🌱 Prescribed Burn + Athlete Of The Week + Hanukkah Shopping

Happy Monday, Oak Park and River Forest! Let’s start the week with some local news.

First, today's weather: Mostly cloudy. High: 39 Low: 34.

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

1. Plans for Rush Oak Park’s new parking garage on Wenonah Avenue have been put on hold indefinitely due to the pandemic. CEO Dino Rumoro said: “the reality is, there’s no money.” (Wednesday Journal)

2. At least seven catalytic converters were stolen from cars parked on Oak Park streets during the week of Nov. 15, according to the latest police department crime report. One of the incidents occurred in the parking lot of West Suburban Hospital. (VOP)

3. Fenwick running back Danny Kent is nominated for the My Suburban Life Athlete of the Week award after helping lead the Friars to the school’s first state championship. Voting ends tonight at 7 p.m. (Shaw Media)

4. Book shopping on Cyber Monday? Oak Park librarians have a 2021 holiday gift guide to find great reads for the book lovers in your life. (OPPL)

5. Solutions are on the way to ease long wait times at the Franklin Park Metra Station. County and transportation officials gathered earlier this month to cut the ribbon on construction at the “railroad center of the Chicago area.” (Paid source: Franklin Park-Herald Journal)

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Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Oak Park Township hosts Chadwick Boseman Movie Day. (10:30 a.m.)
• Shop today and tomorrow at Oak Park Temple’s Maccabee Market, a one-stop shop for Hanukkah purchases. (1 p.m.)
• Concordia University lights its Christmas tree. (4:30 p.m.)

Oak Park-River Forest Patch Notebook

• A prescribed burn is planned today in Austin Gardens. (PDOP)
• The Village of Forest Park reached a settlement with the family of Marco Gomez, who was shot by a village police officer in 2017. (Forest Park Review)
• A group of local coaches is taking steps to implement a no-cut wrestling program in District 97 next year. (Wednesday Journal)
• River Forest Public Library is offering gingerbread house-making kits to students grades 5-8. (RPPL)
• Oak Park librarians recommend this year’s National Book Award winners, from poetry to nonfiction. (OPPL)

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

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