🌱 How Melrose Park’s pension tax burden stacks up across Illinois

Hello Melrose Park! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Melrose Park’s pension tax burden stacks up across Illinois

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 83 and low of 64 degrees.
• Thursday: Very warm with some sun, temps: high: 89, low: 70. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Thunderstorm, with a high of 87 and low of 69 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• $292 paid per household in property taxes for Orland Hills local funds in 2024 (southcooknews.com) — Melrose Park homeowners are shown paying among the state’s higher per-household property tax costs for police and fire pensions, with funds only 41.1% funded. A new statewide analysis compares Melrose Park’s $12,610 burden to hundreds of other Illinois municipalities, highlighting how pension debt is shaping local tax pressures.
   

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📸 Around Melrose Park

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Melrose Park

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday June 4

• Stella Cole →
  Ravinia Festival, 200 Ravinia Park Rd, Highland Park
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday June 3

• Free Wednesday Open Mic Comedy at Comedy Plex →
  Oak Park - River Forest (OPRF) Chamber of Commerce 1128 Lake Street (Lower Level) Oak Park, Il 60301
  8:00 pm

Thursday June 4

• 5th Grade Dance & Clapout!
  Greene Chicago, IL 60609
• Last Day of School đ
  Evergreen Chicago, IL 60609
• LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! End of Quarter 4
  Greene Chicago, IL 60609
• Chamber Ways & Means Committee Meeting
  Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce The Chamber Office. 300 W. Lake St., Ste. 201 Elmhurst, IL 60126
  8:00 am
• 6th & 7th Grade Awards
  Hernandez Chicago, IL 60632
  8:30 am

Friday June 5

• Last Day if NO "Emergency Days" Used
  Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 Melrose Park, IL 60160

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday June 3

• 8th Grade Graduation - Alcuin Montessori School
  Oak Park Public Library 834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US
  9:30 am
• Arbor West Neighbors NFP monthly Board Meeting
  Oak Park Public Library 834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US
  10:00 am
• 3D Printing Submission Demo
  Oak Park Public Library 834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US
  10:30 am
• Writing Class
  Oak Park Public Library 834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301, US
  12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Disabledperson, Inc posted a job opening for Maintenance Custodian Associate at Walmart in Northlake, Illinois in Melrose Park. Apply here.
• Empire Beauty School posted a job opening for Customer Service Coordinator - Full Time - Stone Park, IL in Stone Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Melrose Park here.

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🗞 Nearby News

River Forest

• A memorable Memorial Day (oakpark.com)
• Jeffrey Hill, 73 (oakpark.com)

Forest Park

• 1111 Circle Ave Apt 2, Forest Park, IL 60130 (realtor.com)
• Forest Park Pool should ditch wristbands (forestparkreview.com)
• Mint Cannabis Budtender in Forest Park, IL (masslive.com)

Elmhurst

• Elmhurst Trolley Returns For 10th Year – It's Free (patch.com)
• Concerns Continue Over Proposed Elmhurst Warehouse (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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