Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- It’s felt like a week-and-a-half in Park Forest since Monday. I only learned of the leadership crisis in town late Sunday night. I’m very happy Village Manager Tom Mick will still be around, and I have hopes for the next stage of the Village Board’s journey. “Over[Read More…]
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Kopy’s Kolumn: The Publisher’s Blog for June 6, 2019
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Welcome to the first “Kopy’s Kolumn,” which I hope to publish daily. Look here for stories that only require a few sentences and not the usual 300 words or so. Plus, notification of events in and around town. Something extra. The picture for this column was taken[Read More…]
Thursday, Dec. 14: On Chanukah, Chicago Jews to Form Human Menorah, Reject Jewish Communal Institutions’ Alliance with Trump on Jerusalem
On Thursday, December 14 JVP-Chicago members will condemn Trump and the ADL, Jewish United Fund and AJC for giving green light to Israel’s dispossession of Palestinian Jerusalemites CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—December 14, 2017 By: Michael Deheeger Last week, the president recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and pledged to move the U.S. embassy there from Tel Aviv. This Thursday, December[Read More…]
Aromatherapy Workshop to be Held in Park Forest on Friday, December 1
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—November 29, 2017 By: Rosemary Piser The Village of Park Forest’s Community Relations Team invite you to an Aromatherapy Workshop on Friday, December 1 at Dining on the Green 349 Main Street in DownTown Park Forest. The event will take place from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and[Read More…]
Garrison Keillor’s Pointed and Brilliant Trump Take-down
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2016 By LaKathie The cap does not look good on you, it’s a duffer’s cap, and when you come to the microphone, you look like the warm-up guy, the guy who announces the license number of the car left in the parking lot, doors locked, lights on,[Read More…]
Park Forest Passes 2.8% Tax Levy Increase for 2015
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Village Board passed a 2.8% property tax levy increase Monday night. The increase means a levy in excess of $16.6 million, and the ordinance spells it all out: That the sum sixteen million six hundred seventy-four thousand four hundred twenty-three dollars and no cents ($16,674,423), being[Read More…]
Grande Prairie Singers Opening Concert Sunday, Dec. 13
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The 50-voice Grande Prairie Singers, directed by Jo Rodenburg, will ring in their 38th season of bringing song to the Southland with its annual “Winterlude” concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, December 13 in St. Lawrence O’Toole Church in Matteson. This family friendly holiday show features a musical[Read More…]
A Thanksgiving Proclamation from Mayor John A. Ostenburg
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Mayor John Ostenburg delivered the following proclamation at this year’s annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Prayer Service. The original Thanksgiving Day was, perhaps, the first celebration on the soil of the Western Hemisphere by what would become a nation of immigrants. The Pilgrims crossed the waters of the Atlantic Ocean[Read More…]
Memorial Service for Artist Maureen O’Toole to be Held on November 2
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 24, 2014. Maureen O’Toole was a long-time artist in the southern suburbs, well known and well loved. She died this past summer after waging a ferocious battle with cancer. Tall Grass Arts Association invites you to join in community with her family and friends at the Tall Grass[Read More…]
Former Village Trustee Cynthia Reed Dies
A woman sits outside the entrance to Village Hall Friday. The memorial bunting is to honor former Village Trustee Cynthia Reed. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Mourning bunting is draped over the entrance to Village Hall to commemorate the death of former Village Trustee Cynthia Jewel Reed. Reed served[Read More…]