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Friday, July 17 Brew & View: School of Rock. Grab your lawn chairs, blankets, family and friends, head to Irwin Park, 18120 Highland Ave. in Homewood, and grab a delicious meal and refreshing beverage. “School of Rock” will screen at dusk. Saturday, July 18 Homewood Farmers Market. The market will be open[Read More…]
Electronic devices will be off-limits in classrooms at Homewood-Flossmoor High School for the 2026–27 school year. At a special board meeting July 14, the District 233 school board agreed to spend $29,000 for hard plastic cell phone lockers that will be in the back of each classroom giving students a[Read More…]
Baby Bloomers. Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway, will host story time for children aged birth to 2.5 years old and their caregivers. There will be stories, songs, bubbles and free play in the Rauch Reading Room from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Register here. Pizza Garden. Kids in grades kindergarten through second grade are[Read More…]
More than 100 community members gathered on the Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery patio to enjoy food, craft beer, live music and speeches on Friday, July 10, to celebrate the business’ 30th anniversary. Flossmoor Station co-owner Dean Armstrong, Flossmoor Mayor Michelle Nelson, Village Trustee Jim Mitros and Illinois Rep. Will[Read More…]
Homewood police responded to a report of a woman hanging from a tree shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday, July 11. Officers found a deceased woman in the 18300 block of Martin Avenue. Police said the initial investigation indicated it was likely that no foul play was involved. The identity of[Read More…]
Irwin Park Ribbon-Cutting. Homewood-Flossmoor Park District will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1 p.m. to officially open the new play area at Irwin Park on Ridge Road and Gottschalk Avenue. For the celebration, the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile will be on site, and staff will be giving free ice cream treats[Read More…]
One of the traits most important to coaching is adaptability, Homewood-Flossmoor High School boys soccer coach Jairo Garcia believes. Especially at the high school level, blending the plan to fit players of different abilities can be the difference between success and failure. “You’ve got to be able to switch directions,”[Read More…]
Two young golfers appealed to Homewood-Flossmoor Park District commissioners asking that Coyote Run Golf Course become part of a national program that allows youth to golf for $5. At the July 7 meeting, Wakana Hill and Imani Green made presentations to the commissioners asking them to make the golf course[Read More…]
At an age when most teenagers are balancing homework, sports and social lives, 16-year-old Anderson Pries of Homewood does all those things while orchestrating something far more ambitious: producing a full-scale ragtime festival. Set for Aug. 22–23 at the Fox River Trolley Museum in South Elgin, the two-day event is[Read More…]
Homewood-Flossmoor School District 233 Board of Education will meet from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the dining room at Flossmoor Golf Club, 1441 Western Ave. The agenda is available here. Homewood Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. in village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. The agenda is available here. The livestream of[Read More…]
