Newark, DE (PRWEB) June 13, 2007 — At least 13 million Americans aged 12-17 have chatted through online instant messaging services according to a Pew report. The teens chat for a combined three million hours each day. Besides exploiting the teens' time, these hours and IMs are destroying the English[Read More…]

Better Funding for Better Schools Coalition Next meeting: June 15, 2007 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Lawson House YMCA 18 W. Chicago Avenue Chicago , IL phone: 312-654-2758. Location is 2 blocks East of LaSalle, and 2 blocks west of Rush Street. Chicago is 1 block north of Superior and[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Members of village staff have compiled a schedule of events for members of the Park Forest village board, comprehensive through the end of the current calendar year. Events on the horizon include meetings with the Matteson Area Chamber of Commerce, Monday board meetings, Youth Day, a Strategic[Read More…]

The Environment Conservation Commission invites you to the Installation of the Demonstration Rain Garden Tennis Club & Health Club Westwood and Sauk Trail June 30 10 a.m. The demonstration garden is sponsored by the Environment Conservation Commission   The commission is seeking volunteers to help with the event. Background story here. 

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163’s Summer Baggie Book Mobile will begin its third season of bringing library books to the District’s neighborhoods on Monday, June 18. The white van will travel throughout the District 163 area loaning books to District 163 pre-kindergarten through eighth grade students[Read More…]

Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163 Mail in registration for the 2007-08 school year July 11- August 1 Registration packets will be mailed to families after July 1: Complete one packet per student Mail the postage free envelope to District 163, 242 S. Orchard Dr., Park Forest, IL 60466 or[Read More…]

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[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— To prepare for the 30th annual Park Forest Scenic 10, the Park Forest Running and Pancake Club will be offer a running training program to Park Forest residents and club members. The Sunday runs will take place starting at 8:00 a.m. beginning June 24 and will meet[Read More…]

School District 163. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Parents of Forest Trail students will not have to add $10 to their fees for new calculators after a ruling by the School District 163 school board on Monday. Board president Virginia Ford said around 80 percent of the school is[Read More…]

Matteson, IL—(ENEWSPF)— With Matteson Trustee Emmanuel Imoukhuede now elected to the district 227 school board, Imoukhuede plans to take steps to ensure having no conflict of interest. Imoukhuede said if a conflict can be drawn while voting, he will not take place in discussion or waive his vote. “I don’t[Read More…]