🌱 Patch AM: 2026 Walk ALS Peoria and 11 more events

Greetings Forest Park! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• 31st Street Antiques Opening Day
• 2026 Walk ALS Peoria

Today's riddle: How fast is milk when you pour it? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Partly sunny and delightful, with a high of 78 and low of 61 degrees.
• Tuesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 80, low: 64.
• Wednesday: Humid with a t-storm possible, with a high of 84 and low of 65 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Forest Park

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• 31st Street Antiques Opening Day →
  9046 31st St, Brookfield
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday September 12
• 2026 Walk ALS Peoria →
  730 SW Jefferson Ave, Peoria
  8:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 24
• Village Board Meeting Click Here for Information
  Village of Melrose Park 1000 25th Ave, Melrose Park, IL 60160
  1:00 pm
• Cross Country Practice
  Elmhurst SD 205 Churchville Middle School, 155 Victory Pkwy, Elmhurst, IL 60126
  3:30 pm
• B/O Scott Recruitment
  Mannheim SD 83 Scott School
  4:00 pm
• Simple Stitches Crochet Club: Study Hall
  Austin-Irving Branch Library 6100 West Ivring Park Road, Chicago, IL 60634
  6:00 pm
• Parks and Recreation Board Regular Meeting →
  Riverside, IL Calendar, 1 Burling Rd, Riverside
  6:30 pm
Tuesday August 25
• MAP Testing, 2nd-5th
  Elmhurst SD 205 Elmhurst, IL 60126
• Preschool Students First Day of School!
  Greene Chicago, IL 60609
• Open House for Sahs families 6:00 - 7:30pm
  Central Stickney SD 110 Chicago, IL 60638
• B&O 4th grade information and registration meeting in the LLC (9:30
  Western Springs SD 101 Western Springs, IL 60558
• Stickney Township 125th celebration - 4:30 - 5:45
  Central Stickney SD 110 Central Stickney Community Center
• District Institute Day
  Riverside SD 96 Riverside, IL 60546

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The Ferrara Candy Company posted a job opening for Packaging Supervisor - 2nd Shift in Forest Park. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Oak Park

• Prosecutor with colorful past back at center of controversy in US attorney's office (chicagotribune.com)
• Rep. Mary Miller addresses border security and tax credit changes in recent tweets (chambanasun.com)

Berwyn

• One Year Ago Today, We Lost the Last Surviving Member of the Vocal Quartet Whose No. 1 Hit Soundtracked 'Halloween,' 'Deadpool,' and 'Stranger Things' (americansongwriter.com)
• Edward Paul Broschka (thehinsdalean.com)

Broadview

• Five Years Later, Family and Friends Continue the Fight for Answers in the Death of Jelani Day – [your]NEWS (yournews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It's "Pasturized" before you know it! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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