🌱 Gallagher Way To Close + City Doubles Tree Maintenance Budget

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First, today's weather: Mostly sunny and mild. High: 61 Low: 50.

Here are the top stories in Lakeview today:

1. The parents of Inaki Bascaran are thanking those who helped them search for their missing son, whose body was recovered Friday from the Chicago River. Hundreds of volunteers scoured River North last week and held a vigil for Bascaran in Lakeview. (Paid source: Sun-Times)

2. School is cancelled Friday for Chicago Public Schools students to get vaccinated against COVID-19. “Vaccination Awareness Day” was announced after the CDC approved a vaccine for children older than five. (Chalkbeat)

3. Chicago will double its tree-trimming budget in the next fiscal year as “backlogs of tree trimming requests have piled up.” The number of citywide tree maintenance crews will increase from 14 to 30 in 2022. (The Daily Line)

4. Sections of Gallagher Way will close today to allow for Winterland preparations. The space will reopen Nov. 19 when the ice rink and Chriskindlmarket will open to the public. (Gallagher Way)

5. Lake View High School was one of many venues in the city hosting pumpkin smash events this weekend. The environmentally-friendly process promotes composting and keeping discarded Halloween pumpkins out of landfills. (FOX32)

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Lakeview Patch Notebook

• Replay Lincoln Park opened a “Squid Game” pop-up. (Block Club)
• Lincoln Park Zoo is offering ZooLights attendees a chance to “flip the switch” on its lights show this season. (Zoo)
• Four local establishments made Eater’s list of “hottest new restaurants,” including a new London-style pub opened by the owners of Au Cheval. (Eater)
• The Lakeview Roscoe Village Chamber of Commerce is highlighting the importance of shopping small this holiday season. (Chamber)

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That's all for this Monday, Nov. 7. See you tomorrow for another update!

— Georgi Presecky

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