🌱 Lions In Forest Park + New Bank Opens + Oak-Leyden Hosts Fundraiser

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First, today's weather: Mostly sunny and warm. High: 86 Low: 62.

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

1. West Suburban Medical Center is now officially owned by Resilience Healthcare. The sale was approved this week by the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board. (Wednesday Journal)

2. A Chicago woman was arrested for DUI after crashing her car into a guardrail at Hinsdale Hospital earlier this month. She was wanted on a previous warrant from the Oak Park Police Department. (Patch)

3. Oak-Leyden Developmental Services is raising funds for its new mental health program. The local nonprofit is looking to raise $25,000 to hire a counselor who will provide therapy for adults with developmental disabilities. (Wednesday Journal)

4. The famed Art Institute lions arrived in Forest Park this week for a cleaning and wax coating treatment, Forest Park Review reports. The project is underway at the Conservation of Sculpture and Objects Studio and will take about a month. (Forest Park Review)

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Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• River Forest Public Library hosts “Film Lover Fridays.” (Noon)
• Take a ceramics class at Dole Center. (6 p.m.)
• Author Caroline Woods discusses her new book “The Lunar Housewife” at the Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Museum. (7 p.m.)
• Beer Shop hosts 80s Night with DJ Desi. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Oak Park Bank will open the new Madison Street Branch today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. (Chamber)
• A pet adoption event will be held tomorrow at River Forest Public Library. (RFPL)
• Today’s “Walking Tour of Hemingway’s Oak Park” has been canceled. (Hemingway Foundation)

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You're all caught up! See you tomorrow for the weekend edition.

— 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.

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