Forest Park Review

1 week ago | forestparkreview.com | Jessica Mordacq

Dorothy “Dot” Gillian of Forest Park died peacefully on June 16 at age 69. She was staying on Paddock Lake in Wisconsin, her favorite place in the world, according to her obituary, with her family.  Gillian lived in Forest Park her whole life. She was a real estate agent for 19 years, worked as executive director of the Main Street revitalization project and as a board member of the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce for over two decades – three of which she served as president.

1 week ago | forestparkreview.com | Jessica Mordacq

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Chicago on Saturday for No Kings rallies, defending democracy and denouncing the Trump administration’s authoritarianism.  Even more protestors convened across the western suburbs, including in Forest Park. The Forest Park No Kings rally coordinator Tom Holmes, a longtime columnist for the Review, estimates that nearly 200 people packed Constitution Court on June 14.

1 week ago | forestparkreview.com | Jessica Mordacq

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 Staffing so he could find work for the day.

1 week ago | forestparkreview.com | Jessica Mordacq

This week, Forest Park, along with the rest of the county, celebrates Juneteenth. The June 19 federal holiday recognizes the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas and freed a quarter-million slaves two years after the 13th Amendment abolished slavery.  Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins grew up in Galveston and was no stranger to Juneteenth celebrations as a child.

1 week ago | forestparkreview.com | Tom Holmes

This column first ran on July 3, 2024:Independence Day, the day in 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress, our foundational document, reads like a petition for dissolution of marriage. Recently in this village we’ve had a string of events that, in one way or another, were celebrations of freedom. Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that all enslaved people were free. Sort of.