🌱 River Forest Adds Cop Cars, Ambulance + Buona Beef Plans Expansion

Welcome to a new week of Oak Park-River Forest Daily newsletters! If you're new here, this is Patch's five-minute guide to the most important stories in the OPRF area. Today's include:

• The local state of COVID-19
• Halloween plans for the OPRF Museum
• An Oak Park housing organization celebrates 50 years

But first, today's weather: Mostly sunny and nice. High: 72 Low: 49.

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

1. In case you missed it: 62 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Oak Park last week, according to the health department. The weekly update does not include at-home test results. (VOP)

2. The Village of River Forest will purchase two new police cars and an ambulance “to maintain an updated fleet for our first responders,” President Catherine Adduci wrote in her weekly letter to residents. The board approved the move at its Sept. 26 meeting. (VRF)

3. Berwyn-based Buona Beef will expand to open 100 franchise locations across the U.S., the company announced last week. Most of its current restaurants are in the Chicago area and Northwest Indiana. (Paid source: Tribune)

4. The Oak Park Regional Housing Center is celebrating 50 years of service. An anniversary gala will be held Oct. 22 in Chicago, with a virtual option to stream the event from home. (OPRHC)

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Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Get vaccinated at Cheney Mansion. (Appointment times)
• Oak Park Public Library offers virtual midday meditation. (Noon)
• It’s $5 Tuesday at the Lake Theatre. (Noon)
• The Park District of Oak Park offers an informational session on how to use Uber. (Noon)
• The Nineteenth Century Club presents “Amore Entertains!” featuring singer Vince Amore. (1:15 p.m.)
• Junior high schoolers can make an autumn-inspired Bob Ross painting at the Oak Park Public Library. (5 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Brewpoint Coffee CEO Melissa Villanueva was featured on WGN’s “Lunch Break” segment this week. The coffee shop has locations in Oak Park and Elmhurst. (WGN)
• Radical Botanicals, a new plant store in Forest Park, is offering classes to teach children about the growth cycle. (Review)
• Save the date: The Oak Park River Forest Museum will host its “Tale of the Tombstones” Cemetery Walk Oct. 16. (OPRF Museum)

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

— 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.

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