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HOMEWOOD HOLIDAY MARKET — The village’s first indoor holiday market will be open from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday in the Homewood Auditorium, 2010 Chestnut Road. HOLIDAY SPIRITS — The Cancer Support Center Junior Board will host a holiday event from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight at Wiley’s Grill, 800 Kedzie Ave. in Flossmoor. Local[Read More…]
Ink-N-Um Tattoos & Body, Homewood’s second tattoo parlor, celebrated its grand opening in a ribbon-cutting celebration on Wednesday, Nov. 29. Owner Bob Garrity has wanted to move his Calumet City shop to his hometown of Homewood for years. Due to community support and recent changes in zoning regulations, he was finally able to[Read More…]
HOLIDAY LIGHTS FESTIVAL PREP — Martin Avenue remains closed from Ridge Road to Hickory Road. Ridge Road from Harwood Avenue to Dixie Highway will be closed at 7:30 a.m. today and Ridge Road from Dixie Highway east to Highland Avenue will be closed at 4 p.m. in preparation for the Holiday Lights[Read More…]
The State Scholar Program has named 54 graduating seniors as Homewood-Flossmoor High School as Illinois State Scholars. These students were selected for their outstanding test scores on the ACT or SAT and high grade point average, unweighted class rank and the second semester class size for their junior year. They[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly celebrated a $45,180 federal grant awarded to Governors State University to support a new AmeriCorps VISTA project. Kelly’s district includes Homewood and Flossmoor. Governors State University’s VISTA project will double the current capacity of the Jaguar Jumps program, which serves students with disabilities, and provide wrap-around services[Read More…]
On a night steeped with over 100 years of tradition and culture, history was made when Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. presented a new chapter at Governors State University, which had never hosted Black fraternities and sororities in its 54-year existence. Before a standing-room-only crowd in the Center for Performing[Read More…]
HOLIDAY LIGHTS FESTIVAL PREP— Homewood officials announced that Martin Avenue will be closed from Ridge Road to Hickory Road at 7:30 a.m. today. Ridge Road from Harwood Avenue to Dixie Highway will be closed at 7:30 a.m. Friday and Ridge Road from Dixie Highway east to Highland Avenue will be closed[Read More…]
For nearly a decade, the Village of Flossmoor has been sponsoring its Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service event as a way to coordinate hundreds of volunteers to help with a variety of non-profit service projects to make this “day off” a “day on.” As Flossmoor approaches[Read More…]
VILLAGE KEY AWOL — Homewood officials sent an email to the community Tuesday letting residents know they are aware the “Village Key,” the quarterly magazine the village has published for years, has not been delivered to all homes. “We understand the frustration this may cause and want to assure you that[Read More…]
Homewood trustees approved two resolutions at the Nov. 14 meeting honoring retiring police department staff Deputy Chief Robert Misner and Records Clerk Betty Deenik. Misner was appointed deputy chief in April 2021. Prior to that, he had served as a sergeant and in the Criminal Investigations Unit as a detective[Read More…]
