Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Candidates for the office of Village Trustee in Park Forest gathered for their third and last public forum prior to the April 4 Consolidated Election. The Village Trustee forum was sponsored by the Park Forest Non-Partisan Committee and the Park Forest Cooperatives (Areas A, B, C, E, and[Read More…]
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HRC: Neil Gorsuch’s Anti-Equality Record is Disqualifying
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Last month, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, took the unprecedented step of opposing President Trump’s nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court of the United States before his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing because[Read More…]
Knights of Columbus Nina Council 3602 Lenten Fish Fry Fridays are Back
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 21, 2017. The Knights of Columbus Nina Council 3602 will be again having their Lenten Fish Fry Fridays at St. Irenaeus Parish Gym, 78 Cherry Street in Part Forest. The event will take place each Friday through April 1 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Menu All[Read More…]
Park Forest Public Library to Host Community Gardening Festival on Saturday, March 25
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 21, 2017. Do you like to garden? Do you want to know more about gardening? Do you love free stuff? Come to the Park Forest Library, 400 Lakewood Boulevard, on Saturday, March 25 from 1 p.m. 3 p.m. and pick up free gardening resources, sign up to start[Read More…]
Lester Holt to Receive Distinguished Journalist Award from DePaul University
Anchor and reporter Lester Holt of NBC News will receive an award from DePaul University this spring for his journalistic ‘insight, dignity and authority.’ (Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC) Center for Journalism Integrity and Excellence also honors alumnus Ben Welsh CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2017. Lester Holt, anchor of “NBC Nightly News” and[Read More…]
Chicago Man Guilty of Brokering More Than 70 Illegal Gun Transactions
Source: nbcchicago.com CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2017. A convicted felon from Chicago pleaded guilty today to federal firearm offenses, admitting that he brokered more than 70 illegal gun transactions. JOHN THOMAS, 33, also known as “Batman,” pleaded guilty to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, and[Read More…]
Unitarian Universalist Community Church to Screen Documentary Film ‘Children of Syria’ on Friday, March 24
Helen, left, and Sara, right — two of the “Children of Syria” Source: pbs.org Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 21, 2017. The Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC), 70 Sycamore Drive in Park Forest will screen the documentary film ‘Children of Syria – How Four Child Refugees Said Goodbye to Syria’ on Friday,[Read More…]
Members of Congress Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Make Hearing Aids Available Over the Counter
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2017. U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), today reintroduced legislation to make hearing aids for those with mild to moderate hearing loss available over the counter (OTC). A companion bill led by Representatives Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.)[Read More…]
Despite Progress, World’s Most Marginalized Still Left Behind – UN Development Report
Millions of people are not benefiting from progress, with the gap set to widen unless deep-rooted development barriers, including discrimination and unequal political participation, are tackled. Photo: UNDP Peru/Mónica Suárez STOCKHOLM–(ENEWSPF)–21 March 2017 – A flagship United Nations report launched today finds that although the average human development improved significantly[Read More…]
Papers of Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow Open for Research at University of Chicago Library
A carbon copy of a typescript fragment of The Adventures of Augie March, ca. 1952-53, titled The Life of Augie March Among the Machiavellians. The manuscript is part of a new archive at the University of Chicago’s Special Collections Research Center documenting the Nobel-winning author’s creative process. Courtesy of: University[Read More…]
