🌱 Customers Crowd Dinkel's Ahead Of Closing + Carjacking Hotline

Happy Friday, Lakeview! Let's find out what's making news today in the neighborhood.

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Here are the top 5 stories today in Lakeview:

1. Illinois lawmakers are proposing solutions to the rise in Cook County carjackings. One plan includes a Sheriff's Office vehicle theft recovery hotline to help recover stolen vehicles. (Patch)

2. More than 5,000 doughnuts were served at Dinkel’s on Wednesday after the 101-year old bakery announced it will close at the end of April. "I’m honored and I’m sad," fourth-generation owner Norman Dinkel said of the customer reaction. (Block Club)

3. Lakeview neighbors who petitioned the city to save the trees on Paulina Street are looking to help other neighborhoods do the same. Organizers are “putting together a playbook” to help other residents looking to preserve their neighborhood trees during city repairs. (CBS)

4. Ald. Harry Osterman is hosting community meetings about improving the Broadway corridor that runs through the North Side. “Broadway is a street that we want to better serve all of us and our neighborhood,” Osterman said. The next meeting is set for April 30. (Block Club)

5. Wrigleyville bars were back to full occupancy for the first time in two years Thursday as the Cubs opened their season against the Brewers. Starter Kyle Hendricks had seven strikeouts and gave up one run over five innings. (CBS)

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Today in Lakeview:

• Free chair yoga with Five Keys. (10:15 a.m.)
• Saint Andrew Parish hosts a Friday fish fry. (5 p.m.)
• Join Merkle’s Bar & Grill trivia night. (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Former Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton listed his Lakeview home for $1.7 million. (Paid source: Tribune)
• Acclaimed author Neil Gaiman will speak next month at Auditorium Theatre. (Unabridged Bookstore)
• The Thorek Retirement Community will host the first of four Open House events on Sunday, April 10. (Chamber)

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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.