Column: Renovation at former Holiday movie theater in Park Forest to-do box
Columnist Jerry Shnay recalls the Holiday movie theater in Park Forest, and the cost to clean up, patch up, fix up and rehab it.
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Column: Bird wars comes to a Park Forest backyard
Jerry and Penny Shnay hang a gourd in their backyard for a wren to build a nest, but this year a house sparrow took residence first.
Column: South Sububan Land Bank rehabs Park Forest house in pilot project
The South Suburban Land Bank spent $130,000 to fix-up a two-story Park Forest now on the market for $179,999.
Column: Park Forest to induct seven residents into its hall of fame
George Egofske, Aaron and Rose Greenberg, Karen Blackful, Julie Townsend, Ruth Smith and Susan Blatchford will be inducted Sunday.
Column: Water leaks and costly repairs mean changes at Park Forest Aqua Center
Park Forest Recreation Director Kevin Adams recommends repairing significant leaks and turning the West Pool into a splash pad.
Column: Is Park Forest’s history of nonpartisan elections fading?
In Park Forest's first decade, a Non-Partisan Committee was created so elections with candidates as a team were not tolerated.
Park Forest-Chicago Heights District 163 Board names associate as new superintendent
The Park Forest-Chicago Heights Elementary District 163 Board voted Monday to hire Ericka Patterson as the next superintendent.
Column: ‘I was devastated’: Park Forest residents react to news St. Mary Catholic Church will close
Bishop Ronald Hicks wrote St. Mary in Park Forest and St. Boniface in Monee will merge into St. Liborius Catholic Church in Steger.
Column: Erin Mathias, who revivied Park Forest PTO, appointed to District 163 Board
Angela Watts and Erin Mathias created a fully functioning Parent-Teacher Organization at Mohawk Primary Center in Park Forest.
Column: Park Forest Board mentions mayoral confrontation, takes no action
Park Forest Trustee Randall White said he was “saddened and disgusted” by dispute of Mayor Joe Woods and Antiwone and Shalonda Hardy.