🌱 Patch AM: How did a repeat offender end up at Forest Park station?

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In today's newsletter:

• How did a repeat offender end up at Forest Park station?

Also on today's calendar: Lunch & Learn and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What two things can you never eat for breakfast? . 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Occasional morning snow, with a high of 27 and low of 13 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Tuesday: A little snow in the p.m., temps: high: 30, low: 27.
• Wednesday: Cloudy with a snow shower, with a high of 31 and low of 9 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Top 5 of 2025: Worst repeat offending crooks of the year (theblaze.com) — A man with a long arrest history is accused of seriously injuring an intellectually disabled rider by punching him and shoving him onto the tracks at Forest Park’s Harlem Blue Line station earlier this month. The piece then zooms out to highlight several other repeat-offender crime cases around the country, raising broader concerns about how often high-risk suspects return to the streets.
   

📸 Around Forest Park

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Forest Park

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday January 3

• Lunch & Learn
  West Central SDA Church, 1154 Wisconsin Ave, Oak Park
  12:30 pm

Saturday January 10

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

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Other local events

Tuesday December 30

• Kwanzaa Celebration
  Oak Park Public Library , 834 Lake St. , Oak Park
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Noon Year's Eve (Families)
  River Forest Public Library , 735 Lathrop Avenue , River Forest
  11:00 am
• Countdown to 2026 Memory Journals
  Oak Park Public Library , 834 Lake St. , Oak Park
  11:00 am
• NYE COMEDY SHOW, LIVE DJ & COUNTDOWN Sean Bair-Flannery & Warren B. Hall W/ DJ RAMON SMITH
  Comedy Plex Comedy Club , 1128 Lake St Lower Level , Oak Park
  10:00 pm

Friday January 2

• Make Your Own Bookmarks
  Oak Park Public Library , 834 Lake St. , Oak Park
  4:00 pm

Saturday January 3

• New Year Goal-Setting Workshop
  Oak Park Public Library , 834 Lake St. , Oak Park
  12:00 pm

Sunday January 4

• Knocking Out Goals
  Oak Park Public Library , 255 Augusta St. , Oak Park
  12:30 pm
• OP* - Prayers: Wishfulfilling Jewel
  Kadampa Meditation Center Chicago , 13 Harrison Street , Oak Park
  12:30 pm

Saturday January 10

• Master Bespoke Tailor Launches Hands-On Fashion Classes at E.W.S. Fashion Academy, est. 1995
  137 N Oak Park Ave , Oak Park
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday December 29

• Audio Booth Reservation
  Oak Park Public Library , 834 Lake St. , Oak Park
  9:30 am
• Sensory Shenanigans
  Melrose Park Public Library , 801 Broadway Ave , Melrose Park
  10:00 am
• Baby Storytime
  River Forest Public Library , 735 Lathrop Avenue , River Forest
  10:00 am
• Winter Play Days
  Garfield Ridge Branch Library , 6348 Archer Avenue , Chicago
  10:30 am

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

• Oak Park Conservatory — (708) 725-2400
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• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
  Teach your kids they can achieve the impossible!

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• QFS Services, Inc. posted a job opening for Meat Cutter - Butcher in Forest Park. Apply here.
• Proviso Township High Schools District 209 posted a job opening for Boys Tennis- Assistant Coach (Junior Varsity) in Forest Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Forest Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

Oak Park

• Procurement Power—When Cities Realized They Can Just Say No: 2025 in Review (eff.org)
• Marjorie Helen (Seyfert) Givens, age 87, formerly of Norris City (wfiwradio.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Lunch and dinner. (From Norine S.)
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