🌱 Gas Station Ordinance On The Way + Community Clean-Up Postponed

Good morning, Oak Park and River Forest. Let's get to the headlines for Sunday, Sept. 11.

First, today's weather: Cooler with periods of rain. High: 69 Low: 58.

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Here are the top 4 stories today in Oak Park-River Forest:

1. Village Board members are drafting an ordinance to prevent gas stations from operating 24 hours a day in Oak Park. Both residents and officials have discussed strategies to reduce overnight crime at gas stations since 18-year-old Jailyn Logan-Bledsoe was shot and killed at a BP in June. (Wednesday Journal)

2. A federal judge this week announced Heather Mack will go on trial in July 2023. The Oak Park woman served seven years in an Indonesian prison for the murder of her mother in Bali. (CBS)

3. River Forest residents will remember the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001 with a LemonAid stand fundraiser today. The annual event will begin at 3 p.m. in the 700 block of Bonnie Brae. (VRF)

4. Today’s Forest Park clean-up has been postponed to Sept. 24 due to rain in the forecast. The community clean-up event was initially scheduled in April before being pushed to the fall. (Review)

Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Celebrate National Grandparents Day at the Depot with “crafts, games, live music and a luncheon.” (10 a.m.)
• “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” opens at Lake Theatre. (11 a.m.)
• Celebrate migrating monarchs with a special event at Thatcher Woods. (Noon)
• Make an art deco lantern at Dole Center. (1 p.m.)
• Bucky Halker performs at OPRF Museum to “honor the contributions of workers to American society.” (3 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Oak Park and River Forest Townships are welcoming members to a new grief support group for caregivers. (Wednesday Journal)
• Because of its “strong ties” to the UK, Caledonia Senior Living and Memory Care in North Riverside lowered its flags to half-staff to remember the life of Queen Elizabeth II upon her death. (Landmark)
• Loads of Fun Laundromat reopened earlier this week with new ownership. (OPRF 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.