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🌱 Patch AM: How Park Ridge schools are paying bills without their property tax money

Also, don't miss Willow Hill Lights - Open nightly thru Jan 4 on the Park Ridge Patch calendar

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  • How Park Ridge schools are paying bills without their property tax money

Also on today's calendar: Willow Hill Lights - Open nightly thru Jan 4 and 2 more events.

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Today's riddle: What did one magnet say to the other magnet? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Fog in the morning; cloudy, with a high of 47 and low of 31 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, afternoon mist, temps: high: 43, low: 37.
  • Thursday: Cloudy with areas of drizzle, with a high of 43 and low of 38 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Cook County property tax troubles trigger school district losses, reform demands (chicagotribune.com) — Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 is among several suburban districts scrambling to cover payroll and operations because Cook County still hasn’t distributed fall property tax revenues. Local leaders describe millions lost to interest, fees, and foregone investment income while a long-delayed county technology upgrade stalls payments. The mounting costs and uncertainty are straining school budgets and taxpayer trust across northern Cook County suburbs.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Tuesday December 23
  • Winter Break Camp - Tuesday, Dec. 23
    Norridge Park District , 4631 N Overhill Ave , Norridge
    9:00 am
  • Parachute Play
    West Addison Branch Library , 7536 West Addison Street , Chicago
    10:30 am
  • Family Story Time
    Oriole Park Branch Library , 7454 West Balmoral Avenue , Chicago
    10:30 am
  • Cruelty Free You + Me: Stories and Songs
    Austin-Irving Branch Library , 6100 West Ivring Park Road , Chicago
    11:00 am
  • Autumn Leaves Club
    Village of Schiller Park - Schiller Park IL 60176
    12:00 pm
  • Film Screening: Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)
    McKinley Park Branch Library 1915 West 35th Street, Chicago, IL 60609
    1:00 pm
  • Board of Fire & Police Commissioners Meeting 12/23/2025
    Village of Morton Grove Fire Station #4, 6250 Lincoln Ave, Morton Grove, IL, 60053
    1:00 pm
  • Film Screening: Wicked (2024)
    Gage Park Branch Library 2807 West 55th Street, Chicago, IL 60632
    2:00 pm

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Park Ridge. Apply here.
  • Costco Wholesale Corporation posted a job opening for Bakery Wrapper / Clean Up in Niles. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Park Ridge here.

🗞 Nearby News

Niles

  • GHK-Backed JohnsByrne Announces Acquisition of Municipal Packaging (businesswire.com)
  • ICE moves Maryland mother out of state, as attorneys try to get hearing set (myrtlebeachonline.com)

Rosemont

  • Children with life-threatening illnesses make a trip to the North Pole (suntimes.com)
  • Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC) Sets New 12-Month High - Still a Buy? (marketbeat.com)
  • FloWorks Acquires Cranford Equipment Company (apnews.com)

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