Panelists Jane Nicoll, Valerie Nicholson, Sally Wallach, and Amelia Castillo remember Marshall Field’s. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The recent "Celebration of Marshall Field’s" held by the Park Forest Historical Society went very well. Of the thirty-six attendees at the June 22 event, ten to twelve were former Field’s employees.[Read More…]

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director George Carlin is gone, but the kinds of free-speech conflicts he skewered in his comedic routines live on. So does the national debate over where First Amendment protections end and government regulation begins on broadcast speech[Read More…]

Mayor Ostenburg and owner Cathy Shears cut the ribbon, celebrating the opening of Design’d to Go Florist at their new location. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Design’d to Go Florist celebrated its grand opening at 323 Main Street last week. Village officials and staff were on hand for the ribbon[Read More…]

Linzey Jones (l to r), Rick Reinbold, Lauren Alspaugh, David Sevier, Deb Sedberry, John Ostenburg and Mark Stricker. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Matteson Area Chamber of Commerce held its 19th Annual State of the Villages Luncheon last Wednesday at Dining on the Green in Park Forest. Village officials[Read More…]

The Microsoft Vista Ultimate Desktop. (Graphic: Microsoft.com) P.C. Smith: One Byte at a Time Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— With all the hoopla over Bill Gates’ retirement from Microsoft, talk of Windows XP retiring has somehow slipped under most people’s radar. On June 30, 2008, Microsoft will officially stop producing Windows XP.[Read More…]

Police found this 40-foot light pole still tied to a Jeep, shown here, ready to be towed. (Photo: PFPD) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Two men allegedly stole a 40-foot light pole from a construction zone in the area of Western Ave. and Steger Rd. They apparently didn’t hide it well. When[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A verbal exchange between two 15-year-old girls that went sour was the alleged catalyst of a 75-person brawl in Central Park two Saturdays ago. According to police, the entire incident allegedly started when one 15-year-old girl looked at another 15-year-old girl and said, "What are you looking[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 other[Read More…]

Commentary Thursday’s decision by the United States Supreme Court protecting an individual right to own a gun for personal use is good news for some, but downright frightening for those who worry about the ever escalating gun violence in our area and the rest of the country. First, the New[Read More…]

So now you have the PERFECT profile on a reputable dating site. One of the great features these sites have, is the ability to match you’re profile features to potential members who may meet your requirements. Add the human touch! Don’t let a computer do all the matching. I recently[Read More…]