🌱 'Tension' At Proviso Schools + Holiday Scams + Turkey Trot Hike

Happy Monday, Oak Park and River Forest. Let's get to the Daily!

But first, today's weather: Not as cold. High: 44 Low: 29.

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

1. Tensions were high at a Proviso Township High School District 209 board meeting last week, the Review reports. The board tabled a planned vote to terminate four teachers who “face allegations of encouraging student protests.” (Review)

2. ComEd is warning residents about an increase in scams during the holiday season. The company’s vice president of customer channels Nichole Owens said thieves prey on people this time of year, “knowing people are busier, distracted with holiday plans and paying less attention to their spending and bill-paying habits.” (Yahoo)

3. Oak Park Public Library’s executive director is featured in the newest edition of the Dominican University student newspaper. Alum Joslyn Bowling Dixon told The Star: “I want to be the person that sometimes I wish I had and influence the change I want to see. That is why I became a leader.” (Star)

4. The Forest Preserve District will host a “turkey trot hike” this Friday after the Thanksgiving holiday. Registration is now open for the Nov. 25 event. (FPDCC)

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Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Paint watercolor flowers with Oak Park Public Library. (11 a.m.)
• It’s Meditation Monday at the OPRF Chamber of Commerce. (12:15 p.m.)
• The Nineteenth Century Club hosts a presentation on the history of Unity Temple. (1:15 p.m.)
• The Oak Park Village Board meets. (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• River Forest’s overnight parking ban will be lifted tomorrow to accommodate holiday guests. (VRF)
• The Ernest Hemingway Foundation is seeking volunteers to “help with tours, education, outreach and house maintenance.” (Hemingway Foundation)
• OPRF High School students created a new art installation to support survivors of domestic violence. (Instagram)
• An Oak Park-set play is taking the stage in Boston, telling the fictional story of an OPRF student who befriends President Obama in 2015. (Broadway World)

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