(Photo: Supplied) Book Review By John A. Ostenburg [David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell. New York: Little, Brown & Company, 2013. $29.00] David and Goliath is the fifth book by Malcolm Gladwell that I’ve read, and once again I am not sure[Read More…]
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Mayor Emanuel Announces Pay-By-Cell Program for Parking in Metered Areas to Begin This Spring
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2014. Motorists will soon have a state-of-the-art mobile payment option for parking in metered areas throughout Chicago. The new pay-by-cell program will be introduced as part of a pilot program in a downtown area this spring, and then rolled out throughout the City. “Drivers can stop looking for[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Orders Pothole Strike Teams to Arterial Streets
All Crews to Fill Potholes on Arterial Streets on Monday and Friday CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today ordered the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) to form pothole “strike teams” to work in geographical grids only on arterial streets every Monday and Friday for the next several weeks. “This[Read More…]
Kirk, Alvarez Outline Anti-Sex Trafficking Agenda
Kirk unveils legislation to prohibit sex ads on websites like Backpage.com, which is responsible for more than 70 percent of prostitution advertising in America CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2014. U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez today highlighted the need for a federal-local partnership to end sex[Read More…]
Tenants to Protest Mayor Emanuel’s Pal at Low Income Housing Board Meeting on March 11
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 10, 2014. Tenants from St. Edmunds Village, a subsidized building in the Washington Park neighborhood will protest the building owner, Reverend Richard Tolliver, who is a board member of the Chicago Low Income Housing Trust Fund, at their board meeting on Tuesday March 11. Tenants are demanding to meet[Read More…]
In and Around Park Forest Week of March 10, 2014
Brothers John, Darnell, and Robert Towns of Sketch N’Tyme tell stories with live sketches at Dining on the Green Friday. (Photo: ENEWSPF) This article has been updated to reflect changes reflected by Prairie State University at 5:49 p.m. on March 13, 2014. Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 10, 2014. If you are[Read More…]
Prairie State College Announces Fall 2013-2014 Part-Time Honors List
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—March 7, 2014. Prairie State College (PSC) part-time students who are in good standing and have earned a semester grade point average (GPA) of 3.75 or better, maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or better, and completed a minimum of 12 credit hours at PSC have earned a place[Read More…]
Prairie State College Announces Fall 2013 Dean’s List
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—March 7, 2014. Prairie State College (PSC) announces the students on the dean’s list for the fall 2013 semester. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must maintain a grade point average of 3.75 at the conclusion of the fall 2013 semester and meet other requirements including taking at[Read More…]
Kirk, GOP Senators Announce Fully Paid-for, Five-Month Unemployment Insurance Proposal
Senators Kirk, Heller, Collins, Portman, Coats, Murkowski, Ayotte introduce legislation WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2014. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today announced he and several Republican colleagues introduced legislation that extends unemployment insurance benefits for five months and reforms the current program without adding to the national debt. Senator Kirk along with[Read More…]
IL Fire Marshal Reminds Residents to Change Their Smoke Alarm Batteries as Clocks are Set Forward Sunday, March 9
Sunday, March 9th: Change your Clock, Change your Batteries SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2014. As a biannual initiative to keep Illinois families safe, The Illinois Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) reminds the public to change their smoke alarm batteries as clocks are set forward one hour this Sunday, March 9th,[Read More…]
