🌱 Patch AM: Highland Park OKs Construction Company For Permanent Place Of Remembrance

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In today's newsletter:

• Highland Park advances permanent memorial with new construction manager
• What's behind the odd repeat vandalism at a Highland Park port-a-potty?
• Planning to catch Deep Purple's tour stop at Ravinia this month?

Also on today's calendar: Networking Event and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do evil hens lay? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Clouds yielding to sun, with a high of 77 and low of 63 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 80, low: 65.
• Friday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 76 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Highland Park OKs Construction Company For Permanent Place Of Remembrance (patch.com) — Highland Park officials have hired construction firm F.H. Paschen to manage building a permanent Place of Remembrance honoring victims and survivors of the 2022 Independence Day parade shooting. Working with architect SWA Group, the firm will guide budgeting, bidding, and construction for memorial installations at the Rose Garden and Port Clinton Plaza, supported in part by a major private donation.
   

• Repeat Port-A-Potty Trespasser: Highland Park Crime Blotter (patch.com) — Recent police reports from Highland Park detail damage to a locked portable restroom in Jens Jensen Park, a stolen $699 wagon on St. Johns Avenue, a license plate theft in the Port Clinton garage, and a small retail theft at Target on Skokie Valley Road. Residents may want to secure outdoor property and stay alert in these areas.
   

• Ritchie Blackmore Reflects on Emotional Reunion with Deep Purple (rockcellarmagazine.com) — Highland Park rock fans can see Deep Purple at Ravinia on August 25, part of the band's current tour following Ritchie Blackmore's emotional onstage reunion with his former bandmates. The guitarist describes the New York appearance as a healing, nostalgic moment, and the group is now taking that renewed energy on the road.
   

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Thursday August 20
• Networking Event →
  Tamales Mexican Restaurant | Highland Park, 493 Central Ave, Highland Park
  4:03 pm
• WellConnect Network Membership Interest Event →
  Tamales Mexican Restaurant | Highland Park, 493 Central Ave, Highland Park
  4:30 pm
Tuesday September 8
• Lake Forest College Community Engagement Lifelong Learning Series: Politics Course →
  Lake Forest College, 555 N Sheridan Rd, Lake Forest
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 10
• Lake Forest College Community Engagement Lifelong Learning Series: Art and Architecture Course →
  Lake Forest College, 555 N Sheridan Rd, Lake Forest
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday August 19
• Help Stock the Shelves at Northbrook Farmers Market's Summer Stock 2026 →
  Northbrook Farmers Market | Cherry Lane & Meadow Road
  7:00 am
Friday August 21
• Port Clinton Concert Series: Bollywood Beats + Eats →
  Port Clinton Square, 600-601 Central Ave, Highland Park
  6:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• Vintage Car Show →
  525 Central Ave, Highland Park
  12:00 pm
Wednesday August 26
• Shops on Elm Place: End of Summer Party →
  585 Elm Pl, Highland Park
  9:00 am
• Shops on Elm Place: End of Summer After Party →
  585 Elm Pl, Highland Park
  6:00 pm
Friday August 28
• Comedian Jeanie Doogan @ Zuzu's Highland Park →
  Madame Zuzu's, 1876 1st St, Highland Park
  7:30 pm
Saturday August 29
• Port Clinton Art Festival →
  600 Central Ave, Highland Park, IL 60035
  10:00 am
Sunday August 30
• Port Clinton Art Festival →
  600 Central Ave, Highland Park, IL 60035
  10:00 am

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Dog found on Waukegan Street at Bloom Street Townhomes.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Deviled eggs (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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