🌱 Car Crashes Into Barnard's Schwinn + Hotel For The Homeless

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First, today's weather: Cloudy, brisk and chilly. High: 41 Low: 34.

Here are the top stories in Oak Park-River Forest today:

1. A car crashed into Barnard's Schwinn Cyclery Thursday night, causing significant damage to the building and several bikes. The driver from Elmwood Park has been charged with DUI. Police say he fell asleep at the wheel and steered into the building at 6109 West North Ave. (ABC7)

2. The Oak Park Department of Public Health will host a COVID-19 vaccine clinic today for private school and home school students between the ages of five and 11. First doses of the pediatric vaccine will be administered at Oak Park River Forest High School. (VOP)

3. Housing Forward will continue using rooms at the Write Inn Hotel for its interim housing program for another year. The nonprofit pivoted to using hotels for transitional housing during the pandemic to allow for social distancing. (Wednesday Journal)

4. As of Nov. 1, all Forest Park police officers are equipped with body cameras, three years ahead of the state requirement. State law is requiring law enforcement agencies in smaller Illinois municipalities to use body cameras by 2025. (Forest Park Review)

5. COVID-19 cases in Illinois have surged by 29 percent this week, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. “A lot of unmasked indoor gatherings are likely part of the problem," according to Dr. Ngozi Ezike. (Patch)

Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Shop resale items at Economy Shop. (9 a.m.)
• Donate food at Trailside Museum's Thanksgiving drive-and-drop food drive. (9 a.m.)
• Make paste paper crafts at a Dole Center workshop. (Noon)
• The Fenwick Friars play the IHSA 5A quarterfinal game at Nazareth. (1 p.m.)
• See the Dominican University production of “Mamma Mia!” (3 p.m.)
• Celebrate a new student mural with food and raffles at Code Ninjas. (4 p.m.)
• Patrick Sweany performs at FitzGeralds. (7 p.m.)
• Folk singer Michael Jonathan performs at the Euclid Avenue United Methodist Church. (7 p.m.)
• See “Antigone” at OPRF High School. (7 p.m.)

Oak Park-River Forest Patch Notebook

• On this date in 1947, the Oak Leaves-Forest Leaves sponsored a balloon parade down Lake Street to kick off the holiday shopping season. (OPRF Museum)
• The Community of Congregations’ Holiday Food and Gift Basket program is expected to benefit more than 700 families in need this season. (Wednesday Journal)
• Visitors from around the world are returning to Oak Park on weekends to take the “Wright in the Neighborhood” outdoor guided walking tours. (Paid source: Oak Leaves)

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You're all caught up on the news for Saturday, Nov. 13! I'll be back in your inbox on Monday to recap more local stories.

Until then,

Georgi Presecky

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