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Zoning failure - Forest Park Review

Forest Park, Illinois · Forest Park

Zoning failure - Forest Park Review

We are genuinely puzzled that a year-long effort to update Forest Park’s residential zoning code has effectively failed. At a village council meeting in late May, two commissioners voted to approve the changes, the mayor and another commissioner voted no and the fifth person, Commissioner Michelle Melin-Rogovin oddly chose to abstain from voting at all. The outcome then was to defeat the proposal which had been well vetted by the planning and z…Read Article

Contract for D91 youth interventionist not renewed - Forest Park Review

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Contract for D91 youth interventionist not renewed - Forest Park Review

The Forest Park elementary school board voted 4-1 not to renew the contract of the middle school’s interventionist coach, Joy Kibir, for the 2025-2026 school year. The vote occurred during the board meeting on June 12. Monique Cotton-Yancy was the sole vote to renew Kibir’s contract. Dr. Robert Hubbird, District 91’s assistant superintendent of finance and operations, said he could not comment on personnel matters, but affirmed the ongoing impo…Read Article

New District 91 school board member works with at-risk people locally and afar - Forest Park Review

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New District 91 school board member works with at-risk people locally and afar - Forest Park Review

Good Loud Media | Provided A newly-elected member of Forest Park’s District 91’s school board, Jeb Brewer doesn’t have children in the district but he has a long background in helping others. In addition to his new role, he is dedicated to meeting the needs of at-risk people throughout the country and the world as the founder of Good Loud Media, a nonprofit that uses music as a tool for public health communication. “We work in communities tha…Read Article

Happy Chef employee beaten with carving fork - Forest Park Review

On June 13, Forest Park police were dispatched to Happy Chef on Harlem Avenue for reports of someone wielding a hammer. They found an employee had locked himself in the restaurant and had a 6-inch-long, bleeding laceration on top of his head, according to the police report. He also reportedly had contusions on his body and scratches on his neck. The employee told police that a man came in to pick up his order, left, then returned a short while l…Forest Park, Illinois · Forest Park Read Article

Forest Theatre Company, Madison Street Theater partner on year-round plays

If you haven’t already, dust off your picnic blankets and lawn chairs in preparation for the upcoming fifth annual Shakespeare in the Park, which will mark the end of Forest Theatre Company’s 2024-2025 run. After this Shakespeare in the Park, Forest Theatre Company will launch its first year-round season – and its first in collaboration with Madison Street Theater in Oak Park – bringing together the only two year-round nonprofit theater organiz…Forest Park, Illinois · Forest Park Read Article

Print Edition: June 18, 2025 - Forest Park Review

Are you interested in receiving the physical copy of our newspaper each week? Check out this link to become a subscriber. The post Print Edition: June 18, 2025 appeared first on Forest Park Review.Forest Park, Illinois · Forest Park Read Article

Man fights unknown subject, then girlfriend on Harlem - Forest Park Review

On June 10, police responded to Elite Staffing at 1215 S. Harlem Ave. for a dispute. There, Forest Park police saw no one fighting, but Berwyn police said they were dispatched to the Citgo at 14th and Harlem Avenue, where a woman reported she was battered. The woman told police that she and a man were driving down Harlem before both got out of the car, and he pushed her to the ground. She said she was dating the man and drove him to Elite Staffi…Forest Park, Illinois · Forest Park Read Article

Property tax boosts may slow in D209 pending 2026 budget - Forest Park Review

The District 209 Proviso High Schools expect to benefit from another increase in local property tax revenue as the school board got a first look at the draft of the 2026 district budget at its June 10 meeting. That $3 million dollar boost, though, will be lower than property tax increases seen in recent years as state and county laws link those increases to the rate of inflation. And inflation has cooled over the past two years. Deborah Watson-H…Forest Park, Illinois · Forest Park Read Article

The great Dorothy Gillian - Forest Park Review

It is hard to think of a more consequential Forest Parker than Dorothy Gillian. And it is hard to think of Forest Park without her. Gillian, 69, died Monday with her family at her side. Without ever having sought public office – though she was elected-adjacent owing to the efforts of her husband, Tim – Dorothy Gillian impacted this village in countless positive ways. Both as a volunteer across issues and causes and as a business person, Gillian …Forest Park, Illinois · Forest Park Read Article

We hope you’ll take the zoning challenge - Forest Park Review

Finding solutions for difficult problems is hard work. It’s even harder when the problems go undetected. Here are a few red flags regarding zoning that you can join in on and talk with us about. Present Ad Hoc zoning was initiated 100 years ago. That’s a time arch from horses to Teslas. Zoning itself is a classifying system, not a planning-for-development system. At that time, demographics, technology, car dominance, racial discrimination, whit…Forest Park, Illinois · Forest Park Read Article

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