Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Southland Community Associates of the Art Institute of Chicago invites the residents of the Southland Area to a series of six study group lectures presented throughout the next several months. The first program is "An Artist at Work" presented by Phyllis Kozlowski, Artist. This lecture will be held[Read More…]
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Infant’s Overalls Recalled by Lollytogs Due to Choking Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2010. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a[Read More…]
Free Flood Mitigation Workshop Offered by FEMA
Cook County, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is offering a free educational workshop on preparing a home from future flooding to all Cook County officials, homeowners, and renters. Mitigation specialists from FEMA are focusing the workshop on small projects that can be undertaken by homeowners to reduce a[Read More…]
State Announces $5.3M in State, Stimulus Funding to Build Affordable Homes in Central Illinois
NORMAL–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2010. Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) officials today joined Bluestem Housing Partners NFP and local dignitaries to celebrate the groundbreaking of an independent living facility for seniors in Normal. The construction project is estimated to create more than 60 jobs for local residents and will produce 50 affordable[Read More…]
Center for American Progress New Report: Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 19, 2010. Though many agree the key to improving public education is placing highly effective teachers in classrooms, the nation lacks a practical set of standards to determine that new teachers are ready to teach—but this doesn’t have to be the case, argues Linda Darling-Hammond in a new[Read More…]
McNeil Consumer Healthcare Announces Voluntary Recall Of One Product Lot Of Tylenol® 8 Hour Caplets
Fort Washington, PA–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2010. McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc., is recalling one product lot of TYLENOL® 8 Hour caplets 50 count bottles to the retail level. McNeil is taking this action following a small number of complaints of a musty or moldy odor. The uncharacteristic odor is[Read More…]
Haiti: UN Expert Urges Changed Focus for 1.3 Million Quake Survivors Still in Camps
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 October 2010 – With 1.3 million people still living in spontaneously formed camps nine months after a massive earthquake devastated Haiti, a United Nations expert today called for a shift in the focus of humanitarian operations and more urgency in launching the reconstruction process. “Haiti is still living[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces $3.5 Million Investment Package to Create 250 New Jobs at Groupon
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2010. Governor Pat Quinn today announced a $3.5 million business investment package to create 250 new jobs at Chicago-based Groupon, Inc. The company is the nation’s leading social shopping website, offering daily deals on local goods, services and cultural events. “Groupon helps consumers throughout the world save money,[Read More…]
Dart To Suspend Foreclosure Evictions Filed By Leading Banks
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– With three of the nation’s leading mortgage lenders admitting to questionable and perhaps illegal practices in their mortgage foreclosure actions, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Tuesday he will not carry out any evictions involving those lenders until they can provide complete assurance that the foreclosure was[Read More…]
Center on Halsted Gives a Damn About Gay Youth (Video and Story)
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– At least six teens have taken their own lives in recent weeks to escape the torment of persistent bullying at the hands of their classmates. In each case, these teens were targeted because they were or were perceived to be gay. Their friends recounted many instances when they[Read More…]
