Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar The International Olympic Committee and the megabucks corporate sponsors of the games breathed a sigh of relief when the China Olympics got under way last week with no major boycotts or disruptions. Last spring, faced with[Read More…]

Matteson, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Matteson School District 162 will meet Tuesday, August 18 to consider a number of personnel matters and some housekeeping items as students and teachers prepare for a new school year. The meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the board room at the district office. The board[Read More…]

Commentary and Humor Are you a stickler for proper grammar? Ever shrug your shoulders and sigh when encountering a particularly flummoxing phrase in your local newspaper, wondering how did that ever make it to print? eNewsPF reader Phyllis Camplin sent us some woefully hebetudinous headlines that cry out for a[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Park Forest Historical Society will hold kickoff its 2008-2009 program season with a program on the history of the Lincoln Highway. The event will take place on Sunday, September 14, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. in the Village Board Meeting Room of the Park Forest Village Hall,[Read More…]

Members of the Rich East High School Band perform Saturday at Ash Street Cooperative’s block party. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– As Park Foresters weather the August heat, Rich East Band members are dreaming of a Memphis winter. The band, which performed Saturday at Ash Street Cooperative’s block party, is[Read More…]

Commentary The Chicago Sun-Times has a stirring story about a resident of Park Forest’s Victory Centre who recently received an apology from the United States Army over his wrongful conviction in connection with the 1944 death of Italian POW Guglielmo Olivotto. According to the Sun-Times report: [Roy Montgomery] was just[Read More…]