🌱 Patch AM: Recycle String Lights And Live Christmas Trees Throughout January In Evergreen Park

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In today's newsletter:

• Evergreen Park offers easy January recycling for trees and string lights

Also on today's calendar: New Year's Eve Gospel Party and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: The world champion tongue twister just got arrested! 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: A little snow in the p.m., with a high of 28 and low of 22 degrees.
• Wednesday: Cloudy with a snow shower, temps: high: 30, low: 7. ⛄️ Brr!
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and frigid, with a high of 19 and low of 16 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Recycle String Lights And Live Christmas Trees Throughout January In Evergreen Park (patch.com) — Evergreen Park residents can recycle broken or unwanted string lights and dispose of live Christmas trees throughout January using services from Flood Brothers. Collection bins for lights are available at Village Hall and the Community Center, while live trees can be left at the curb on regular garbage days starting Jan. 2.
   

📸 Around Evergreen Park

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Evergreen Park

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 31

• New Year's Eve Gospel Party
  4501 W 127th St, Alsip
  10:00 pm

Saturday January 10

• Vaccine Clinic
  Premier Paws Veterinary Service, 7900 Lavergne Ave, Burbank
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday December 31

• PTO Ice Skating Party
  Morgan Park Sports Center , 11505 S Western Ave , Chicago
  10:00 am
• Film Screening: Freakier Friday (2025)
  Wrightwood-Ashburn Branch Library , 8530 South Kedzie Avenue , Chicago
  12:00 pm
• Village Hall Closes at 12PM
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  12:00 pm

Thursday January 1

• New Years Day - Village Hall Closed
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Friday January 2

• Food Drive of the Month: Pasta, Pasta Sauce, and Macaroni & Cheese
  Evergreen Park Public Library , 9400 S. Troy Ave. , Evergreen Park
• Adult Coloring Contest
  Evergreen Park Public Library , 9400 S. Troy Ave. , Evergreen Park
• Snowflake Factory
  Evergreen Park Public Library , 9400 S. Troy Ave. , Evergreen Park
• Game Day: Retro Video Games
  Wrightwood-Ashburn Branch Library , 8530 South Kedzie Avenue , Chicago
  10:00 am

Saturday January 10

• Master Bespoke Tailor Launches Hands-On Fashion Classes at Moraine Valley College
  9000 Old 88th Ave , Palos Hills
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 30

• Tuesday Story Time
  Wrightwood-Ashburn Branch Library , 8530 South Kedzie Avenue , Chicago
  10:30 am
• New Year's Eve Eve Party
  Evergreen Park Public Library , 9400 S. Troy Ave. , Evergreen Park
  11:00 am
• Yak & Yarn Hangout
  Evergreen Park Public Library , 9400 S. Troy Ave. , Evergreen Park
  6:30 pm

Wednesday December 31

• CLOSED for a special event
  Children's Museum in Oak Lawn , 5100 Museum Dr , Oak Lawn

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Evergreen Park PatchAM possible:

• Encore Car Wash — (331) 302-0947
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• The Bead Bar — (708) 890-6163
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• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
  Teach your kids they can achieve the impossible!

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

• BHHS Chicago Hosted The Sunshine Kids for Annual Teen Getaway to Chicago
  Chicago real estate brokerage Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago, and its philanthropic arm, the Kindness Foundation, hosted The Sunshine Kids... (More info)
• Contents Cleaning Specialist – Women-Led Team
  Pay: $18.00 - $23.00 per hour... (More info)

💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Bath & Body Works posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Sales Associate-Evergreen Plaza in Evergreen Park. Apply here.
• The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service/Sales in Oak Lawn. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Evergreen Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

Oak Lawn

• Sophomore Ben Delberto Ready To 'Let It Rip' In First Varsity Season For Oak Lawn Spartan Boys Basketball (patch.com)
• Two Oak Lawn churches to merge, forming New Hope United Church of Christ (southwestregionalpublishing.com)

Blue Island

• Growing team of online sleuths join local search for missing Merrionette Park man (suntimes.com)
• Obituary: Thomas Dockweiler (hfchronicle.com)

Palos Hills

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-- The Patch AM Team

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