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Shirley McCormick's home on Neola Street in Park Forest. The 76-year-old qualified for repairs through Cook County’s Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago. (Penny Shnay/for Daily Southtown)

Column: Park Forest homes get needed upgrades through Cook County program

May 6, 2024 at 11:40 a.m.

Homes of lower-income residents in Park Forest and Englewood received free upgrades in one day through Cook County’s Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago, a program designed to meet the sometimes challenges...

Flora Coleman in front of her home on Wilshire Street in Park Forest, a once abandoned house fixed up by Habitat for Humanity. (Penny Shnay/for Daily Southtown)

Column: It took a village, and Habitat for Humanity, to rehab Park Forest home

April 22, 2024 at 10:39 a.m.

Flora Coleman toured her new three-bedroom house accompanied by her 3-year-old daughter, Kennedy, and a houseful of well-wishers, including those who were part of the Habitat for Humanity core of...

Warren and Janette Wood are among six residents to be inducted April 14, 2024, into the Park Forest Hall of Fame. (Penny Shnay/for Daily Southtown)

Column: Park Forest to induct 6 residents into hall of fame

April 8, 2024 at 5:11 a.m.

We cannot praise these new arrivals without paying attention to Jane Nicoll, the vice president and archivist for the Park Forest Historical Society, who through the years has been the...

Park Forest police Officer Timothy Jones, who was shot in the line of duty in March 2016 and suffered life-threatening injuries, is greeted by a crowd on his release from Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital in Wheaton May 26, 2017. (Zak Koeske / Daily Southtown)

Column: Remembering the miracle of Officer Timothy Jones survival

March 25, 2024 at 12:15 p.m.

There is an unwritten but permanent bond that links the police to a fallen comrade. It was on display as more than 200 police personnel of all ranks and departments...

Cook County Circuit Court Judge Nichole Patton administers the oath of office to Park Forest Mayor Jon Vanderbilt as he holds his son Lucas, 4, during a May 2019 ceremony at Village Hall. (Park Forest photo)

Column: Former Park Forest Mayor Jon Vanderbilt still working for vocation school at shuttered Rich East campus

March 11, 2024 at 11:32 a.m.

Former Park Forest Mayor Jon Vanderbilt remains determined to keep working for a new vocational high school facility at the shuttered Rich East High School campus, possibly linked to a...

Rich Township Senior Center in Park Forest.
(Daily Southtown file photo)

Column: Rich Township to move senior center from Park Forest to Matteson

April 3, 2025 at 1:24 p.m.

Township Supervisor Calvin Jordan said the Shirley Green Senior Center on Liberty Street in the downtown area will relocate to a 5-acre site near the Matteson Village Hall.

A northern flicker flies and swoops by the Shnay house in Park Forest. (Penny Shnay for Daily Southtown)

Column: Helping, moving and taking photos of animals that make winter visits to our yard

February 12, 2024 at 5:15 a.m.

It seems especially true to homes adjacent to the forest preserve and, in some cases, the homes bordering Park Forest’s Central Park, where they are known to eat birdseed from...

Aerial photo of the Park Forest Plaza and its jammed parking area on Dec. 16, 1967.

Column: Park Forest to kick off 75th anniversary events Thursday

January 29, 2024 at 11:58 a.m.

The villagewide celebration of Park Forest's 75th anniversary will start this Thursday, Feb. 1, with a gala cake-cutting and gift bag giving celebration in Freedom Hall. The date marks the...

Column: Free food pop-up not a cure, but binds the wounds for a while

January 15, 2024 at 5:15 a.m.

This past Thursday morning, drivers started lining up at the east side of the Lain-Sullivan Funeral Home in Park Forest at 6:45, some four-plus hours or so before they could...

Columnist Jerry Shnay has a several Park Forest shirts, collected over the years, that he wears for village and community events.

Column: Ideas, stories, warnings and hope for the new year

January 1, 2024 at 5:16 a.m.

Last month, the village of Park Forest distributed 100 hooded jerseys inscribed with the name of the village and its logo, as well as hat, scarf, and gloves to residents...

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