FREE SCIENCE KITS – Get free Pop Up SCIENCE @Home kits at the Homewood Science Center Pop Up SCIENCE Shop this Saturday and every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. No reservations necessary. All items in the Pop Up Science Shop are 30% off on Saturdays. CROSSING GUARDS NEEDED[Read More…]
Author: Carole Sharwarko
4/27/2021 | What You Need to Know Today
WEATHER WARM-UP – Unseasonably warm temperatures are in store today, with a forecasted high of 85. Temps will even out throughout the week, and will stay in the 60s and 70s. YOUR MONEY – Respond Now in Chicago Heights offers “Financial Education for your Future,” free classes that teach about[Read More…]
4/22/2021 | What You Need to Know Today
Happy Earth Day! PLANT A SEED – Pick up an Earth Day kit from Homewood Library, which contains biodegradable pots to plant basil seeds, and materials for making biodegradable paint to decorate your pot. Kits are first come, first served. While supplies last. No registration necessary. Pickup begins at 1pm.[Read More…]
4/21/2021 | What You Need to Know Today
FUTURE OR FAD? – Consider whether Bitcoin represents the first wave of a cashless society or is merely an overhyped technology. Zoom program presented by Flossmoor Library. Email [email protected], subject: Bitcoin. 7 p.m. Thursday JUSTICE FUNDS – Amtrak is accepting financial compensation claims from people with mobility disabilities who traveled or[Read More…]
4/20/2021 | What You Need to Know Today
FREEZE WARNING – Forecasts call for snow today, ending before 7 p.m. Also, a freeze warning is in place for tonight, which could compromise outdoor plants if not protected. Don’t worry — we should see 60s by Friday and 70s by next week. PUT ON YOUR SHOPPING SHOES – Homewood[Read More…]
4/16/2021 | What You Need to Know This Weekend
VACCINES AVAILABLE – Appointments remain available for a vaccination event at Flossmoor Village Hall on Saturday for a first dose of the Moderna vaccine. Second dose on May 15. Sign up at https://events.juvare.com/IL-IDPH/7vbvl-99/543638/ SENIOR LINE DANCE – For only $5 per session, H-F Park District residents age 55 and older[Read More…]
4/15/2021 | What You Need to Know Today
DRIVERS ED – This summer H-F High School offers six sessions of Behind-the-Wheel Driver Education and one session of Classroom Driver Education. Registration opens 7:30 a.m. Monday via a Google Form on the school website. EGG DROP – At 3:30 p.m., watch contraptions created to protect eggs get dropped from[Read More…]
4/14/2021 | What You Need to Know Today
SPRINKLES! Mild, seasonal weather continues through this weekend, and today’s forecast calls for a chance of sprinkles after 1 p.m. TAG TEAM! Tomorrow is the deadline for Flossmoor residents to buy vehicle stickers and animal tags for their pets. NATIVE PLANTS – Irons Oaks Environmental Learning Center’s Native Plant sale[Read More…]
4/13/2021 | What You Need to Know Today
HOMEWOOD VOTES ON CCC – At its regular meeting the Homewood Board of Trustees will consider an ordinance to disconnect the property known as Calumet Country Club from the village. Attend the meeting on Zoom: (312) 626-6799, I.D. 961 6038 1330, password 292 310. BATTERS UP! – Thursday is the[Read More…]
4/2/2021 | What You Need to Know This Weekend
FREE BRUSH COLLECTION – Flossmoor Public Works offers free brush collection during the first week of each month, beginning April 5. Set brush by the curb 7 a.m. Mondays, no earlier than three days prior to collection. NEW FLOSSMOOR FIRE CHIEF – Earlier this month, longtime firefighter Robert Kopec was[Read More…]