🌱 Where To Vote Early + Fenwick Tennis Champs + Halloween Event Guide

Good morning! In today's Oak Park-River Forest Daily:

• Vandals smash car windows
• Neighbors are frustrated over a "nuisance" business
• Local organizations make Halloween plans

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Here are the top 5 stories today in Oak Park-River Forest:

1. Vandals smashed the windows of two cars in Oak Park the night of Oct. 19. According to the police department, vehicles were targeted in the 1100 block of South Taylor and the 900 block of Pleasant Street. (VOP)

2. More than 20 Oak Park residents signed an open letter opposing a permit application for a “nuisance business” in their area. Neighbors in the 1150 block of South Lombard “strongly oppose” the permit for BM Customs LLC, which has contributed to issues with noise, traffic and lack of maintenance on the property at the corner of Lombard and Roosevelt. The Village Board tabled the permit vote at its Oct. 17 meeting. (Wednesday Journal)

3. Early voting begins today at Oak Park Village Hall. Weekday hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Election Day is Nov. 8. (VOP)

4. The Fenwick tennis team took home the school’s first-ever state championship title for the sport over the weekend. The varsity football team also won Friday, sending them to the IHSA playoffs against Morgan Park. (Paid source: Tribune)

5. Oak Park native Cecily Strong is expected to return to “Saturday Night Live” this month after performing in the Los Angeles run of the one-woman show “The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.” Online fans of the NBC variety show speculated on whether Strong had left the cast when she was not featured in the opening credits of this season’s first few episodes. (Entertainment Weekly)

From my notebook:

Halloween events are planned throughout the week in Oak Park and River Forest. Patch can help you plan ahead:

• Oak Park Public Library hosts 3D pumpkin carving for kids and a Día de Muertos dance event. (OPPL)
• Brookfield Zoo is also planning a Day of the Dead celebration Friday and Saturday. (Zoo)
• Hephzibah hosts a Halloween Fun Run/Walk through River Forest. (Hephzibah)
• Celebrate with “Stars, Spooky Stories, & S ’mores” in Thatcher Woods. (FPDCC)
• Go for a “Spooky Skate” at RCRC or take a scavenger hunt in Austin Gardens. (PDOP)
• River Forest Public Library hosts “Mystery and Horror in the Golden Age of Radio” and a kids ghost-busting event. (Library)

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

— 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.