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🌱 Patch AM: Teen Subscription Boxes- HALLOWEEN EDITION and 11 more events

And check out MEN WHO COOK for the Will County Children's Advocacy Center on the Manhattan Patch calendar

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Coming up on the calendar:

  • MEN WHO COOK for the Will County Children's Advocacy Center at Joliet Junior College Event Center
  • Mission: Run 5K Run & Walk at St. Joseph School
  • Teen Subscription Boxes- HALLOWEEN EDITION at Manhattan-Elwood Public Library District

... and check out 11 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Friday: Pleasant with some sun, temps: high: 72, low: 54.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and warmer, with a high of 82 and low of 59 degrees.

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🗞 Nearby News

New Lenox

  • Will County Sheriff: Not activating SWAT team at New Lenox barricade 'may not have been the right call' (shawlocal.com)
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Joliet

  • Joliet's Best Octoberfest Party In Ages? Cemenos Pizza Hosting 2-Day Outdoor Festival, Music, Stein Contests (patch.com)
  • Joliet Mass Murderer's Co-Defendant From Shorewood Stands Trial This Week At Courthouse (patch.com)
  • 2 Felony Charges For Joliet Police Lt. Jeremy Harrison As He Appeals His Termination (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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