🌱 Oak Park COVID Numbers Jump + Tap Room Shut Down

Hello! Thanks for reading the last Oak Park-River Forest Daily of July! Let's get to today's headlines.

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Here are the top 3 stories today in Oak Park-River Forest:

1. COVID-19 cases increased by more than 30 percent in Oak Park this week. The health department reported 165 new cases in the village since the last report on July 21. (VOP)

2. A Chicago man was arrested Friday in connection with several retail thefts at an Oak Park Target. A second individual was arrested hours later for stealing from the store at 1129 Lake Street, according to the police department. (OPPD)

3. Forest Park Tap Room’s liquor license was not renewed by Mayor Rory Hoskins after months of delayed hearings. According to the Review, the bar will be shut down after years of resident complaints regarding “customer misbehavior and loud noises, as well as violating COVID-19 mitigation guidelines.” (Forest Park Review)

Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Trailside Museum hosts a “Hooray for Herons” walk and talk. (10:30 a.m.)
• “DC League of Super-Pets” plays at Lake Theatre. (11 a.m.)
• Compass Rose performs a summer concert in Scoville Park. (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The River Forest Historic Preservation Awards deadline has been extended to Aug. 31. (VRF)
• The Village of Oak Park is updating its communications system. (Wednesday Journal)
• Concordia University partnered with nonprofit Humble Design to donate dorm furniture to families emerging from homelessness. (Wednesday Journal)
• The River Forest Public Library is closed on Sundays through Labor Day. (Library)

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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.

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