🌱 Activate Caffeinate with Indivisible Elk Grove Township and 12 more events

Hi there, Prospect Heights! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Help Stock the Shelves at Northbrook Farmers Market's Summer Stock 2026 at Northbrook Farmers Market | Cherry Lane & Meadow Road
• Disco Fever Hits FLX Move in Glenview Launching Jumpboard Class Excitement
• Activate Caffeinate with Indivisible Elk Grove Township at Khepri Kitchen + Coffee

... and check out 8 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: Why did the man leave his watch in the bank? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 81 and low of 65 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny, a stray t-storm, temps: high: 79, low: 61.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 79 and low of 63 degrees.

📸 Around Prospect Heights

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Prospect Heights

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday August 19
• Help Stock the Shelves at Northbrook Farmers Market's Summer Stock 2026 →
  Northbrook Farmers Market | Cherry Lane & Meadow Road,
  7:00 am
Sunday August 23
• Disco Fever Hits FLX Move in Glenview Launching Jumpboard Class Excitement →
  1330 Waukegan Rd, Glenview
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday August 18
• Activate Caffeinate with Indivisible Elk Grove Township →
  Khepri Kitchen + Coffee, 106 S Emerson St, Mt Prospect
  1:00 pm
Wednesday August 19
• First Day of Classes (1st-8th)/FULL DAY of Student Attendance
  Prospect Heights SD 23 Prospect Heights, IL 60070
• First Day of Classes, Grades 1-8
  Ccsd 21 Wheeling, IL 60090
Thursday August 20
• First Day of Classes, Pre-K (Early Childhood)
  Ccsd 21 Wheeling, IL 60090
• First Day of Early Childhood
  Prospect Heights SD 23 Prospect Heights, IL 60070
• First Day of Classes, Kindergarten Group A
  Ccsd 21 Wheeling, IL 60090
• Board of Education Meeting
  Wheeling High School Wheeling, IL 60090
  6:30 pm
Friday August 21
• First Day of Classes, Kindergarten Group B
  Ccsd 21 Wheeling, IL 60090
Monday August 24
• Second Day of Classes, Kindergarten Groups A & B (All K)
  Ccsd 21 Wheeling, IL 60090

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday August 18
• Ike Sneak Peek
  Prospect Heights SD 23 Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, 1 N Schoenbeck Rd, Mt Pr
  7:00 am
• Yearbook Pictures
  Maine West High School 1755 South Wolf Road, Des Plains, IL 60018
  7:30 am
• Ross/Sullivan Sneak Peek
  Prospect Heights SD 23 Prospect Heights, IL 60070
  7:45 am
• Cross Country Summer Running
  River Trails Middle School , 1000 N Wolf Rd, Mt Prospect, IL 600
  8:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• McDonald's posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Buffalo Grove. Apply here.
• 7-Eleven, Inc. posted a job opening for Assistant Store Leader (Assistant Manager) in Buffalo Grove. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Prospect Heights here.

🗞 Nearby News

Mount Prospect

• With Shortages Expected, Mount Prospect Taps New Vendor For Road Salt (journal-topics.com)
• initova Interviewer Bridge (google.com)
• Palatine Police Seek Information About a Wanted Suspect on the Three-Year Anniversary of a 2023 Homicide (arlingtoncardinal.com)

Arlington Heights

• Job ID:26029877 - Market Financial Center Manager - Arlington Heights, Illinois (bankofamerica.com)
• Mount Prospect homeowners cultivate their native roots (dailyherald.com)
• Incompetence in government is costly (dailyherald.com)

Buffalo Grove

• Buffalo Grove Police Step Up DUI, Seat Belt Enforcement For Labor Day (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: So he could save time! (Thank you Lorraine S. for sending it in!)
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