Column: Seed catalogs, neighbor recommendations fill suburban gardens
The joke goes like this: If you have a backyard garden and do not grow tomatoes, there is a chance you could get deported. A home garden without a tomato...
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Column: Are unwritten rules of white privilege behind a lack of goods and services in many south suburbs?
Nothing comes easy if you live in the south suburbs. According to the Illinois Department of Public Health there are 13 Level 1 trauma centers in the Chicago area, none...
Column: Moving Memorial Day to July 3 would remind us of sacrifices for freedom
Two events worth noting this coming week are Park Forest's annual Memorial Day observance Monday, May 31, and the reopening of the Veterans Closet the following day. These occasions are...
Column: Former Park Forest Mayor Pat Kelly remembered as teacher, reader and friend
I do not think anyone ever had a short conversation with Pat Kelly. From art history to the history of houses along the Chicago River, or from good grammar to...
Column: Women now hold five of six seats on Park Forest Village Board
Some personal take-aways from the recent election. Park Forest has a long history of women getting things done. When the village was a babe in the suburban woods and, when...
Column: Park Forest granted authority to demolish ‘house on the hill’ built for Philip Klutznick, one of town’s founders
Soon, sometime this year, when all the dotted lines have signatures, the house on the hill on Monee Road will become a memory. It will be then that the loud...
Column: Park Forest tradition of independent candidates blurred in April election; Non-Partisan Committee reaffirms rules
Two venerable pieces of the Park Forest puzzle — the Non-Partisan Committee and the historical society — captured our attention this past week; the former for trying to preserve the...
Column: Park Forest elections wind down without traditional grunts, snorts and hoots from forum audiences
We lost a lot during the last 13 months of pandemic. Some lost contact with friends and family members through COVID-19 and fear of contagion from the virus. Others lost...
Column: Park Forest library reopens to a ‘different normal’
Last Monday, a mere two days short of the complete pandemic year, the revised edition of the Park Forest Library opened its automatic doors to the public. Gone are hundreds...
Column: Friends continue to ask for answers in 1984 Park Forest homicide case of 15-year-old Kristina Hickey
The search goes on. On Oct. 3, 1984, 15-year-old Kristina Hickey took part in a choral concert at Rich East High School. Afterward, the sophomore called her boyfriend, David Batchelor,...