🌱 Carjackings Continue + Stan's Offers Free Donuts For A Year

Happy Friday! Here's your five-minute guide to what's making news in Lakeview.

First, today's weather: Cold with a snow shower. High: 22 Low: 2.

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Here are the top 5 stories today in Lakeview:

1. Lakeview saw more carjackings in 2021 than any of its North Side neighbors, according to a new Block Club report. Thirty carjackings were reported in the neighborhood last year, compared to six in 2019. (Block Club)

2. Nonprofit Trilogy Behavioral Healthcare is offering mental health first responder services in some North Side neighborhoods as part of a state-funded program. According to PBS, the move aims to “prioritize treatment over a criminal justice response when possible.” (WTTW)

3. More than 3,600 people have signed a petition asking the city to make sidewalks more accessible in the winter. “It’s a huge deal for people with disabilities,” Laura Saltzman of Access Living said of the movement. (Paid source: Tribune)

4. All three of Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day parades will return this spring after being canceled by the pandemic for the past two years. Summer festivals are also planning to return to Wicker Park and West Town in June. (Eater)

5. A new Stan’s Donuts & Coffee location will officially open in Lakeview tomorrow inside the Mariano’s at 3030 N. Broadway. Visitors to the grand opening celebration will have the chance to win free doughnuts for a year. (Chicago Food Magazine)

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Today in Lakeview:

• ChiTown Movies screens “Mean Girls.” (7 p.m.)
• Make tapas at Get in the Kitchen’s “Cooking and Comedy” event. (7 p.m.)
• Check out Replay’s “Harry Potter” cosplay contest. (8 p.m.)
• The Waco Brothers take the stage at Schubas. (8 p.m.)
• Bread and Butter Band performs at Hungry Brain. (9 p.m.)
• See 30 plays in 60 minutes at The Neo-Futurist Theater. (10:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Cook County doctors are offering tips to stay safe as temperatures drop to dangerous lows. (CBS)
• Friends of former Francesca’s sommelier “Smiley” Joe Fiely are raising funds to pay his medical bills. He died last week of stage four cancer. (Eater)
• Lakeview student Jack Hoste is one of three students who earned a STEM college scholarship from ComEd. (Yahoo)
• Chicago librarian Rhone Talsma ended “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider’s 40-game winning streak this week. (Paid source: Tribune)
• New mystery-comedy “The Afterparty” begins streaming on Apple TV+ today, featuring Lakeview native Ike Barinholtz. (TIME)

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That's all for today, Lakeview! See you soon for more neighborhood news.

Until then, have a safe and restful weekend.

— Georgi Presecky