Director Recreation and Parks John Joyce (second from right) gives Aqua Center staff members a tour mid-renovation tour of the Bathhouse Friday. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– November 30, 2009. The holiday season officially kicks off this week in Park Forest with the Holiday Tree Lighting Event on Friday, December[Read More…]
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Freedom Hall Windham Hill Winter Solstice Concert Features Barbara Higbie and Samite
The Winter Solstice Concert at Freedom Hall is December 12. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– On December 12, Windham Hill recording artists Barbara Higbie and Samite, will present a Winter Solstice Concert at Freedom Hall in Park Forest at 8 p.m. “Night Sky Essays” will illuminate your winter evening with[Read More…]
Janet Fiorenzo of Tower Cleaners is Park Forest Business Person of the Year
Janet Fiorenzo accepts the 2009 Park Forest Business Person of the Year award. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Janet Fiorenzo, owner of Towers Cleaners, was honored as the first-ever Park Forest Business Person of the Year. At a reception hosted last Monday by the Village and the Economic Development Advisory[Read More…]
Cook County Sheriff Warns Residents of Home Improvement Scams
Cook County, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Cook County Sheriff’s Police have been investigating numerous reports of home improvement scams throughout suburban Cook County. Sheriff Tom Dart warns residents to be aware and take precautions to avoid becoming a victim of these scams. These so-called ‘gypsy’ scam artists target senior citizens and use the[Read More…]
Palatine Bank Robbed Early Saturday Morning
Palatine, IL–(ENEWSPF)– From The Daily Herald: Palatine police and the FBI are investigating the robbery of a TCF National Bank in the village that occurred Saturday morning. Officers received the call of an armed robbery at the bank branch inside a Jewel Food Store at 423 E. Dundee Road at[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for November 30, 2009
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 other local[Read More…]
Chicago FBI: Public’s Help Sought in Search for Oscar Ocampo, Murder Suspect
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is asking for the public’s help in locating an individual wanted in connection with the murder of a 17-year-old Northlake boy in July 2009. OSCAR OCAMPO, age 24, whose last known address[Read More…]
Chicago FBI: North Suburban Man Charged with Cheating Handful of Investors of Several Millions of Dollars
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A north suburban man will appear in Federal Court after he was arrested yesterday for allegedly defrauding a handful of victims of approximately several million dollars they invested in a commodity futures hedge fund he managed. The defendant, Jay C. Nolan, was charged with mail fraud in a[Read More…]
Proposed ‘LITMUS TEST’ Resolution Is A Step In The Wrong Direction for The RNC
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Log Cabin Republicans Board Chairman Terry W. Hamilton issued the following statement after the revelation of proposed language of the “Bopp Resolution,” ‘litmus test’ circulating for the RNC Winter Meeting. “The GOP is well on its way to laying a firm foundation to launch a major shake-up of[Read More…]
Liberian President Johnson Sirleaf Takes Executive Mansion ‘On the Road’
Monrovia, Liberia–(ENEWSPF)– Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has virtually taken the Executive Mansion “on the road,” as the implementation of development projects becomes more compelling, with the arrival of the dry season. The President was, a little over a week ago, in Falie, Grand Cape Mount County, discussing with her[Read More…]
