Homewood Mayor Richard Hofeld fist bumps Jesse White following a conversation at the ribbon cutting. (Bill Jones/H-F Chronicle) Drivers in the Homewood-Flossmoor area who need in-person driver services will no longer have to travel quite as far as they have for nearly a year since the Chicago Heights Secretary of[Read More…]
Author: Bill Jones
Happy retirement: Lisa Morrow & DeLores Mannes, District 161 teachers’ careers, retirements are intertwined
Happy retirement: Judy Kubas, a teacher who brought passion for art to D161 students for 38 years
Editor’s note: This is the third story in a series featuring 2021 school retirees. Art has always been important to Judy Kubas. At a young age, she started drawing and has never really stopped. She looked up to Georgia O’Keeffe as a trailblazer for women in art. But a career[Read More…]
Mayor Paul Braun reflects on nearly two decades of elected service to Flossmoor
Aracelis Janelle Scharon joins D161 board, Carolyn Griggs elected president
The Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education got a minor shake-up this week, reorganizing in the wake of the April 6 election. First, the District 161 community bid farewell to board member Stephen Paredes, who did not seek reelection. Paredes, who has been on the board since 2013, shared[Read More…]
Bond timing, planned fund balance use leaves Flossmoor with $3 million FY22 deficit on paper
Flossmoor’s budget for Fiscal Year 2022 is projecting what appears on paper as a total deficit of $3.08 million, but it is largely attributable to 2021 streets and storm sewer projects being funded by the proceeds of a $10 million bond sale that took place at the end of FY21.[Read More…]
Mayor Paul Braun bestows honors, offers well-wishes and says farewell at April 19 meeting
Mayor Paul Braun has left the board room for the last time, at least in his official capacity of leading Flossmoor’s village board meetings. The Flossmoor Village Board held a small reception Monday, April 19, following its meeting, with a celebratory round of cupcakes and soda. But first, Braun shared[Read More…]
Serena Hills teacher recognized for implementing meal delivery plan during pandemic
When Flossmoor School District 161 buildings started shutting down last spring amid the first wave of statewide lockdowns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Homewood resident Amy Sizemore-Green jumped into action. A special education teacher for Serena Hills Elementary School in Flossmoor School District 161, she knew that students who relied[Read More…]
Superintendent Dana Smith gets five-year contract extension with Flossmoor School D161
Flossmoor School District 161 is sticking with Superintendent Dana Smith until at least the end of June 2026. The school board voted unanimously on Monday, April 12, to approve a five-year contract extension for Smith. The superintendent is to be paid $206,000 in his first year under the new contract,[Read More…]
Bond-funded projects are key elements of Flossmoor’s Finance and Facilities Plan for FY22
Flossmoor’s Finance and Facilities Plan took center stage in the latest installment of a series of discussions regarding the preliminary Fiscal Year 2022 budget. And much of next year’s plan focuses on projects related to a $10 million bond issue approved by voters in November and sold through a bidding process[Read More…]
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