🌱 New Cellphone Rules For OPRF + Village To Reconsider Night Parking

Good morning! Let's get to the latest headlines affecting Oak Park and River Forest residents.

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

1. An Oak Park man has been charged in connection with the overdose death of a woman in Clarendon Hills. Bishop Moore, 62, is charged with supplying the fentanyl which led to the death of 28-year-old Margaret McCabe. (Patch)

2. A village committee will consider “improving access to night permit parking” in certain parts of Oak Park. The Transportation Commission is expected to discuss parking permit restrictions at its Sept. 13 meeting. (VOP)

3. New smartphone rules were in place last week for more than 3,000 students who returned to Oak Park and River Forest High School. Students must now store their devices in a “phone home” during class. New student ID rules have also been implemented this year. (Paid source: Oak Leaves)

4. A jazz parade will welcome students back to Longfellow Elementary School tomorrow. Local parent Chris Parente is raising funds for musicians to lead the festivities, which begins at 7:30 a.m. at the corner of Van Buren Street and Scoville Avenue. (Wednesday Journal)

Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• A new “Unseen Data” exhibit is now open at Concordia University’s Ferguson Gallery. (9 a.m.)
• Enjoy free “Discovery Garden Exploration Time” at Oak Park Conservatory. (10 a.m.)
• Donate blood at Oak Park Public Library. (11 a.m.)
• River Forest Public Library hosts “The History of the Beach Boys.” (7 p.m.)
• Author and Emmy winner W. Kamau Bell joins author Kate Schatz for a conversation on stage at Dominican University. (7 p.m.)
• It’s $5 Tuesday at Lake Theatre. (Showtimes)

From my notebook:

• Let Patch help plan out your week: a Sausage and Craft Beer Sampler is set for Thursday at Cheney Mansion, plus Fenwick and OPRF High Schools face each other on the football field Saturday for the first time in decades. (MaxPreps)
• Scratch Kitchen and Lounge is going “back to basics” with its plan to reopen next month. (Forest Park Review)
• Oak Parker and Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi made an appearance at the “Blues Brothers” concert in Joliet over the weekend. (Patch)

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That's all for today! See you tomorrow for more local stories.

— 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.

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