🌱 Patch AM: Plainfield Police Reveal Results From Enforcement Over Course Of 2026 Fiscal Year

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In today's newsletter:

• See how Plainfield police cracked down on unsafe driving
• Plainfield caregivers: which local counseling service is ready to help you?

Also on today's calendar: Medicare Workshop: Important Changes for 2027 at the Timbers and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 73 and low of 51 degrees.
• Wednesday: Beautiful with high clouds, temps: high: 75, low: 48.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and delightful, with a high of 70 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Plainfield Police Reveal Results From Enforcement Over Course Of 2026 Fiscal Year (patch.com) — Plainfield drivers are learning how a year of stepped-up traffic enforcement played out, as local police detail 82 citations and several arrests made between October 2025 and September 2026. Participating in statewide safety campaigns, officers concentrated on impaired, distracted, and unbelted driving in an effort to cut crashes and keep Plainfield roads safer.
   

• Lessons from Dolly (chicagocaregiving.com) — Caregivers in Plainfield are urged to protect their own health, with Blue Moon Senior Counseling in town highlighted as a local support option. Using Dolly Parton's experience as a cautionary tale, experts outline how caregiving stress harms physical and mental health and share practical strategies and regional programs that can help residents take breaks, seek counseling, and stay on top of medical care.
   

📸 Around Plainfield

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Plainfield

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday October 6
• Medicare Workshop: Important Changes for 2027 at the Timbers →
  Timbers of Shorewood, 1100 N River Rd, Shorewood
  6:00 pm
Friday October 9
• Anniversary Sale! →
  4054 Fox Valley Center Dr, Aurora
  10:00 am
• Annual Meatloaf Dinner →
  Hope United Methodist Church, 2506 Caton Farm Rd, Joliet
  4:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Junk in the Trunk at Finders Flea Mart →
  Finders Flea, 503 Grundy St, Mazon
  9:00 am
• Carillon Craft Show →
  Carillon Clubhouse, 21146 S Carillon Dr, Plainfield
  9:00 am
• Let the Mountains Move Ministries presents...Our Praise & Worship Nite Fundraiser →
  Crosswinds Church, 14360 Rte 59, Plainfield
  4:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• MEN WHO COOK for the Will County Children's Advocacy Center →
  Joliet Junior College Event Center, 1215 Houbolt Rd, Joliet
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday October 10
• Networking Event →
  24000 Dayfield Dr, Plainfield
  9:00 am
• Praise & Worship Fundraiser →
  Crosswinds Church, 14360 Rte 59, Plainfield
  4:00 pm
Tuesday October 13
• No Cook Night at Noodles & Company Plainfield benefiting Bonnie McBeth Learning Center →
  Noodles and Company, 13511 S Rte 59, Plainfield
  4:00 pm
Friday October 16
• Monster Dash - Family Fun Run →
  C.W. Avery Family YMCA, 15120 Wallin Dr, Plainfield
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Holiday Craft & Vendor Fair - SHOPEPRS WANTED! →
  Channahon United Methodist Church, 24751 W Eames St, Channahon
  9:00 am
• Spooktacular Trunk-or-Treat →
  C.W. Avery Family YMCA, 15120 Wallin Dr, Plainfield
  1:00 pm

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Plainfield PatchAM possible:

• Will County Children's Advocacy Center — 815-774-4565
• Fred C. Dames Funeral Home and Crematory — (815) 741-5500
• Oswego Service Group, LLC — (630) 892-2400
• Timbers of Shorewood — (815) 609-0669
• Big Daddy & Sons Power Washing — (817) 806-8425
• Visiting Angels Plainfield — (815) 254-0152
• Bisa Lina Cannabis Dispensary — (815) 418-0200
• Meals on Wheels for Northern Illinois — (312) 207-5290

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Obituary: James E. Stonehouse —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch

• Not sure if anyone saw the Magical sky last night around 10?
  Clouds look like cotton balls falling above my Haunt display! (Nextdoor Kendall Ridge)

• Constellation Energy posted a job opening for Senior Reactor Operator in Plainfield. Apply here.
• Tom Thumb Supermarket posted a job opening for Deli Clerk in Plainfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Plainfield here.

🗞 Nearby News

Romeoville

• Apply For Romeoville's Property Tax Rebate Program By Dec. 1 (wjol.com)
• Joliet's Mayor Terry D'Arcy Discusses City's Traffic Woes With Scott Slocum (wjol.com)

Oswego

• Naperville's Filipino Bistro Is Moving To Oswego (patch.com)

Bolingbrook

• HOTWORX fitness studio coming to Lockport (shawlocal.com)

Ok Plainfield! 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: "Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes?" — So when they come back to port they can just scan-da-navi-an! (Thank you Jessica C. for sending it in!)
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