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Pat Malone, ‘saloon proprietor’ at McGaffer’s, toasted with street sign

2 days ago | forestparkreview.com | Bill Dwyer

McGaffer’s Saloon, a fixture in Forest Park that welcomed everyone and anyone who walked through its door for nearly half a century, didn’t get the sendoff it deserved or it’s many patrons wanted, following its sudden closing after proprietor JP Pat Malone was seriously injured in a fall last October. Plans were to re-open the business within a month or two, but it remained shuttered, and Malone said the building has been mostly cleared out. The building went on the market several months ago.
Walmart shopper threatens to shoot woman over parking space - Forest Park Review

6 days ago | forestparkreview.com | Jessica Mordacq

Police were dispatched to Walmart on Roosevelt Road May 6 just around 8 p.m. after someone called to report someone with a gun. A woman told police that, after she parked, a woman in a gray Dodge Durango parked a few spots away, got out of the car and said she had a gun and threatened to shoot her. The woman went into Walmart, but said she had a gun in her car again on the way out, then circled the parking lot. The woman said she’d sign complaints if the offender was identified.
Pioneer Tap submits corrective action plan - Forest Park Review

6 days ago | forestparkreview.com | Jessica Mordacq

After24 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 seven days of the hearing.
Opportunity Knocks to launch farm on village-owned Altenheim land

1 week ago | forestparkreview.com | Jessica Mordacq

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 farming programming.
Proviso school board unites as 209 United holds every seat

1 week ago | forestparkreview.com | Amaris E. Rodriguez

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.
Man escapes after brandishing knife at couple leaving Planet Fitness

1 week ago | forestparkreview.com | Jessica Mordacq

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 couple got in their car, and the man fled.
Mayday reflections

1 week ago | forestparkreview.com | Tom Holmes

This column first ran in May of 2024:Pastor Walter Mitty’s alarm went off on May 1 at 6:30 as usual. He sat up, turned off the alarm, rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and realized he wasn’t immediately reaching for his bathrobe. It was nice to have the cold weather in the rearview mirror — at least for the next few monthsHe actually enjoyed how the seasons change, but he was now ready for spring to arrive in full force.
Doing immigration ‘by the book’ in Forest Park

1 week ago | forestparkreview.com | Tom Holmes

The deportation of immigrants from the U.S. has been in the news recently, and immigrants who are undocumented are frightened. Sasin “Pun” Tuangiaruwinai immigrated to Forest Park eight years ago, but he’s not worried about being deported, even in what feels like an anti-immigrant atmosphere, because he has dotted every “i” and crossed every “t” to make his immigration legal. His is a story about migrating according to the State Department’s priorities and procedures.
More tension as council hears safety and traffic commission's plan

1 week ago | forestparkreview.com | Jessica Mordacq

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.
Pope Francis would have felt at home here

2 weeks ago | forestparkreview.com | Tom Holmes

I get the impression that the now late Pope Francis would have felt comfortable living in a brick bungalow on Beloit Avenue here in Forest Park. I say that because his “sensibility” and what I observe as the moral sense and sensitivity of my neighbors here in town seem to have a lot of overlap. A wood coffin and meeting in a barnPope Francis, who died a week ago Monday, chose to be buried in a rather plain wood coffin.