KUNDALINI SOUND HEALING — The yoga session from 7 to 8:45 p.m. Friday at Serendipity Yoga and Wellness Studio, 18300 Dixie Highway, will feature a special vibrational healing experience designed to balance and harness the energy of the full moon. Buy tickets here. HOMEWOOD FARMERS MARKET — The first outdoor market of the summer season[Read More…]
Author: Eric Crump
Young bug lover happy as cicada Brood XIII emerges
Entomophobia sufferers, have you had enough of the cicada Brood XIII? One Homewood girl is very happy about the sudden abundance of the bugs that emerged the week of May 19 after their long sleep. Budding entomologist Eleanor Dickover offered a poster session on cicadas during the Homewood Science Center’s[Read More…]
5.22.2024 | What You Need To Know Today
BIKE SAFETY — May is National Bike Safety Month and Homewood police posted a reminder that motorists should slow down when they see cyclists on the road. “Bicyclists are most often killed by drivers who strike them with the front of their vehicle at high speeds. Avoid tragedy: Slow down, drive sober[Read More…]
Homewood train station reopens, accessible from Park Avenue
Commuters who use the Homewood train station were greeted with free coffee and donuts Monday morning, May 20, courtesy of the village and served by village staff. The treats were a way to say “welcome back” after the station was closed for about seven weeks as crews replaced the stairway[Read More…]
The Weeks | May 19: Train station reopens, book talks, farmers market, H-F theater wins, meetings
THE WEEK > Your government Rich Township Board of Trustees will meet at 5 p.m. Monday, May 20, in the Leonard Robinson Administration Building, 22013 Governors Highway, Richton Park. Find the agenda here. Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, May 20, at Normandy Villa,[Read More…]
D’s Cookie Dough opens in downtown Flossmoor
Flossmoor Acting Police Chief Keith Taylor, Village Manager Bridget Wachtel, D.K. Stout, Staci Stout, Mayor for the Day Gregory Wright, Mayor Michelle Nelson and Fire Chief Bob Kopec help celebrate on Friday, April 19, the grand opening of the new home for the Stouts’ business, D’s Cookie Dough.
5.18.2024 | What You Need To Know Today
MEDUCATE AT STEM SATURDAY — MedUcate will be visiting STEM Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Homewood Science Center, 18022 Dixie Highway, to provide information about the immune system. There will be an activity that helps demonstrate how the immune system protects people and what to do to keep[Read More…]
Phillip Mason joins Homewood Board of Trustees
Homewood trustees unanimously confirmed Mayor Rich Hofeld’s nominee, Phillip Mason, to fill the seat on the board left open by Anne Colton’s recent resignation. The vote was early on the agenda at the Tuesday, May 14, board meeting. Mason took the oath of office and joined the board on the[Read More…]
Embassy Cigar Lounge opens in Flossmoor
Louis Morgan wields the scissors surrounded by family, friends, Flossmoor officials and business partner Corey Singleton during a ribbon cutting ceremony on April 16 for the new Embassy Cigar Lounge at 1615 Vollmer Road. The lounge has a walk-in humidor, a barber shop and golf simulator. Work continues on additional[Read More…]
Flossmoor celebrates opening of House of Goshen hospice
Hakeem and Sade Bello, surrounded by friends, family, Flossmoor officials and area business leaders, cut the first ribbon during a grand opening celebration April 11 for the House of Goshen hospice at 19810 Governors Highway in Flossmoor. Hakeem Bello said the facility needs a few last details to be resolved[Read More…]
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