🌱 Good Samaritans Save Driver + Board Member Resigns

Welcome to the holiday weekend, Oak Park and River Forest! In today's Daily, we cover:

• Details on the state budget passing the Illinois Senate.
• Candle-making, wine tasting and more weekend events.
• Parking restrictions and street closures for Memorial Day.

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Now, today's weather: Mostly sunny and nice. High: 76 Low: 56.

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

1. Two good Samaritans pulled a driver from a burning car earlier this week in the 200 block of South Harlem. Katie Bochenek and Matthew Salter told NBC Chicago they would like to meet the person they helped save, who was rushed to the hospital after crashing into a tree. “The fact that somebody is alive from that crash, weighs heavy on me and weighs heavy on my heart,” Salter said. “I want to meet that man and give him a hug.” (NBC)

2. The Illinois Senate led by Sen. Don Harmon of Oak Park passed the state budget Thursday, NBC Chicago reports. “This is a budget that invests in schools in red districts and in blue districts. We’re investing in hospitals in red districts and in blue districts and health care workers across the state. We’re investing in municipalities in your districts and in ours,” Harmon said. (NBC)

3. A member of the Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 Board stepped down this week. Kebreab Henry is resigning to move out of state near his aging parents, the Wednesday Journal reports. Details on the process to replace him for a two-year term are expected to be announced May 30. (Wednesday Journal)

4. Oak Park officials have lifted on-street parking restrictions this weekend in honor of the Memorial Day holiday. Regular parking rules resume Tuesday night. River Forest street closures begin Monday morning for the annual parade. (VOP/VRF)

Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• The Oak Park Farmers Market is held outside Pilgrim Church. (7 a.m.)
• Take a spring nature walk at Trailside Museum. (10:30 a.m.)
• Beer Shop hosts a Spring Wine Soireé. (3 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Woodlawn Cemetery will observe Memorial Day with a headstone-cleaning event tomorrow and a remembrance service Monday. (Eventbrite)
• Einnim is hosting a “Sunday Funday” candle-making workshop tomorrow. (Einnim)
• L'Arche Chicago will break ground on a new house in Oak Park next week. (Chamber)
• The Community of Congregations Spring Gathering is set for Tuesday at Oak Park Temple. (Temple)
• WTTW published a list of community-supported agriculture sites in Chicagoland, including three that deliver to Oak Parkers. (WTTW)

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That's all for May 27! The Daily will resume Wednesday, May 31.

Have a great holiday weekend.

— Georgi

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.

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Oak Park-River Forest Patch newsletter? Contact me at georgi.presecky@patch.com.