelt Rd, Berwyn
7:00 pm
Thursday June 18
Friday June 19
Wednesday June 24
Friday July 10
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Calculation Corner
Percy Julian Middle School C205
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Audio Booth Reservation
Oak Park Public Library 834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US
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Pro Bono Network Annual Meeting
Oak Park Public Library 834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US
9:30 am -
Shake, Rattle & Read at Lindberg Park
Oak Park Public Library 1150 N. Marion, Oak Park, IL, 60302, US
10:00 am -
Tuesday Tales Featuring Special Guest: Mr. José!! (Ages 0-6)
River Forest Public Library 735 Lathrop Avenue, River Forest, IL, 60305, US
10:00 am -
Pride Storytime: Celebrate Being Yourself →
Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library, 3541 Park Ave, Brookfield
10:30 am
Tuesday June 16
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🗞 Nearby News
Berwyn
- An Open-Wheel Model T Racer Boasting Handmade Period-Correct Speed Equipment (hemmings.com)
- Three-bedroom house in Berwyn built in 1924 sells for $303,000 (shawlocal.com)
- Bartlett, Naperville, Midway Airport: Where 17 tornadoes and touched down in the Chicago area (nbcchicago.com)
Forest Park
- Forest Park gathers at the pool to celebrate Juneteenth (forestparkreview.com)
- Firefighters want new revenue to avert ‘burnout crisis' (forestparkreview.com)
- Criminal charges delayed after woman steals vacuum, soccer ball from Elgin Ave. residence (forestparkreview.com)
La Grange
- Embattled IL School Official Lands Higher-Paid Job (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because his blue socks were in the wash. (Thank you Mary C. for sending it in!)
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