🌱 New Year's Day Storm Watch + Where To Recycle Christmas Trees

Good morning, Lake View! Nicole Fallon-Peek here, filling in for your usual curator, Georgi. Like many of you, the Patch team is taking some time off to celebrate the New Year, so there will not be a newsletter in your inbox tomorrow. We appreciate your understanding of this slight pause in our schedule, and we'll be back on Monday with your next edition of the Lake View Daily! Now, here's everything happening around town today.

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First, today's weather:

Some sun, then clouds. High: 46 Low: 38.

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Here are the top 3 stories in Lake View today:

1. The first day of 2022 is expected to be a snowy one in the Chicago area. A Winter Storm Watch was recently issued for a weekend storm that could result in up to 8 inches of snow along Lake Michigan. Snow is expected to start falling between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, with the heaviest snow expected between noon and midnight. (WLS-TV)
2. Taking down your Christmas tree this weekend? Several drop-off locations in Chicago will be open beginning Jan. 8 to recycle live or natural trees into mulch. Trees will be accepted until Jan. 22. Click to view the list of recycling locations. (Block Club Chicago)
3. The Lake View housing market is heating up, and new properties are now available if you're looking to move. These five local homes have just been listed for a wide range of prices, from a 2 bed, 1 bath property for $210,000, to an 11 bed, 4 bath home for $1.3 million. (Lake View Patch)

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Today in Lake View:

• Gallagher Way hosts "Neon New Year's Eve." (3 p.m.)
• Visit the "Let It Snow" holiday pop-up at Le Sud. (4:30 p.m.)
• Five Keys Yoga hosts a New Year's Eve "Reflect & Restore" workshop. (5 p.m.)
• New Year's Eve party at Old Crow Smokehouse. (7 p.m.)
• Laugh Factory hosts an "NYE Comedy Bash." (8 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• According to CWBChicago, a group of teenagers beat, kicked, and robbed a woman near Ald. Tom Tunney's Lakeview office Wednesday evening. The same offenders tried to rob two more women on the Red Line. No arrests have been made yet. (Facebook)
• Lakeview Pantry is asking the community to help them feed hope before the year ends with a donation. Your gift can provide a bus pass for a neighbor trying to get to work, food for a cancer patient receiving treatment, rental assistance for a family trying to stay in their home, and more. (Facebook)
• Saint Mary of the Lake Catholic Church will be celebrating the Solemnity of Mary on New Year's Day. All are welcome! (Facebook)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed. Have a happy new year!

— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.