🌱 Patch AM: Gnome Ornament Kit and 11 more events

Good morning Western Springs! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Gnome Ornament Kit at Thomas Ford Memorial Library
• Noon Year's Eve Celebration at Thomas Ford Memorial Library
• Village Administrative Offices Closed 1/1 at Western Springs, IL Calendar

Today's riddle: What did the windowsill say to the glass? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a high of 42 and low of 35 degrees.
• Tuesday: Fog in the morning; cloudy, temps: high: 46, low: 34.
• Wednesday: Mainly cloudy, afternoon mist, with a high of 47 and low of 41 degrees.

📸 Around Western Springs

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Western Springs

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Monday December 22

• Gnome Ornament Kit
  Thomas Ford Memorial Library , 800 Chestnut St , Western Springs
  9:30 am

Tuesday December 30

• Noon Year's Eve Celebration
  Thomas Ford Memorial Library , 800 Chestnut St , Western Springs
  11:00 am

Thursday January 1

• Village Administrative Offices Closed 1/1
  Western Springs, IL Calendar Western Springs, IL 60558

📣 Western Springs Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday December 22

• Band Room 111
  Monroe Elem School Hinsdale, IL 60521
  8:30 am
• 12/23/25 - Winter Break Single Day Camp - Hinsdale, IL 2025
  Hinsdale Humane Society , 21 Salt Creek Ln , Hinsdale
  9:00 am
• Minecraft Gingerbread Village Adventure
  Hinsdale Public Library - Community Meeting Room
  3:00 pm
• Pickleball
  North Riverside, IL Calendar , 2401 S. DesPlaines Avenue , North Riverside
  7:00 pm
• Village Board of Trustees Regular Meeting - CANCELLED
  Village of La Grange Calendar , 53 S LaGrange Rd , La Grange
  7:30 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Winter Break
  Riverside SD 96 Riverside, IL 60546
• Fun with Fossils!
  Trailside Museum of Natural History , 738 Thatcher Ave , River Forest
  10:00 am
• Small Serendipity
  River Trail Nature Center , 3120 Milwaukee Ave , Northbrook
  10:00 am
• Wildlife Connections
  River Trail Nature Center , 3120 Milwaukee Ave , Northbrook
  10:30 am

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Western Springs PatchAM possible:

• Crazy Bins
  New Bin Outlet Store in Downers Grove!

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

• Drainage solutions and grading
  In need of landscape drainage or Hardscape installation?... (More info)

💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Mathnasium posted a job opening for Math Instructor / Tutor in Willowbrook. Apply here.
• Abercrombie & Fitch Company posted a job opening for Abercrombie & Fitch - Assistant Manager, Oakbrook in Oak Brook. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Western Springs here.

🗞 Nearby News

Brookfield

• What Nick Fuentes and the Groypers want (theweek.com)

Oak Brook

• Harrowing Video Shows Officers Pull Person From Flaming Car On I-88: Police (patch.com)

Riverside

Ok Western Springs! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

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