The Aqua Center opens Saturday, June 7th. (Photo: VOPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Proposed changes to the Park Forest Aqua Center are in the works that, when finalized, will find more sliding down while others climb up. The plans call for a drop slide and climbing wall to be installed in[Read More…]

Senior Commission Chairwoman Helen Bachelder-Peele presents the commission’s annual report, assisted by Commissioner Linda Marron. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Helen Bachelder-Peele, Chairwoman of the Senior Citizen Advisory Commission, gave the commission’s annual report at the March 25 Village Board meeting. The commission set four goals for itself, and has[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[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Park Forest Police Detectives received a phone call last month from a man in Silver Springs, Maryland, who claimed he made a purchase on eBay from a man in Park Forest, but never received the merchandise he paid for. The man related that he had purchased a[Read More…]

The Illinois Theater Center. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— As the second offering in the “Script in Hand” series of play readings, the Illinois Theatre Center of Park Forest is pleased to welcome the Those Were the Days Radio Players, who will present a double bill of Norman Corwin’s "The[Read More…]

State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) National real estate firm selected to sell property Springfield, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The state will hold an auction in May to sell the Collinsville Holiday Inn to a new owner, finally ending the state’s ill-fated saga of granting multi-million dollar loans to politically connected insiders, Illinois[Read More…]

The moon celebrated it’s own "lights out" during the February 20 Lunar Eclipse. Park Foresters can join Earth Hour celebrations Saturday at 8 p.m. (Photos: Rich Whitehead. Montage: eNewsPF) Including 10 Things to do During Earth Hour Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Climate change is perhaps the most significant issue facing our[Read More…]

Inter Press Service By Maki al-Nazzal and Dahr Jamail* DAMASCUS, Mar 24 (IPS) – More than a million Iraqis in Syria cannot find work. For their idleness, they have come to be called the "pillow drivers". The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says there are at least 1.5[Read More…]

Inter Press Service By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail* FALLUJAH, Mar 26 (IPS) – Iraqi doctors in al-Anbar province warn of a new disease they call "Blackwater" that threatens the lives of thousands. The disease is named after Blackwater Worldwide, the U.S. mercenary company operating in Iraq. "This disease is[Read More…]

Approximately 60 rental property owners attended the first Crime Free Housing Seminar. (Photo: VOPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Last year’s adoption of a Crime Free Housing Ordinance in Park Forest prompted the attendance of close to 60 rental property owners at Dining on the Green last Tuesday for the first Crime[Read More…]