HOLIDAY ART CONTEST – Kids from kindergarten through 12th grade can submit an original artwork for a chance to be featured on this year’s Homewood Police Department holiday card and win one of three cash prizes. Entries are due by Monday. Winners will be announced at Homewood Holiday Lights on[Read More…]
Author: Carole Sharwarko
11/5/2021 | What You Need to Know This Weekend
INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE – Registration is open from today to Nov. 14 for HF Soccer Club’s Southland Indoor League, for girls and boys with birth years 2008 to 2014. League play runs from Dec. 4 to March 22. Find the club online. GOOD LUCK AT STATE – Two student athletes[Read More…]
11/4/2021 | What You Need to Know Today
LIBRARY SALE REOPENS – The Friends of the Library Book Sale has reopened at Homewood Library. This collection of books, CDs, DVDs, magazines, records and other media is now open for browsing and purchases on the top level of the library during regular hours. Donations are not currently being accepted.[Read More…]
11/3/2021 | What You Need to Know Today
COZY UP WITH A BOOK BLANKET – Check the Flossmoor Library Facebook page between 9:30 and 10 a.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday this month for the “Cozy November Giveaway.” You’ll find a clue; be the first person to approach the circulation desk and do the directed action for the[Read More…]
18-year-old dead after Halloween weekend shooting in Flossmoor
An 18-year-old South Holland man succumbed to injuries he sustained during a Halloween weekend shooting in Flossmoor’s Ballantrae neighborhood, according to Police Chief Tod Kamleiter. Cook County Medical Examiner records show that Kevin R. Jones, of the 16800 block of Ingleside Avenue, was pronounced dead at 12:49 a.m. Sunday, Oct.[Read More…]
11/2/2021 | What You Need to Know Today
WINTER CHOICES – H-F Park District’s Winter Choices programming brochure is now available online. Visit the park district website to browse and enroll in programs taking place over the next few months. PAINT YOUR PET – Whether it’s a pooch, kitty, bird, lizard or fish, have fun painting your pet[Read More…]
11/1/2021 | What You Need to Know Today
FLOSSMOOR LEAF COLLECTION – Starting today, Flossmoor residents can place leaves in 33-gallon biodegradable paper bags at the curb by 6 a.m. for collection on scheduled days. Homewood Disposal customers should put them out on trash collection days. Republic Services customers should visit the Flossmoor village website and refer to[Read More…]
10/29/2021 | What You Need to Know This Weekend
GO PUMPKIN HUNTING – Grab your electric torch and head out to the Flashlight Pumpkin Hunt on Saturday at Irons Oaks Environmental Learning Center. Register online with H-F Park District for a hunt at 5:30 p.m. or 6:30 p.m., or choose the daytime Pumpkin Hunt at 4:30 p.m. $10 GET[Read More…]
10/28/2021 | What You Need to Know Today
HELP A SKATER OUT – As you clean out your closets this fall, consider donating ice skates and sleds to the Little Skate and Little Sled libraries offered by H-F Park District. These free libraries allow community members who don’t own equipment to enjoy outdoor winter fun. Bring donations to[Read More…]
10/27/2021 | What You Need to Know Today
PAINT TOGETHER – Have a date night at Bottle & Bottega Homewood. BYOB to paint bride and groom sugar skulls, at 7 p.m. Friday. $39, register online LIVE THEATER – Order tickets early as H-F Theatre presents “The Secret in the Wings” at 7 p.m. Thursday to Saturday at H-F[Read More…]


