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The Bittels were a sharpshooting couple - Forest Park Review

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The Bittels were a sharpshooting couple - Forest Park Review

Major and Mrs. Edward Bittel Featured on the cover of the April 13, 1917 Forest Leaves are Major and Mrs. Edward Bittel, 804 Elgin. Edward was called for service to guard government property, “somewhere in the state.” He won the national championship in rifle shooting and five medals for rifle and revolver shooting in state and national contests. Mrs. Bittel, shown lighting his cigar, was also an expert shooter, with several gold and silver meda…Read Article

Things we like - Forest Park Review

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Things we like - Forest Park Review

Over and again, Forest Park finds small but meaningful ways to prove out its genuine sense of community. We’re reporting on a couple of them this week. If ever a local watering hole reflected its community it was McGaffer’s. A saloon not a bar. With a proprietor, Pat Malone, who was a welcoming presence across decades. McGaffer’s closed late last year after Malone took a serious fall at his establishment. He has been slowly recuperating from a …Read Article

After 23 years on Madison Street, Jeanine Guncheon will regroup - Forest Park Review

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After 23 years on Madison Street, Jeanine Guncheon will regroup - Forest Park Review

A long-time business in Forest Park will be closing up shop soon. But owner Jeanine Guncheon says this isn’t necessarily the end of her business. It may just be time to reinvent herself and her brand. Jeanine Guncheon Etcetera, 7349 W. Madison St., will close its doors sometime in the next few months. Guncheon says she has some inventory she would like to sell, then she will sell the space right afterward. Many coats designed by Guncheon are …Read Article

Pioneer Tap submits corrective action plan - Forest Park Review

Pioneer Tap submits corrective action plan - Forest Park Review

After 24 police reports filed this year involving Pioneer Tap or its patrons, Mayor Rory Hoskins, who is also liquor commissioner, sent an emergency notice to the bar at 7443 Randolph St. to close for a week for violating village code before allowing it to reopen following a hearing on April 24.  At the hearing, Hoskins fined Pioneer Tap $650 and ordered its owner Marty Sorice to submit a corrective action plan to Police Chief Ken Gross within …Police · Forest Park Read Article

Opportunity Knocks to launch farm on village-owned Altenheim land

Opportunity Knocks to launch farm on village-owned Altenheim land

Opportunity Knocks participants next month will plant the first cucumbers for the organization’s Knockout Pickles and other produce at the Grove, the northeast corner of the village-owned Altenheim property. Opportunity Knocks, a nonprofit based in River Forest that teaches new skills and creates community among people of all abilities, asked the village at a January council meeting to use the land to create accessible urban agriculture and farm…Forest Park, Illinois · Forest Park Read Article

Proviso school board unites as 209 United holds every seat - Forest Park Review

Proviso school board unites as 209 United holds every seat - Forest Park Review

The school board at the Proviso Township High Schools is now fully comprised of members of the Proviso 209 United political group. With a four-seat sweep in the April 1 election, the group has full control of the direction of the District 209 schools. Newly elected to the school board were Ebony “Nicki” Smith, Rolandra Morris, William Fisher and Nicole “Molly Bee” Molinaro. A special board of education meeting was held on Tuesday, April 29 at …Forest Park, Illinois · Forest Park Read Article

Man escapes after brandishing knife at couple leaving Planet Fitness

Man escapes after brandishing knife at couple leaving Planet Fitness

Police responded to Planet Fitness on Roosevelt Road May 3 just after 8 p.m. after a man pulled a knife on a couple and fled. Police searched the area but reported that the offender escaped. Police spoke to a man and woman who said they were exiting the gym when a man verbally confronted them outside the front door. They told police that the man was acting aggressively, pulled out a five-inch-long knife and approached them threateningly. The cou…Forest Park, Illinois · Forest Park Read Article

The mayor and the agenda - Forest Park Review

The mayor and the agenda - Forest Park Review

Forest Park’s village government was slow to embrace the power of citizen commissions. It long has had the most elemental advisory bodies, including planning and zoning, fire and police. But it was only in the latter years of the Calderone administration when the mayor reluctantly and sometimes clunkily – remember the saggy pants commission? – began to build out a citizen commission structure. It seemed hard back then because the commissions req…Forest Park, Illinois · Forest Park Read Article

Electronics for Mom - Forest Park Review

Electronics for Mom - Forest Park Review

This 1951 Mother’s Day ad urges readers to “give an electrical gift!” The famous Sunbeam electric product line of “labor- savers” was available at the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois at 7422 Madison St. To add to the shopping experience, a Sunbeam hostess would be in the store serving a FREE cup of Coffeemaster coffee. Featured in the ad are gift suggestions, including the Sunbeam Mixmaster, Coffeemaster, radiant control toaster, eg…Mother's Day · Forest Park Read Article

More tension as council hears safety and traffic commission's plan

More tension as council hears safety and traffic commission's plan

Forest Park’s safety and traffic commission presented its work plan for this year at the start of the April 28 village council meeting. The group advised the village on policy, public engagement and potential processes. The commission’s policy guidance included the suggestion of reviewing off-street parking policies and the village’s permit parking program. In the second quarter of this year, the commission pitched that it review current polici…Forest Park, Illinois · Forest Park Read Article

Forest Park Community Guide 2025 - Forest Park Review

Forest Park Community Guide 2025 - Forest Park Review

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