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🌱 Patch AM: How Lake Forest became the heart of this new novel trilogy

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Greetings Lake Forest! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Lake Forest became the heart of this new novel trilogy

Also on today's calendar: Banned Books Week (Oct. 5th - Oct. 10th) and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 65 and low of 50 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 71, low: 56.
  • Wednesday: Nice with plenty of sun, with a high of 74 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Grove Mower: Fun Fast Fiction (chicagoclassicmag.com) — A local author has set his latest novel, Amos and Ike, in Lake Forest, drawing on years spent here and even weaving in the Ragdale artist residency as a key setting. He talks about why the town's character and "dusty money" inspired his trilogy, how Chicago-area music shapes his writing, and what's coming in his next Lake Forest–linked book.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • LWV to Host Candidate Forum for IL 10th Congressional District Zoom Webinar —League of Women Voters-Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Area Read on Patch
  • Hi neighbors, I could use your help finding an insured painter for a small exterior job.
    The narrow trim at the top of the main level needs to be prepped, primed and given 2 coats of finish paint. I have the paint. Looking for… (Nextdoor Lake Forest-East)
  • Presbyterian Homes & Services posted a job opening for Porter in Lake Forest. Apply here.
  • Abbott Laboratories posted a job opening for Global Product Leader, AlinIQ® Sample Management (Indexor) in Lake Forest. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lake Forest here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lake Bluff

  • Hardness Test Equipment Market To 2035: Electronics QA Mandates Drive Growth at 4-6% CAGR (indexbox.io)

Lincolnshire

  • 9 pumpkin patches to visit across Chicagoland this October (wgntv.com)
  • Inventory Tags Market To 2035: RFID and E-Commerce Fulfillment Fuel Growth (indexbox.io)
  • Cable Management Systems Market Forecast to 2035: Data Centers and Renewables to Drive Growth (indexbox.io)

Highland Park

  • Louis Armstrong's 1957 Highland Park Concert Finally Arrives on Record, With a 1,200 Person Fundraiser Set Preserved From a High School Auditorium Near Chicago (chicagomusicguide.com)
  • Target Sets Its Sights On Delaware (1808delaware.com)

Ok Lake Forest! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I ?" — Footsteps (Thank you Patty G. for sending it in!)
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