🌱 Patch AM: How will Buffalo Grove’s 2025 decisions change your daily routine?

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In today's newsletter:

• How will Buffalo Grove’s 2025 decisions change your daily routine?
• How a tiny puppet troupe is enchanting Buffalo Grove-area families

Also on today's calendar: Willow Hill Lights - Open nightly thru Jan 4 and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: I got fired from the M&M factory. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly cloudy and chilly, with a high of 27 and low of 13 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Sunday: Periods of clouds and sun, temps: high: 30, low: 27.
• Monday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 40 and low of 32 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Redevelopment Plans, E-Bikes Top Buffalo Grove's Year In Review (journal-topics.com) — Buffalo Grove wrapped up 2025 with big moves on taxes, public safety facilities, and new rules for e-bikes and e-scooters that directly affect how you shop and get around town. Village leaders advanced a new Fire Station 25, studied relocating village hall and the police department, weighed major redevelopment proposals, and saw key school and board leadership changes that will shape the next few years.
   

• Ukrainian Children's Puppet Theater Hopes To Reach American Audience (journal-topics.com) — A small puppet theater created by Ukrainian immigrants is entertaining Russian- and Ukrainian-speaking families from Buffalo Grove, Wheeling, and nearby suburbs while trying to reach a broader American audience. SOVA Theatre’s hand-made puppet shows explore folk tales and self-acceptance, and this February they’ll stage a wordless performance in Wheeling designed so kids from any background can follow along.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Buffalo Grove

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday January 3

• Willow Hill Lights - Open nightly thru Jan 4
  Willow Hill Golf Course, 1350 Willow Rd, Northbrook
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday January 3

• Comedy Showcase
  The Lincoln Lodge , 2040 N Milwaukee Ave , Chicago
  8:00 pm

Sunday January 4

• Новогодние представления в театре-студии «ДЕБЮТ» для детей от 3-х лет.
  Debut Theater studio , 1205 McHenry Rd , Buffalo Grove
  11:00 am

Monday January 5

• Fire & Police Commission Meeting
  Buffalo Grove, IL Calendar , 50 Raupp Blvd , Buffalo Grove
  6:00 pm
• NorthShore Mahjongg Monday's
  Dengeos - Buffalo Grove , 195 W Dundee Rd , Buffalo Grove
  6:00 pm
• Village Board Meeting
  Buffalo Grove, IL Calendar , 50 Raupp Blvd , Buffalo Grove
  7:00 pm

Tuesday January 6

• Basketball: B/Sophomore
  Addison Trail HS
  5:00 pm
• Basketball: B/Freshman A
  Addison Trail HS
  5:00 pm
• Basketball: G/Freshman A
  Buffalo Grove High School
  5:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday January 3

• Flappers and Fedoras! Songs of the Roaring 20's
  Sedgebrook , 800 Audubon Way , Lincolnshire
  1:00 pm
• Starry Night Snowman
  Pinot's Palette , 214 N York St , Elmhurst
  3:00 pm
• Free Family Day at the Evanston History Center
  Evanston History Center , 225 Greenwood St , Evanston
  4:00 pm
• Space Jam: Laugh-Along, Live!
  Stars and Garters Theater , 3914 N Clark St , Chicago
  9:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Happy New Year neighbors and friends!
  As we welcome the New Year, we wish all our friends and neighbors health, peace, and abundant blessings. May God watch over your homes, guide your… (Nextdoor Old Buffalo Grove)

• The Fountain Group LLC posted a job opening for Graphic Designer in Lincolnshire. Apply here.
• Chase Brass posted a job opening for 2nd Shift Material Handler in Wheeling. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Buffalo Grove here.

🗞 Nearby News

Wheeling

• CreateOn Pip-Cubes Recalled for Magnet Ingestion Hazard (foodpoisoningbulletin.com)
• Regina Takes Second At Their Snowflake Shootout, Leyden's MacLeod Scores 1,000th Point (journal-topics.com)

Arlington Heights

• Grow The Game Returns For 32 Games Friday-Saturday (journal-topics.com)

Palatine

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I kept throwing out all the W’s.
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