🌱 Friends of the Sycamore Library Spring Book Sale and 10 more events

Hello Sycamore! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Local Showcase at NIU Convocation Center
• Police Pension Board at Sycamore, IL Calendar
• North Grove Groove 5K at Sycamore, IL Calendar

... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 76 and low of 54 degrees.
• Thursday: Turning cloudy; windy, warm, temps: high: 79, low: 59.
• Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 70 and low of 45 degrees.

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📸 Around Sycamore

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sycamore

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday April 23

• Local Showcase
  NIU Convocation Center, 1525 W Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb
  3:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday April 23

• Police Pension Board
  Sycamore, IL Calendar , 308 W State Street , Sycamore
  5:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• North Grove Groove 5K
  Sycamore, IL Calendar Sycamore, IL 60178
  8:00 am
• North School Clothing Sale
  Sycamore High School , 427 Spartan Trail , Sycamore
  8:00 am
• Friends of the Sycamore Library Spring Book Sale
  Sycamore Public Library , 103 E State St , Sycamore
  9:00 am

Thursday April 30

• Dessert and Dialogue: Exploring how shared stories shape us
  Sycamore Park District Community Center , 480 Airport Rd , Sycamore
  6:30 pm

Friday May 1

• Serenata Para el Futuro-Dinner and Mariachi Fundraiser
  Burritos Guacamole 3 , 1330 E State St suite 112 , Sycamore
  6:30 pm

Sunday May 3

• DeKalb Cinco de Mayo
  Frank Van Buer Plaza , 148-198 N 2nd St , DeKalb
  12:00 pm

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📣 Sycamore Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• D300 Together for Tomorrow - Open House - Perry Elementary School
  Perry Elementary School , 251 Amarillo Drive , Carpentersville
  5:30 pm
• D300 Together for Tomorrow - Open House - Lake in the Hills Element
  Lake in the Hills Elementary School , 519 Willow Street , Lake in the Hills
  5:30 pm
• FFA Awards Night
  Genoa-Kingston Community Unit School District 424 Genoa, IL 60135
  6:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• Theme Thursday - Jersey Day
  Littlejohn Elementary Dekalb, IL 60115
  8:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The Suter Company, Inc. posted a job opening for Assembler - 1st Shift- Refrigerated Products in Sycamore. Apply here.
• Old National Bank posted a job opening for Market Relationship Banker in Sycamore. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sycamore here.

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🗞 Nearby News

DeKalb

• City of DeKalb solicits Paint-A-Plug program applications (shawlocal.com)
• Here's how to donate to 2026 Give DeKalb County fundraiser (shawlocal.com)
• Jim Rhoades' legacy lives on through new law enforcement scholarship fund (northernstar.info)

Hampshire

• This Tiny Illinois Town Is Home To A Diner That Feels Too Good For The Price (takingthekids.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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