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MAY 14, 2025
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Library launched for dog park members
Forest Parkers and their pooches paraded from the library to the dog park
Pat Malone, ‘saloon proprietor’ at McGaffer’s, toasted with street sign
‘There’ll never be another McGaffer’s’ By BILL DWYER Contributing Reporter
TODD BANNOR
the dog park for a ribbon cutting. “I know people love their dogs so much, so I thought this would be a fun way to gather people together, promote the village’s dog park and do something
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
See DOG LIBRARY on page 15
See MCGAFFER’S on page 7
Dog Library builder Geoff Binns-Calvey cuts the ribbon with Forest Park Library Community Engagement Manager Alicia Hammond, Commisioner Jessica Voogd and Forest Park Library Director Vicki Rakowski at the Forest Park Dog Park. By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
Have you been to the Forest Park Dog Park and realized you forgot a tennis ball to play fetch with your pup? Or a poop bag? Sounds like a ruff day. That’s no longer a problem for over 90
members of the Forest Park Dog Park at 632 Circle Ave., where the village’s recreation board and library collaborated to launch a dog library full of free toys, treats and dog-themed books. On Saturday, residents, public officials, Forest Park Public Library staff and volunteers met at the library and paraded to
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