THE WEEK > Meetings Flossmoor Public Art Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, May 13, at village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. Find the agenda here.Bloom Township Board of Trustees will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, at township hall, 425 S. Halsted St., Chicago Heights. No agenda has been posted as[Read More…]
Author: Eric Crump
Helmets, people
A few weeks ago I was going around the corner where Main Street turns into 187th Street in Glenwood on my bike when I heard a loud ding. I felt it, too. At that corner is one of those temporary stop signs that folds over. I didn’t see it, and[Read More…]
Page 2: Youth baseball celebrates new season in style
Opening day of Homewood and Flossmoor youth baseball leagues is one of my favorite events to cover. There’s so much uncontained enthusiasm pouring down the streets and onto the field that it’s possible, for a few hours, to forget that the world continues to relentlessly fall apart. The kids and[Read More…]
Homewood Disposal supports community, employees
Kyle Yonker has spent most of his life around garbage. As has his father, Tom, and his grandfather, Wendell. They are, after all, the family behind Homewood Disposal. “I grew up here on the back of a garbage truck since I was 16 or 17, sweeping floors,” Kyle said. “There’s[Read More…]
Heather Hill detention basin project moves forward after brief pause to seek consensus
The plan to create a storm water detention basin near Heather Hill School will move forward after receiving more support from the Flossmoor Board of Trustees at the Monday, May 6, meeting than it had previously. A vote to purchase land for a storm water detention basin near Heather Hill[Read More…]
Cicada party: Welcome to H-F, Brood XIII
In 2007, millions and millions of periodic cicadas emerged from the ground, sang their songs, found their mates, deposited their eggs and died. Their kids are back. Early emerging members of Brood XIII, the cicada group that inhabits northern Illinois, have already started peeping out of their burrows, and by[Read More…]
The Weeks | May 5: Heather Hill basin discussion, D161 transportation contract, sculpture move, Homewood trustee resigns, redevelopment of former Brunswick Zone moves forward
THE WEEK > Your government Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, May 6, in Normandy Villa, 41 E. Elmwood Drive, Chicago Heights. Find the agenda here. Attend the meeting remotely here. ►► Highlights: The board will consider extending its transportation contract with Kickert with a proposed 5.5% increase over this[Read More…]
Heather Hill neighbors meet with Flossmoor mayor Saturday to discuss storm water storage options
Heather Hill neighborhood residents Stephen and Donna Ramsey called an informal meeting at Leavitt Park on Saturday, May 4, so residents could learn more from Flossmoor Mayor Michelle Nelson about the various options the village has available to mitigate flooding problems. The village board voted 4 to 3 on April[Read More…]
Thornton Township residents rally April 27 to express concerns about fiscal management, services
Residents from communities throughout Thornton Township gathered on a River Oaks Mall parking lot Saturday, April 27, to demonstrate unity and continue pressing their concerns about governance of the township and the Village of Dolton. The rally was organized by the Advisory Committee to the People’s Trustees of Dolton (ACPTD),[Read More…]
Flossmoor board to discuss alternate plan for temporary storm water storage in Heather Hill neighborhood
The Flossmoor Board of Trustees will discuss alternatives to a planned storm water detention basin near Heather Hill School at the regular meeting, 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 6. After resident opposition developed recently to a plan for a storm water detention basin near Heather Hill School, the Flossmoor board voted[Read More…]
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