🌱 Patch AM: Water Lantern Festival and 8 more events

What's up Lemont! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Labor Day Crafting Session: Make Your Own Magnets and Create Your Own Magic
• Orland Park Coin & Stamp Show at Orland Park Civic Center 14750 S. Ravinia Ave. Orland Park, IL
• 2026 Golf Outing & 19th Hole Reception at Edgewood Valley Country Club, 7500 Willow Springs Rd, Burr Ridge IL

... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: Where do math teachers go on vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: A stray t-storm; not as hot, with a high of 86 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 82, low: 63.
• Monday: Partly sunny, with a high of 81 and low of 64 degrees.

📸 Around Lemont

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lemont

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 5
• Labor Day Crafting Session: Make Your Own Magnets and Create Your Own Magic →
  8104 W 143rd St, Orland Park
  12:00 pm
Sunday September 6
• Orland Park Coin & Stamp Show →
  Orland Park Civic Center 14750 S. Ravinia Ave. Orland Park, IL,
  10:00 am
Monday September 28
• 2026 Golf Outing & 19th Hole Reception →
  Edgewood Valley Country Club, 7500 Willow Springs Rd, Burr Ridge IL,
  8:30 am

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Other local events

Saturday September 5
• Water Lantern Festival →
  227 Heritage Quarries Dr, Lemont
  5:00 pm
Sunday September 6
• LIBRARY CLOSED - Labor Day Holiday
  Lemont Public Library District Lemont Public Library - Teen Lounge
• Sawyer Sunday Funday →
  227 Heritage Quarries Dr, Lemont
  10:00 am
Wednesday September 9
• Oil Painting Demonstration →
  Homer Township Public Library, 14320 W 151st St, Homer Glen
  9:00 am
Saturday September 12
• Fall Acting Workshop Intensive →
  LATTE Theater (Conservatory for Young Adult Creatives), 9008 Fairview Ave, Brookfield
  9:45 am
• Falconry at the Forge →
  227 Heritage Quarries Dr, Lemont
  10:00 am
Monday September 14
• Lemont VFW Scholarship Golf Outing →
  15780 W New Ave, Lemont
  8:00 am
Friday September 18
• Fall BINGO at Lemont Township Community Center →
  16300 Alba Street
  11:15 am
Saturday September 19
• Nature Walk at the Lemont Township Heritage Woodland Sanctuary →
  16300 Alba, Lemont
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Obituary: James Allen Coffey —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
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🗞 Nearby News

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• Delivering the Route to a More Efficient Fleet (inboundlogistics.com)
• After decades, Leona Altman cuts her last head of hair on 63rd Street (southwestregionalpublishing.com)

Woodridge

• Remembrance Ceremony Led By Lisle-Woodridge Fire District To Commemorate September 11 (patch.com)

Bolingbrook

• 2 Shot, 1 Dead In Crossfire In Lockport: Sheriff (patch.com)
• St. Laurence's Noah Mendez, a Mount Carmel transfer who had to sit out last season, fits right in at goalie (chicagotribune.com)
• Will County Sheriff's Office responds to Lockport Township home with 'large police presence' (shawlocal.com)

Ok Lemont! 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: Times Square (Thank you Jean K. for sending it in!)
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