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JULY 2, 2025
Going forth with the Fourth PAGE 5
On board with cutting boards
Forest Park OKs grocery tax for 2026 The 1% tax replaces the statewide tax that will be discontinued on Jan. 1 By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
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KC Mutchler, Geoff Binns-Calvey and Alec Bloyd-Peshkin in Bloyd-Peshkin’s workshop. est Park Makers Collective – a group of By JESSICA MORDACQ Makers Collective raises three self-employed friends who are donating their time and sales to charity. $6K for the Chicago Forest Parkers Geoff Binns-Calvey, While it may be too late to purchase a KC Mutchler and Alec Bloyd-Peshkin rehandcrafted cutting board made in ForAbortion Fund est Park by your own neighbors, you Staff Reporter
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Forest Park will soon have a new grocery tax, but you won’t see any difference in your grocery bill. At a June 9 council meeting, commissioners unanimously voted to pass an ordinance that would impose a 1% tax on groceries, or food that’s consumed off premises of where it’s sold. That includes food sold at grocery stores, gas stations, and the likes of Walmart or Walgreens. Commissioners Ryan Nero and Jessica Voogd were absent from the meeting. The tax will replace the one that, last summer, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced would be eliminated statewide starting Jan. 1, 2026. “This ordinance is not implementing an additional tax,” Commissioner Michelle MelinRogovin said at the council meeting. “It is im-
See CUTTING BOARDS on page 10
IN Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 THIS ISSUE Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Tom Holmes: Dissecting democracy PAGE 13
See GROCERY TAX on page 6
Lookback: The 1919 Independence Day Parade PAGE 14