Rain and Fireworks The Park Forest fireworks display on the rainy night of the 4th of July was worth getting wet for. The displays of late seem to keep getting better. There were many people watching this event and all got wet, but no complaints, just oohs and ahs!! And[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Resident’s Scream Scares Off Midnight Prowler
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— A resident in the 400 block of Winnebago was awakened shortly after 1 a.m. on July 2 by a faint noise just outside her bedroom door. She observed a young man crouched low to the floor. Police reports say she screamed, and the subject quickly exited the[Read More…]
Police Report – July 9, 2007
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[Read More…]
SD 163 Hires Three New Teachers
School District 163 headquarters on S. Orchard. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— According to Superintendent Joyce Carmine, attendance for School District 163 in the last year was extremely high. At the School District 163 School Board meeting on Monday, July 2, Carmine reported attendance for Mohawk was 95.31%, Beacon[Read More…]
Zoning Ordinance, Tax Delinquent Properties On The Agenda
Four tax delinquent parcels in the Village of Park Forest are under consideration for the Cook County Tax Reactivation Project. (Graphic: VOPF Agenda. Larger image below.) On The Agenda Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The Village Board has four items on its agenda for discussion at the July 9, 2007 Rules Meeting,[Read More…]
ITC Presents Tony Winning Musical “Urinetown”
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— In 1999, a little show with the unlikely title of “URINETOWN – the Musical” made its debut as part of the New York International Fringe Festival, where avant-garde works with strange titles are the norm. Two years later, it was the toast of Broadway, winning two Tony[Read More…]
Fly the Colors, Park Forest!
The "South Tower Flag" is one of only two American flags recovered from the wreckage of the World Trade Center. (PRNewsFoto) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— This Wednesday is the 4th of July. The Village of Park Forest parade will begin at 6:00 p.m. forming on N. Orchard just north of the[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor – July 2, 2007
Mother Says, "Thanks" As the mother of Wounded Soldier, Sgt. Daniel Casara I want to express my heartfelt appreciation on the wonderful article that was done on Danny (One Soldier's Story – Sgt. Daniel Casara, June 2, 2007). I have seen such a remarkable healing from the first time I[Read More…]
Did Student-Speech Rights Go Up In Smoke?
By David L. Hudson Jr. First Amendment scholar With a stroke of the powerful pen of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., the U.S. Supreme Court limited student-speech rights this week, creating another exception to Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, its landmark 1969 First Amendment decision in[Read More…]
Attempted Holdup With Nail Clippers
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Park Forest police were dispatched to a business in the 2300 block of Western Ave. on June 25 to investigate a suspicious person complaint. According to the report, as officers arrived on the scene, they observed a “highly intoxicated” man with black paint on his face, later identified[Read More…]
