Commentary Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Village staff Monday introduced the fiscal year 2016-2017 budget to a board that asked no questions. It was odd. A lengthy presentation by Director of Finance Mary Dankowski and Village Manager Tom Mick followed by … crickets. Not one question or observation. Except for Mayor John[Read More…]
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Sitting Down With Krystal Okeke, Park Forest’s Own Ms. Illinois USA Universal 2016
Vote for Krystal here: pageantvote.net/pageants/586/contestants/4476. You may vote once a day. Krystal Okeke invites you to follow her journey on Facebook also. Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Ms. Illinois USA Universal 2016, Krystal Okeke, is one of Park Forest’s very own. And her 8-month-three-weeks old daughter, Kleopatra Vargas, is Baby Miss Illinois[Read More…]
Edgar’s Place Coffeehouse Proudly Presents Anne Hills on May 14 (Video)
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 1, 2016. Edgar’s Place Coffee House will proudly present musician Anne Hills on Saturday, May 14 at 7:30 p.m. Edgar’s Place Coffee House is located in the Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC), 70 Sycamore Drive in Park Forest. Anne Hills has become one of the better known[Read More…]
Award-Winning Chicago Shakespeare Theater Brings ‘Twelfth Night’ to Chicago Heights Stage
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016. Prairie State College (PSC) is welcoming the Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) to the college to perform “Short Shakespeare! Twelfth Night,” at 11 a.m., Tuesday, May 3, in the Barnes & Noble College Auditorium, located on the PSC main campus at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago[Read More…]
Senators Wyden, Merkley Urge Education Secretary to Provide Full Debt Relief to Defrauded Student Borrowers
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016. U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both D-Ore., today urged Secretary of Education Dr. John King to create strong protections and a streamlined path to debt relief for student loan borrowers in the Department’s forthcoming “borrower defense” rule. The Oregon senators joined 41 colleagues[Read More…]
2016 Graduate Exhibit Opens on May 2 at Prairie State College’s Christopher Art Gallery
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016. Prairie State College’s Christopher Art Gallery will host the 2016 Graduate Exhibition opening on Monday, May 2 and running through Wednesday, May 25. There will be a reception on Wednesday, May 4 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the Gallery. Both the exhibit and reception are free[Read More…]
DePaul University to Present 2-day institute: ‘Learning Agility and the Brain’
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016. Results of an executive survey released this month by the Futurestep division of the global management consulting firm Korn Ferry found that 43 percent of respondents ranked learning agility as the top attribute they seek in recent college grads. Other studies rank learning agility as the[Read More…]
Chicago Organization United to Show Youth What They Can Do This Summer and Beyond
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016. Nearly 1,200 youth and family members from 71 different zip codes registered for a free and unique opportunity held last Saturday at Jones College Prep to sample summer programs offered by 30 Chicago City of Learning (CCOL) partner organizations. As youth completed hands-on activities, they earned[Read More…]
Announcing May 2016 Programs at Thorn Creek Nature Center
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 29, 2016. Spring beauties are poking their little white and pink heads out, the greens of the wild leeks and onions are becoming more and more visible in the floodplains and the leaf buds are looking forward to opening as warm weather becomes a reality. The woodland[Read More…]
Sauk-Calumet Group of the Illinois Sierra Club to Host Bird Expert on May 9
MATTESON–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016. The Sauk-Calumet Group of the Illinois Sierra Club will hold its next monthly meeting on Monday, May 9th, at 7:15 pm at the Frankfort Public Library, 21119 Pfeiffer Rd. The program will be given by Mel Tracy of Wild Birds Unlimited. Mel will show slides and talk[Read More…]
