Day: December 18, 2011

In and Around Park Forest Week of December 19, 2011

Sharon Stokes, President of the Chicago Chapter of the Montford Point Marine Association, with Congressional Gold Medal Recipients Theodore Peters, Wendell R. Ferguson, Park Forest resident Ed Fizer, James A. Reynolds and John Vanoy, at last Monday’s Village Board meeting. (ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2011. Do you know someone[Read More…]

Park Forest Police Reports for December 18, 2011

The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]

Statement of President Obama on the Death of Vaclav Havel

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2011.  I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing today of Vaclav Havel, a playwright and prisoner of conscience who became President of Czechoslovakia and of the Czech Republic. Having encountered many setbacks, Havel lived with a spirit of hope, which he defined as “the ability to[Read More…]

Remarks by President Obama on the Payroll Tax Cut Extension

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2011 – 12:30 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody.  In the last few weeks, I set out a simple principle:  Congress should not go home for vacation until it finds a way to avoid hitting 160 million Americans with a tax hike on January 1st.  Extending the[Read More…]

Occupy Pittsburgh’s Flag Stolen

Pittsburgh, PA—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2011. The American flag flown above The People’s Park was stolen early Friday morning, December 16, 2011.   The Veterans of Occupy Pittsburgh chose to display the flag upside-down as a distress signal.  The American Flag Code states that a flag may be flown upside down in[Read More…]

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