🌱 Body Found At Belmont Station + Lakeview Leads COVID Transmission

Hello, Lakeview! Here's the news for Saturday.

First, today's weather: Occasional rain. High: 43 Low: 36.

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Here are the top 5 stories today in Lakeview:

1. A man was found dead early Friday morning on the train tracks at the CTA station in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue, CBS reports. Police are investigating his death. (CBS)

2. A 72-year-old woman is expected to recover after being shot in the thigh Thursday afternoon in the 3100 block of North Broadway. Ald. Tom Tunney called on Chicago police for more presence in Lakeview after two shootings occurred in the past week. “I find it unacceptable that our 19th Police District staffing numbers are so low,” he said in a statement. (ABC)

3. The city will host a town hall Tuesday for North Side residents to learn more and ask questions about efforts to prevent violence in Chicago. In-person and online viewing options will be available for the April 5 event. (Block Club)

4. Police arrested a Cleveland man this week in connection with a 1998 sexual assault in Lakeview. Authorities used DNA evidence to track down Juan Roldan, who attacked a woman in a Sheffield Avenue alleyway 24 years ago. (Paid source: Sun-Times)

5. According to Axios, Lakeview leads the city in COVID-19 case positivity with a rate of 5.5 percent. The report shows all neighborhoods with the highest percentages are on the North Side, including Lincoln Park and North Avenue. (Axios)

Today in Lakeview:

• Paint a California vineyard at Bottle & Bottega. (2 p.m.)
• “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” fans should check out “I’m Not a Comedian… I’m Lenny Bruce” at Mercury Theater. (3 p.m. and 8 p.m.)
• Last chance to catch actress Lesley Nichol in “How the Hell Did I Get Here” at Greenhouse Theater Center. (3 p.m. and 8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Johnny Sprockets bike shop employee Trisha Kurtz stepped in to help Thursday when a woman was shot on North Broadway. (CBS)
• The National Weather Service forecasts 100 percent chance of rain in Chicago today, with sunnier skies expected Sunday. (Patch)
• Save the date for Gallagher Way’s Easter Egg Hunt on April 16. (Gallagher Way)

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— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.