🍦South Suburbs Scoop

Happy Friday! If you plan on stopping by Frankfort’s Fall Festival this weekend, reply back to this email! Let’s say hello!

Here’s what’s happening in our neck of the woods:

• New Business Openings & Developments In Our Area

• Local Labor Day Weekend Events

• Frankfort Fall Fest Details

• New Lenox Restaurant Week Promotions Announced (Starts 9/2)

• Arrowhead Ales Create Beer Dedicated to Local Fallen Soldier

• Local Events, Sports & Kids Activities

• Live Music, Adoption Pets of the Week & Real Estate Round-Up

To Our Readers: What would you like to see more in the newsletter? Email [email protected] to provide your feedback!

Let’s Get Into It!

-John

WHAT’S NEW IN THE SOUTH ‘BURBS

📍New Lenox’s Arrowhead Ales Pays Tribute to Fallen Soldier Aaron Toppen - Details

📍New Lenox Restaurant Week Promotions Released- Details

📍Wendy’s to Move Forward in Frankfort’s Chappel Commons - Video | Article

📍Take the Will County EMA Storm Damage Survey - Video | Survey

📍New Sushi Restaurant Coming to Frankfort - Video | Article

📍Check Out the South Suburbs Coffee Shop Boom - Video

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…

📍$7M+ Secured for Frankfort’s Park District; Most to Commissioner’s Park - Video | Article

📍Old Plank Trail Closed from New Lenox to Joliet for $1.3M Upgrade - Video | Article

📍New Lenox Resident to Run for Will County Sheriff - Details

📍Frankfort’s $1.6M Trail Project - Details

📍55 New Frankfort Homes Approved in The Reserve of Copper Creek - Video | Article

📍Tinley Park’s Annual Oktoberfest Cancelled Due to High Costs - Details

📍 Aug 30 - Back To School Parade & Family Fun Day (Homer Glen) - Details

📍 Aug 31 - Fall Fest Parade (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Aug 31 - Labor Day Party & Fireworks (Manhattan) - Details

📍 Aug 31 - Labor Day Parade (Manhattan) - Details

📍 Aug 31 - KeepAtaw Day, Parade, and Fun Fest (Lemont) - Video | Details

THIS WEEK’S LOCAL LIVE MUSIC

📍CHRIS PENNINGTON LIVE - Hickory Creek (New Lenox) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅 Fri, Aug 29 | 6:30PM

📍CARRIE UNDERWOOD TRIBUTE - The Forge (Lemont) 🎟 Details
💲$15-20 | 📅Fri, Aug 29 | 6:30PM

📍SUGAR LIME BLUE ROOFTOP CONCERT - Historical Museum- (Joliet) 🎟 Details
💲$13-15 | 📅Fri, Aug 29 | 7PM

📍FIFTY ONE LINCOLN BANK - Social 45 (Frankfort) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅Fri, Aug 29 | 7:30PM

📍MOKENA MIKE AND JOHN WEEKS - Banging Gavel (Tinley Park) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅Fri, Aug 29 | 6:30PM

📍EAGLES TRIBUTE - The Forge (Lemont) 🎟 Details
💲$15-20 | 📅Sat, Aug 30 | 6:30PM

📍COUNTRY NIGHT W/ STRAWDAWG - Jamo’s Live (Mokena) 🎟 Details
💲$7.25 | 📅Sat, Aug 30 | 9PM

📍MARTY KELLY DUO LIVE - Hickory Creek (New Lenox) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅Sat, Aug 30 | 6:30PM

📍JOSH HOLLAND - Social 45 (Frankfort) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅Sat, Aug 30 | 7:30PM

📍BIKES & BURGERS - Jamo’s Live (Mokena) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅Sun, Aug 30 | 12PM

📍OPEN MIC NIGHT -  Hickory Creek (New Lenox) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅Tues, Sept 2 | 6:30PM

📍KARAOKE NIGHT - The Chill House (Frankfort) 🎟 Details
💲Free | 📅Tues, Sept 2

GREATER CHICAGOLAND LIVE MUSIC & MORE

Cheapest Gas in the South Burbs!

PRICES AS OF 8/28 - Website

📍 Manhattan - $3.35 - ⬆️ From Last Week

📍 New Lenox - $3.69 ⬆️ From Last Week

📍 Mokena - $3.77 ⬆️ From Last Week

📍 Frankfort - $3.78 ⬆️ From Last Week

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

📍 Mokena’s Leap Behavior Therapy Hiring BCBAs & Behavior Technicians - Details

📍 (2) Opportunities at New Lenox’s Crossroads Sports Complex - Details

📍 Multiple Job Opportunities in in Orland Park - Details

📍 Police Officers Needed in Tinley Park - Details

THIS WEEK’S LOCAL EVENTS & OFFERINGS

📍 57th Annual Fall Fest (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Aug 29 - Alsip Garden Club (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Aug 30 - Cops & Bobbers Fishing Derby (Manhattan) - Details

📍 Aug 30 - International Beach Day - Free Sign at Board & Brush (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Aug 30 - Comics, Cosplay, Video & Board Games Market (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Aug 31 - Cars & Coffee at Gost Coffee/Hickory Creek (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Aug 31 - Flurry Artisan Market at Hailstorm Brewing (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Sept 2 - Fire District Hosts CPR Class - (Mokena) - Details

