The Jeff Stitely Orchestra and Dave Rudolph will perform at Main Street Nights. (Photo: Stitely.com) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The Village of Park Forest will host an appreciation dinner for members of boards and commissions this evening from 6 – 7 p.m. in Dining on the Green. Immediately following this event,[Read More…]

THE WAR intertwines eyewitness accounts of the harrowing realities of life on the front lines with reminiscences of Americans who never left their home towns and tried to carry on. (Photo: PBS.org) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— A new World War II documentary, THE WAR, premiers on PBS September 23. A seven-part[Read More…]

ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced it would offer health care benefits to all civil union partners of hourly employees in New Jersey who are covered under collectively bargained union plans. Management and administrative employees in the state already have such benefits. “Based on an initial legal review when New Jersey’s[Read More…]

Commentary By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director 07.29.07 John Seigenthaler, founder of the First Amendment Center, wasn’t really present at the signing of the Declaration of Independence. But there he seems to be — courtesy of some computer-age graphic magic — standing with the Founders of the[Read More…]

Residents fill the board room last November for a ceremony honoring Park Forest veterans. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The Village of Park Forest is seeking names and addresses of service men and women serving overseas in conflict regions. In addition to collecting items for care packages for them, the[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…]

School District 163 met in special session on Monday, July 23. (Photo: Wendy Heise Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— School District 163 School Board convened for a special session on Monday, July 23. The meeting was less than a half hour long, yet many important items were addressed. Superintendent Joyce Carmine was[Read More…]

League of Women Voters Annual Potluck Kicks Off Season The League of Women Voters of the Park Forest Area will hold its annual potluck dinner Monday September 5 at the home of Marge Friedman-Scherr, 33 Monee Road, Park Forest, at 6:00 pm. Each member is asked to bring a dish[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Glassware, paintings, photographs, jewelry and other forms of fine art will be exhibited and available for purchase at the 52nd Annual Park Forest Art Fair. The fair has more than 100 artists and artisans displaying and selling original artworks and features live entertainment, a variety of foods,[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The League of Women Voters of the Park Forest Area LWVPFA announces a new, improved website www.lwvpfa.org.   Go there to learn about the League, the local league’s event schedule, and how to join! About the League The League of Women Voters of the Park Forest Area is[Read More…]