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Outdoors from local newsrooms
From Forest Park Review, Glen Ellyn Patch and Shaw Local, gathered by 6AM News, 6AM City’s local news service, in the last two days.
Forest Park Review3 hours ago
Prairie path to connect to Forest Park, on Forest Park ReviewIDOT, Cook County plan to extend east trailhead of prairie path in Maywood to Des Plaines River along Maybrook Drive
Glen Ellyn Patch4 hours ago
Destroy Old Jack-O'-Lanterns At Pumpkin Smash In Glen Ellyn, on Glen Ellyn PatchResidents can bring baseball bats and shovels to sustainably smash old pumpkins at Glen Ellyn Park District's Pumpkin Smash.
Shaw Local8 hours ago
First meeting for Somonauk Creek watershed planned for Wednesday, on Shaw LocalThe meeting is from 2 to 4 p.m. so that conservation district officials can understand local water resource concerns and identify practical recommendations to protect and improve water quality throughout the watershed.
In brief
The short notes of Daily Aurora’s last two editions. Open one to read it, with its sources.
Christmas treeChicago's 113th Christmas tree is a nearly 50-foot Norway spruce from the Clark family of Campton Hills, in Kane County.
Chicago's 113th Christmas tree is a nearly 50-foot Norway spruce from the Clark family of Campton Hills, in Kane County. It was cut down Monday and heads to Millennium Park, where the lighting is set for Fri., Nov. 20. The tree came from Kane County, and NBC 5 Chicago says it stood in the Clarks' front yard for 22 years, and Secret Chicago says it stays up through Jan. 10, 2027.
News Notes · Today’s editionSources: CBS Chicago, NBC 5 Chicago, Block Club Chicago, Secret Chicago