🌱 How Elk Grove Village’s pension tax burden compares to other Illinois towns.
Elk Grove Village, Illinois Patch AM: a 3 min readHello Elk Grove Village! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Elk Grove Village’s pension tax burden compares to other Illinois towns.
Also on today's calendar: ACTIVATE CAFFEINATE with Indivisible Elk Grove Township and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a fish with 3 eyes? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Monday: Cloudy with a t-storm or two, with a high of 83 and low of 69 degrees.
- Tuesday: A stray t-storm; very warm, temps: high: 89, low: 74. 🌶 Hot!
- Wednesday: Breezy and hot with some sun, with a high of 93 and low of 74 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Hickory Hills ranks 39th lowest in Illinois for per-household pension tax burden in FY 2024 (southcooknews.com) — Elk Grove Village households carried a reported $9,469 average property tax burden for police and fire pensions in 2024, one of the highest in Illinois. A new statewide analysis compares that figure with hundreds of other municipalities and highlights how pension funding levels and taxpayer contributions vary widely across the state. 
📸 Around Elk Grove Village
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Upcoming Events in
Elk Grove Village
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★ Featured events ★
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ACTIVATE CAFFEINATE with Indivisible Elk Grove Township →
Khepri Kitchen + Coffee, 106 S Emerson St, Mt Prospect
1:00 pm -
Cat Spay/Neuter Special →
1620 Bond St, Naperville
9:00 am
Tuesday June 16
Tuesday June 30
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Other local events
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Board of Education Meeting
Glenbrook High School District 225 3801 W Lake Ave, Glenview, IL 60026, USA
7:00 pm -
D214 Summer Musical
Elk Grove High School - Theater, - Theater S
8:00 am -
Preschool Story Time
Chicago Bee Branch Library 3647 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60609
11:00 am -
Basic Computer Skills Help
Chicago Bee Branch Library 3647 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60609
12:00 pm -
Teen Hideaway
Brighton Park Branch Library 4314 South Archer Avenue, Chicago, IL 60632
12:00 pm -
Coloring for Adults
Chicago Bee Branch Library 3647 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60609
1:30 pm -
Puzzlemania
Chicago Bee Branch Library 3647 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60609
2:00 pm -
Come Play Chess with Us
Chicago Bee Branch Library 3647 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60609
2:00 pm -
RECLAIMING OUR FLAG! (a Peaceful Gathering) →
VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK, Biesterfield Rd & Wellington Ave, Elk Grove Village, IL
2:00 pm -
Inner Engineering In-Person →
Bennett Day School, 955 W Grand Ave, Chicago
9:00 am
Monday June 8
Tuesday June 9
Sunday June 14
Thursday June 18
📣 Elk Grove Village Shout Outs!
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- TIBCO Software, Inc. posted a job opening for Shipping Associate - J3M2NR6VBHTNGZ23DLN-3669 in Elk Grove Village. Apply here.
- Graphic Packaging International, LLC posted a job opening for Finishing Operator in Elk Grove Village. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Elk Grove Village here.
🗞 Nearby News
Mount Prospect
- Broncos' Alex Palczewski relishes ‘second-best decision of my life' leading to lucrative contract extension (gazette.com)
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Schaumburg
- District 30 Toastmasters - Schaumburg, IL Patch (patch.com)
- Evansville rallies to defeat Schaumburg Boomers (dailyherald.com)
- New fried chicken chain Minnie Bird coming to Crystal Lake (shawlocal.com)
Glen Ellyn
- Suspect In Lombard Homicide Found Dead: Police (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A fiiish! (Thank you Ernie B. for sending it in!)
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