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🌱 Patch AM: How To Help Victims Of Apartment Fire In Woodridge
You won't want to miss Medicare 2027 on the Woodridge Patch calendar

Hi Woodridge! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️
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In today's newsletter:
- How you can directly support displaced Windsor Lakes neighbors today
Also on today's calendar: Medicare 2027 and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Increasing cloudiness, with a high of 76 and low of 60 degrees.
- Wednesday: Occasional afternoon rain, temps: high: 71, low: 66.
- Thursday: Rain, with a high of 70 and low of 54 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• How To Help Victims Of Apartment Fire In Woodridge (patch.com) — Woodridge residents are being urged to support 57 neighbors displaced by a devastating nine-hour fire at Windsor Lakes Apartments, which damaged 41 homes. Local groups are collecting food, clothing, personal care items, furniture and monetary donations at several nearby locations, with village leaders praising the community's tradition of stepping up in times of crisis.
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📸 Around Woodridge
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Woodridge
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★ Featured events ★
- Medicare 2027 →
Lisle Library District, 777 Front St, Lisle
7:00 pm - Medicare 2027 - What You Need to Know →
Woodridge Public Library, 3 Plaza Dr, Woodridge
7:00 pm - Oak Brook Artisan Market - Oakbrook Center (Sat-Sun, Oct 3-4) →
100 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook
10:00 am - Fall on Canal (an outdoor vendor market) →
317 Front St, Lemont
9:00 am
Tuesday September 29
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
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Other local events
- Dive into Girl Scouts! Mermaid Party and Family Information Night →
3155 71st St, Naperville
6:00 pm - Baby Lapsit: 0 - 24 Months →
Woodridge Public Library, 3 Plaza Dr, Woodridge
9:30 am - Toddler Time: Ages 2 - 3 →
Woodridge Public Library, 3 Plaza Dr, Woodridge
10:15 am - State Senator John Curran's Traveling Office Hours →
Woodridge Public Library, 3 Plaza Dr, Woodridge
11:30 am - Downers Grove Marching Mustangs 23rd Annual Music Bowl →
Downers Grove South High School, 1436 Norfolk St, Downers Grove
1:00 pm - Rescheduled Woodridge-Downers Grove Fourth of July Fireworks →
75th Street & Lemont Road, Woodridge
7:30 pm - Woodridge Garden Club meeting notice →
Woodridge Park District, 2600 The Center Dr, Woodridge
6:30 pm - Woodridge Trunk-or-Treat →
3 Plaza Dr, Woodridge
12:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
Wednesday September 30
Saturday October 3
Thursday October 8
Saturday October 17
📣 Woodridge Shout Outs!
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🪧 Patch Classifieds
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Looks like your cat got out.
Its name is Pepe. The phone number on his tag is disconnected. He is right by the baseball field underneath a woman's car. Please come get him. He… (Nextdoor Goodrich East) - Five coyotes spotted in our Dunham Knolls subdivision while my wife was walking the two dogs at 7:00pm tonight.
She had to seek shelter at a neighbor. Very scary! (Nextdoor Dunham Knolls)
- Treehouse Pediatric Therapy posted a job opening for Behavior Therapist - Multidisciplinary Clinic - Part Time Evenings in Woodridge. Apply here.
- Johnson Service Group posted a job opening for CNC Programmer - Aerospace in Downers Grove. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Woodridge here.
🗞 Nearby News
Downers Grove
- Downers Grove property transfers: Sept. 14-20 (shawlocal.com)
- This Hole-In-The-Wall Deli Along An Illinois Highway Is Worth Every Mile For The Sandwiches Alone (newsbreak.com)
Ok Woodridge! 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: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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