🌱 West Suburban Medical Center To Be Sold + COVID Cases Improve

Happy Friday, Oak Park and River Forest! Here's your March 11 edition of the Daily.

First, today's weather: A.m. flurries; cloudy, chilly. High: 37 Low: 14.

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

1. The Oak Park Department of Public Health reported 41 new cases of COVID-19 in the Village from March 3-9. This week’s numbers are down more than 60 percent from last week. (VOP)

2. Pipeline Health announced it plans to sell West Suburban Medical Center to Resilience Healthcare for more than $90 million, Wednesday Journal reports. The sale is pending approval from the Illinois Health Facilities and Review Board. (Wednesday Journal)

3. A South Boulevard condo complex must complete construction within six months after being in the works for five years. “We’re hoping this will push the developer [Art Gurevich] to get the project finished,” Oak Park Director of Development Customer Services Tammie Grossman said of the village's six-month extension. (Wednesday Journal)

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Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Open Studio at Oak Park Art League. (1 p.m.)
• Learn to paint a robin at Trailside Museum. (1 p.m.)
• Public Skate Friday at Ridgeland Common Recreation Complex. (3:30 p.m.)
• Paint a Matisse at Dole Center. (6 p.m.)
• OPRF High School presents “Sister Act.” (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The Jazz Thaw returns to downtown Oak Park tomorrow. (DOP)
• Eight educators in District 97 were honored by the Illinois State Board of Education. (D97)
• Melaina Maraldi is the new Children’s Services Manager at River Forest Public Library. (Library)
• The OPRF Chamber of Commerce is celebrating women-owned businesses in honor of Women’s History Month. (Chamber)
• The Oak Park Public Library is offering resources for parents and caregivers to help their kids understand challenging news stories amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (OPPL)

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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.