Plainfield event features interactive activities and local services. Will County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant invites families to attend a Kids’ Fair on Monday, February 20, from 9 a.m. to noon, at Troy Middle School, 5800 W. Theodore Street, Plainfield. The free event features interactive and educational activities by local organizations, businesses, and government agencies. “This event […]
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Beecher Community Library News
Call the library at 708-946-9090 for programs that require registration. Youth Services A new bean fox take-and-make craft is available. Pick up any time! February 16, 17, 23, 24, at 10 a.m., Beecher Bookworm Buddies: Enjoy stories, games, music, and a craft! Call to register. Adult Services February 16, 21, 23, from 2-5 p.m., One-on-One […]
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National Park Service Exec Visits Historic Crete Church
Crete Area Historical Society welcomed Barry Jurgensen, of the National Park Service, and Dr. Larry McClellan, distinguished scholar and history professor at Governors State University, for a tour of the old Crete Congregational Church recently. Jurgensen is the Midwest Regional Manager of the National Park Service Network to Freedom. Society President Ryan Martin and Vice […]
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Step Back into the 1950s at Valentine’s Day’ Exhibit
The 1950s Park Forest House Museum, 227 Monee Road (inside St. Mary’s Catholic Church), Park Forest, invites the community to “Step Back into a 1950s Valentine’s Day,” from February 1 – March 8. The museum is open Wednesday and Saturday, from 1 to 3:30 p.m., and at other times by appointment. One room represents a […]
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News from Sen. Joyce
“Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.” These powerful words from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., which I shared locally a few weeks back to honor Dr. King’s birthday and legacy, are very fitting as we begin 2023. Last month, I told you about the devastating loss of my colleague Sen. Scott […]
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Letter to Ed.: Samples
Dear Editor: It is a great honor to serve Beecher as your new Postmaster. In my years with the United States Postal Service, I have seen firsthand the role the Postal Service plays connecting neighbors and the community to the nation. Our Post Offices serve as a lifeline for small businesses to reach customers, no […]
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Beecher Community Library News
Call the library at 708-946-9090 for programs that require registration. Youth Services A new bean fox take-and-make craft is available in February. Pick up any time! February 9, 10, 16, and 17, at 10 a.m., Beecher Bookworm Buddies: Enjoy stories, games, music, and a craft! Call to register. February 15, at 4 p.m., Kids STEAM […]
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Project Pickle Perplexing but Will Persist
By Jeff Vorva Project Pickle was in a little bit of a pickle, but not enough to shut down the initiative. Project Pickle is the marriage between the Village of Beecher and the Beecher 200U Board of Education to set up pickleball courts on the site of the Beecher High School tennis courts. The village […]
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Shooting in Beecher
On January 30, Beecher Police Officers were summoned to the 200 block of Woodward for a report of a man shot. When officers arrived, they found the victim, who had been shot. It was learned the victim and the offender are acquainted, but the offender had fled the scene after the shooting. The Will County […]
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Sacred Tree NFP Tries to Make a Difference
There is a new 501c3, not for profit, based out of Crete – Sacred Tree NFP. Founder Natalie Wilson, an herbalist and avid gardener who loves trees, wants to educate and uplift communities to restore biodiversity that is critical to humanity’s survival, as biodiversity provides the air we breathe, medicines to heal us, and the […]