| News
Customer dies in Forest Park hardware store
By Jean Lotus
1/25/2012 | | An 81-year-old customer of Schauer Hardware, 7449 Madison St., died of cardiac arrest yesterday in the store around 10 a.m., according to police. Raymond F. LeFevour, of Oak Park, entered the store and said good morning, said cashier Gladys Gulla, 21. He then collapsed to the floor, according to police. |  | Forest Park Review and Library to host Readers Forum
1/25/2012 | | The Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd., will host a Forest Park Review Readers Forum Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. in the large meeting room. | | Most 7th Dist. candidates survive petition challenges
By Jean Lotus
1/24/2012 | In the 7th District Illinois Representative race, all petition challenges except those of candidate Beyonca Johnson have been overruled by the Cook County Board of Appeals, meaning that candidates Rory Hoskins, Shirby Miller and Chris Welch will remain on the ballot. The paperwork of Princess Dempsey was not challenged. | | Library features music of Mark Twain's time
By John Rice
1/24/2012 | "Tunes are good remembrancers," Mark Twain said in a letter to his wife, Olivia, in 1868. "Almost every one I hear instantly summons a face when I hear it." On Sunday, Jan. 29 at 3 p.m., the History Singers of Forest Park will summon the bewhiskered face of the writer in the white suit when they present "Mark Twain's Music Box" at the Forest Park Public Library. | | Village vehicle sticker fee remains the same
1/24/2012 | The Village Council struck down a proposal to increase village vehicle sticker fees at Monday night's meeting, amending an ordinance that would have increased fees to $30 per vehicle from $25. | |
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Forest Park cub scouts race homemade cars at the Mohr Community Center on Saturday, Jan. 21. Watch the video here. |
| Opinion
2012: Live like the world will end
1/24/2012 | Even though I don't really believe that 2012 will mark the end of the world, I've decided to pretend I do. Why? | | St. B is worth fighting for
1/24/2012 | St. Bernardine, Forest Park's only Catholic school, knows a thing or two about near-death experiences. Always a small institution, long a fragile school, St. Bernardine has ridden the roller coaster of enrollment spikes and harrowing declines. It has also weathered an era when the Chicago archdiocese had one solution to financially troubled schools - and that was to shutter them. | | 'Lurker' speaks out
1/17/2012 | | I thought I was reading The Onion after I read the headline of Sharon Daly's "Can We Talk" column and then read the commentary. I have been what is known as a "lurker" on Forest Park Forums (FPF). It is a place, as most anonymous places are, where civility is a relative term. | |
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