Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Village Board approved the purchase of a new vehicle for the Police Department using funds seized during narcotics investigations. According to Chief of Police Thomas Fleming, the 2008/2009 Police Department budget includes $110,000.00 in funds for the replacement of four police squad cars. The car will[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Park Forest Library is planning to remodel, and, if plans are approved, the new look will not require additional tax dollars. The Library Board presented plans to the Park Forest Village Board last week for a complete renovation of the current Library’s interior. Offices will be[Read More…]

Number of Library Board seats corrected 2-2-09 at 10:39 a.m. Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Committee for Non-Partisan Local Government in Park Forest is preparing for the upcoming Village election. Scheduled for April 7, there are three Village Trustee seats open and two six-year seats open on the Library Board and[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Mrs. Leona DeLue, the first resident of Park Forest, slices a cake with Mayor John Ostenburg at an event Sunday celebrating the 60th anniversary of the incorporation of Park Forest. On February 1st, 1949 the Village of Park Forest was officially incorporated. 60 years later, the vision[Read More…]

University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Governors Sate University in University Park begins a month-long celebration of African American culture and history with a series of musical, artistic, and educational events designed to entertain and inform. The celebration begins with “Drumming Experience” a rousing demonstration of how drumming can be an art form[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– St. Irenaeus Church, 78 Cherry, Park Forest, will conduct an ongoing series called “Catholics Returning Home” on six consecutive evenings beginning April 22, from 7:30-9:00 p.m. in Room 8 of the Education Center next to the church building. These sessions are for non-practicing Catholics who are seeking[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A woman and her 27-year-old son told police they were robbed at gunpoint in the first block of N. Arbor Trails on Saturday, January 24, shortly after 10 p.m. Police say the woman and her son walked to their vehicle which was parked in the parking lot.[Read More…]

The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo:Wendy Heise) 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 local[Read More…]

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New York, NY (PRWEB) January 30, 2009 — Lee & Low Books is proud to announce the launch of a new Web site section devoted to homeschoolers. “As we developed the site, we took the time to talk to homeschoolers and to librarians who support the homeschool population,” said Lee[Read More…]