🌱 Village Reviews COVID Rules + Proviso Teachers Postpone Strike

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

1. Village health leaders are assessing Oak Park’s COVID-19 mitigations as cases decline from the peak of the omicron surge. “Local health officials fully anticipate lifting the proof of vaccination requirement Feb. 28,” the village said in a statement this week. (VOP)

2. The Proviso Teachers Union postponed its strike vote after the school district offered another mediation session Friday. School board President Rodney Alexander said Tuesday is the soonest day a strike could move forward. (Forest Park Review)

3. Six vehicles were targeted by catalytic converter thieves in Brookfield last week, according to police. At least five of the thefts occurred overnight on Feb. 9. (Landmark)

4. Three Fenwick High School wrestlers will compete in the IHSA state competition this weekend, along with OPRF High School’s Jalen Dunson. Six OPRF athletes are also headed to the first-ever IHSA state finals for girls wrestling next weekend. (Wednesday Journal)

5. Oak Park Public Library Executive Director David Seleb will retire at the end of the month after eight years in the role, Wednesday Journal reports. The library has begun the search for his replacement. (Wednesday Journal)

Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

  • Learn about art-journaling with Purple Sun Arts. (10 a.m.)

  • Trailside Museum hosts a nature walk featuring cold-blooded animal habitats. (10:30 a.m.)

  • Visit Armand’s Pizzeria, Massa Café Italiano, Union Tap and more for the Dine-In Elmwood Park event. (11 a.m.)

  • Temple Har Zion hosts a Paint & Pour party. (7:30 p.m.)

  • Chicago a capella performs at Pilgrim Congregational Church. (8 p.m.)

  • Catch a laser show set to the music of Queen at Triton College. (8:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • One of the first lay instructors to teach at Fenwick High School, Jack Spatafora died this week at the age of 90. (Fenwick)

  • The Village of Oak Park is now hiring a community service officer, public health nurse, police records clerk and more. (VOP)

  • Senate President Don Harmon of Oak Park said Judge Michael McCuskey was an “excellent” choice to fill the state’s vacant Legislative Inspector General role. (Senate)

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That's all for today, OPRF. See you tomorrow for more neighborhood news.

— 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