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🌱 Patch AM: Meet the new four-legged crime‑fighting comfort officer in Wilmette

Make time for 8th Annual Assyrian Food Festival on the Wilmette Patch calendar

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Coffee in hand, Wilmette? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Meet the new four-legged crime‑fighting comfort officer in Wilmette
  • How a Wilmette student helped shape this growing youth journalism workshop

Also on today's calendar: 8th Annual Assyrian Food Festival and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the longest word in the dictionary? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 80 and low of 63 degrees.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 76, low: 61.
  • Monday: Partly sunny and delightful, with a high of 75 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Wilmette Police Swear In First Electronic Detection, Comfort Dog (patch.com) — Wilmette residents now have a new four‑legged member of the police department: Gizmo, a specially trained electronic detection and comfort dog who will help find digital evidence and support crime victims. Working with a Wilmette police analyst and U.S. Secret Service partners, Gizmo is meant to strengthen investigations while also offering a calming presence during stressful encounters with law enforcement and first responders.
   

• Recapping our biggest Youth in Journalism Workshop yet (therecordnorthshore.org) — A Regina Dominican student from Wilmette joined dozens of teens in The Record North Shore's expanded Youth in Journalism Workshop, which offered stipends and hands-on newsroom training. Participants learned about ethics, media law, AI, and misinformation from local journalists and guest speakers, gaining skills to better understand and produce community news across the northern suburbs.
   

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  • Skokie Police On Patrol For DUIs This Labor Day (patch.com)

Ok Wilmette! 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: Smiles, because it has a mile between "s". (Thank you Sharon M. for sending it in!)
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