📍 Sept 2 to 9 - Restaurant Week (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 2 - Cruise Night (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Sept 3 - Trivia Night at Hickory Creek Brewing (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 3 - Food Trucks on Front Street - (Mokena) - Details

📍 Starting Sept 3 - Club K-9 Dog Training at the Ranch (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Sept 3 - Naughty Bingo at Stray Bar (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Sept 4 - Farmer’s Market at the Commons (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 4 - Mob Movies Trivia at Soundgrowler (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Registration Open for Citizen’s Academy (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Registration Open for Scary at the Prairie (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Scarecrow Contest Begins - Due Oct 9 (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Kozy Knits Upcoming Events (Multiple Locations) - Details

THE KIDDOS

📍 Parks Fall Programs: Mokena | New Lenox | Frankfort

📍 Library Announces Storytime Lineup (Orland Park) - Details

📍 Aug 29 - Cub Scouts Pack 101’s Open House (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Aug 31 - Street of Dreams to Hold Kids’ First-Timers Musical Auditions (Mokena) - Details

📍 Sept 5/6 - Family Overnight Camp Out (Mokena) - Details

📍 Sept 16 to Oct 7 - After School Art Camp (Frankfort) - Details

UPCOMING LOCAL EVENTS

📍 Sept 5 - Fridays After Five at the Commons (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 5 - Family Fridays in the Park (Lockport) - Details

📍 Sept 5 - Bosco’s Marketplace Witchy Night Out (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Sept 5 - Coffeecake and Crime Book Event (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Sept 6 - Alsip Fall Container Workshop (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Sept 6 - Silent Roller Disco Event at the Commons (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 6 - Lincoln-Way High School 1975 Class Reunion (Manhattan) - Details

📍 Sept 7 - Free Beer For National Beer Day at Board & Brush (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 9 - $500 Jackpot Bingo at North + Maple (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Sept 9 - Sip & String Event at Hailstorm Brewing (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Sept 12 - Viva la Vino Wine Tasting Event (Orland Park) - Details

📍 Sept 11 - Grand Opening of Yunker Barn (Mokena) - Details

📍 Sept 11 - 9/11 Ceremony at American Legion Post 1977 (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 12 - Banquet for Warriors Walk (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 12-13 - Local Village Wide Garage Sale (Manhattan) - Details

📍 Sept 13 - Warriors Walk (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 13 - Soundgrowler Brewing Oktoberfest (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Sept 13 - Country Market & Rock & Roll Show (Orland Park) - Details

📍 Sept 14 - Sweets & Savory Crawl (Lockport) - Details

📍 Sept 16 - Cruise the Commons (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 17 - Food Trucks on Front Street - (Mokena) - Details

📍 Sept 17 - Annual Senior Breakfast (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Sept 17 - Wine Down Wednesday at Board & Brush (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 20 - 46th Annual Old Campground Fest (New Lenox) - Details

📍 Sept 20 - Free Community Event w/ Pony Rides (Joliet) - Details

📍 Sept 20 - Art & Wine Paint and Sip (Orland Park) - Details

📍 Sept 28 - 13th Annual Wine & Ale Walk (Frankfort) - Details

📍 Oct 5 - Fall Adoptapalooza 2025 & Fire Zone 5K Run (Lockport) - Details

AREA SPORTS & MORE

📍Bears Prepare for Week 1 on Sept 8, White Sox Host NY Yankees All Weekend; Cubs Host Braves on Labor Day

📍 Massive College Football Weekend including Illinois to Host Western Illinois on Friday, Northwestern at Tulane on Saturday & Notre Dame to Host Miami (FL) on Sunday. Check out the full college football schedule here!

📍 Aug 30 - Free Premiere Fitness Yoga Classes (Manhattan) - Details

📍 Sept 1 - Karma Week FREE Yoga Classes (Homer Glen) - Details

📍 Sept 7 - Yoga & Beer at Hailstorm Brewing (Tinley Park) - Details

📍 Sept 20 - White Sox Half Way to St. Patty’s Day Party (Chicago) - Details

ADOPTION PETS OF THE WEEK! Meet Charlie, Garth & Peppy!

Check out Charlie, Garth, Peppy and other adoptable pets! Visit the SAYv website for more information!

Real Estate Roundup

This week, the Chicagoland area including Cook and Will county have 10,470 available homes for sale. That is a slight decrease from last week's total of 10,505 homes available for sale.

The average 30-year fixed mortgage interest rate as of today is: 6.50%.

Mokena - Just Listed: 9  ⎸ Closed: 7
New Lenox - Just Listed: 11  ⎸ Closed: 9
Tinley Park- Just Listed: 19 ⎸ Closed: 19
Frankfort - Just Listed: 8 ⎸ Closed: 6

*If you don't see your suburb on here, shoot me a reply email "what's the weekly update in my suburb?" I'll happily send that over to you!

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Weekend Weather

Friday - 72/52 - ⛅ Partly Cloudy - 💦 6% -💨 NE 9mph

Saturday - 75/52 - ⛅ Partly Cloudy  - 💦 24% -💨 ENE 7mph

Sunday - 79/54 - ☀️ Sunny - 💦 6% -💨 E 7mph

Thanks for reading. Have a great weekend!

 John Sintich

Realtor® 

Keller Williams Preferred Realty

708-612-0644