🌱 Food Network Star + Stolen Power Tools + Aging Population

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First, today's weather: A thunderstorm around in the p.m. High: 72, low: 66.

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

1. A man out on bail for two separate Chicago gun crimes is accused of shooting at a passing vehicle and hitting a driver in Oak Park on Sunday. Jevonthae Jones, 22, is charged with aggravated battery by discharge of a firearm. (CWB)

2. Food Network host Jeff Mauro returned to his alma mater Oak Park and River Forest High School last week to talk “food, fun, family and more food.” The River Forest resident did a Q&A and a cooking demonstration for business and consumer sciences students. (Wednesday Journal)

3. The Oak Park Residence Corporation presented a plan this week for a potential affordable housing complex. The six-story, 45-unit building would stand at 7 Van Buren St. and focus on energy efficiency. (Wednesday Journal)

4. Garage burglaries continued last week in Oak Park, with at least three incidents reported to police. Lawn mowers, power tools and bicycles were taken. (Paid source: Oak Leaves)

5. OPRF officials are being hailed for their efforts to support aging residents. Oak Park recently was designated a “Dementia Friendly Community” and River Forest launched an Age-Friendly Advisory Ad Hoc Committee to assist the growing population of senior citizens in the area. (Paid source: Oak Leaves)

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Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Bingo for Seniors with Oak Park Township. (10:20 a.m.)
• Author and researcher Richard Rothstein presents “The Color of Law and Reversing Segregation” with River Forest Public Library. (7 p.m.)
• Catch a preview performance of “The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story” at Pleasant Home. (8 p.m.)
• Trivia night at Oak Park Brewing Company. (8 p.m.)

Oak Park-River Forest Patch Notebook

• Construction began on Fenwick High School on this date in 1928. (OPRF)
• One-Off Hospitality Group, which presents the monthly River Forest Supper Club, is hiring. (OHG)
• White Sox fan Rob Holt is being dubbed “Cane Guy” for the “magic” he worked at game three of the American League Division Series at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Block Club)
• Grammy-winning quintet Ranky Tanky will perform at Dominican University next week. (Paid source: Forest Leaves)
• The Oak Park Public Library is offering access to the Foundation Directory Online for nonprofits to seek funding. (OPPL)

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