The Illinois Theater Center will present ‘NEAT’ starring Inda Craig-Galvan. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Illinois Theatre Center of Park Forest will celebrate Black History Month with the presentation of “NEAT”, an autobiographical one-woman show written by Charlayne Woodard and performed by actress Inda Craig-Galvan. The show runs for[Read More…]

 Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Thursday, January 31, 2008 is the last day for early voting in the February 5 Illinois Primary. Village Hall serves as one of 44 sites in Cook County and one of 28 sites in Will County where registered voters can participate. Any registered voter is eligible to[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The Park Forest Commission on Human Relations has planned one of the most exciting, creative, and informative Black History Month events in the Chicago area celebrating Black Filmmakers. The Month’s activities will consist of “Fridays in February” Black Film Series at Eagle Movie Theater. On February 16,[Read More…]

Poll Watching Project Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The League of Women Voters of the Park Forest Area is participating in a poll reporting project for the February 5, 2008, primary election.  For this project, sponsored by the Cook County League, the 16 local leagues of which it is comprised have been[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Marian Catholic High School celebrated its annual sophomore Mass with the blessing of class rings on Sunday. Jessica Kekeis (left, St. John, IN) and Victoria Gonzalez (Park Forest), display rings. (Photo supplied)  

In case you did not catch it–the article ran Sunday, February 3, 2008 on the front page of the Metro section.  Joel Hood did a great job writing it and John Smierciak did a great set of photos and video.  It does not say you can go to the website,[Read More…]

On Saturday, February 2 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. the 1950s Park Forest House Museum will hold a Grand Re-Opening Open House. We hope people will take this opportunity to come celebrate with us, and to see the museum for free!  There will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 12:30 p.m. [Read More…]

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center A political “smack-down” was how one cable network talk show described the most recent Democratic candidates’ televised debate — more the parlance of pro wrestling than national politics. In a spirited exchange, Sen. Barack Obama slammed Sen. Hillary Clinton’s[Read More…]

Construction on Western Avenue is expected to cause delays through the end of the year. (Photo: VOPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The long-awaited improvements to Western Avenue will likely cause delays. Traffic will be slowed by the work of construction crews scheduled to widen and resurface the roadway. Workers from Nicor[Read More…]

A capacity crowd in the Board Room listens to Dr. Wilkins speak. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Over One Hundred Take The Pledge Saturday Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Park Forest is getting lighter. More than 100 people took the first step to better health Saturday by signing up for the 10 Ton Challenge. The[Read More…]