🌱 Dollar Tree Robbed + OPRF Poets Reunite For Reading

Georgi Presecky
Updated ·3 min read

Hello! Happy to bring you today's edition of the Oak Park-River Forest Daily.

First, today's weather: Some sun, then turning cloudy. High: 30 Low: 29.

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

1. The Dollar Tree on Roosevelt Road was robbed at gunpoint on March 1, the Oak Park Police Department reports. The thief stole more than $1,400 in cash from the register and back room safe. (OPPD)

2. Local businesses are doing their part to support Ukraine during the Russian invasion. The Onion Roll has already raised more than $2,000 with the sale of its blue and yellow bagels. Autre Monde will host a community dining night on March 16, with 100 percent of profits going to aid in Ukraine. (Wednesday Journal)

3. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle turned in her nominating petitions Monday for the upcoming primary. Richard Boykin of Oak Park announced last month he will challenge her in the race. (Paid source: Tribune)

4. Incumbent Senate President Don Harmon also filed a petition for re-election this week. The Oak Park Democrat has the only filing in the 39th Senate District. (Paid source: Daily Herald)

5. The Oak Park Health Department is hosting a COVID-19 vaccine clinic today at Euclid Avenue Methodist Church. Appointments are available for residents aged five and older. (VOP)

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Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

  • Oak Park Public Library offers tips for online job applications. (2 p.m.)

  • West Suburban Medical Center hosts a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its Outpatient Center for Behavioral Health. (5 p.m.)

  • Attend the first meeting for the Oak Park community safety assessment. (6 p.m.)

  • OPRF High School alumni read selections from their published book “Respect the Mic: Celebrating 20 Years of Poetry from a Chicagoland High School.” (7 p.m.)

  • See “Women Playing Hamlet” before it wraps up performances at the Theatre of Western Springs. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • Monthly installations from local artists will return to Oak Park Public Library this spring after a two-year break due to the pandemic. (OPPL)

  • Rush Oak Park Hospital announced it will use an artificial intelligence tool for colon cancer screening. (HealthIT)

  • Throwback Thursday: the Village shared a photo of the historic Lake Theatre auditorium, dating back to its opening in the 1930s. (VOP)

  • New legislation means Illinois legislators could follow Oak Park’s lead in banning the sale of flavored e-cigarettes and vaping products. (Patch)

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That's all for today, OPRF. See you tomorrow for the Friday edition of the Daily!

— 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.

This article originally appeared on the Oak Park-River Forest Patch