CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—September 21, 2017. The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed an audit of the City’s compliance with the Language Access Ordinance, Municipal Code of Chicago Chapter 2-40 (Ordinance). The Ordinance requires City departments to create and implement plans to provide persons with limited English proficiency meaningful[Read More…]
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Unitarian Universalist Community Church to Screen Documentary ‘Making a Killing: Guns, Greed & the NRA’ on Sept. 22
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 16, 2017. The Unitarian Universalist Community Church, 70 Sycamore Drive in Park Forest, will screen the documentary film ‘Making a Killing: Guns, Greed & the NRA’ on Friday, September 22 at 7 p.m. A discussion will follow the movie. This documentary tells the stories about how guns[Read More…]
Hazardous Waste Drop-off Event in Park Forest on Saturday, Sept. 30
Park Forest, Il—(ENEWSPF)—September 16, 2017. On Saturday, September 30, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Will County Land Use Department Resource Recovery and Energy Division hosts a Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off Event in Park Forest, in the parking lot of Continental Midland located at 24000 S. Western Ave. Items[Read More…]
Double, Triple, Quadruple Calls for Park Forest Fire
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Among the 59 responses for the Park Forest Fire Department last week, the department answered double, triple, and quadruple calls. All in all, there were 15 fire/service calls and 44 EMS calls. Response Activities: Quadruple Calls Activity during the week of September 3-9, 2017, was quite up[Read More…]
‘Building Community for Justice’ Workshop at UUCC in Park Forest on Saturday, September 16
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 12, 2017. The Unitarian Universalist Community Church, 70 Sycamore Drive in Park Forest, will host a ‘Building Community for Justice’ workshop on Saturday, September 15 at 10 a.m. ‘Building Community for Justice’ begins with listening thoughtfully and deeply to the ideas of others, whether we agree or[Read More…]
AccuWeather Predicts Economic Cost Of #Harvey, #Irma To Be $290 Billion
By Justin Roberti, AccuWeather AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports it has been a destructive hurricane season, following the historic impacts from Hurricane Harvey and now Hurricane Irma. The economic cost of both is going to be high. This is the first time in the history of record keeping that two Category 4[Read More…]
Hurricane #Irma Batters Florida With Catastrophic Storm Surge, Wind And Rain
By Renee Duff, Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports after blasting the northern Caribbean, deadly Hurricane Irma batters Florida, spreading destructive winds, flooding rain and inundating seas. “Unfortunately, there is no way the United States is going to avoid another catastrophic weather event,” Dr. Joel N. Myers, founder, president and[Read More…]
Hurricane #Irma To Batter Florida With Catastrophic Storm Surge, Wind And Rain
By Renee Duff, Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports after blasting the northern Caribbean, deadly Hurricane Irma will turn toward the United States, unleashing destructive winds, a catastrophic storm surge, flooding rain and inundating seas across Florida through the weekend. “Unfortunately, there is no way the United States is going[Read More…]
Women’s Self-Defense Class on Saturday, September 16
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 8, 2017. A women’s self-defense class will be held on Saturday, September 16, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Board Room of Village Hall, 350 Victory Drive. The free class, hosted by Park Forest Trustee Jonathan Vanderbilt, will be led by Mace DeVries of Polaris[Read More…]
Fire Department Trains – Week of Aug. 27 to Sept. 2
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Reporting no major incidences last week, the Park Forest Fire Department continued to train for those days when, perhaps, the Village is not so lucky. Members of the department must always be ready. Last week, there were 75 total responses. Of these, 10 were for fire/service, and[Read More…]
