The Homewood Board of Trustees unanimously approved a resolution on Tuesday, Sept. 12, to express support for the unionization of police department sergeants. The resolution states, in part, “The village supports and accepts without challenge that the Metropolitan Alliance of Police, Chapter #22, has been certified as the exclusive representative[Read More…]
Author: Eric Crump
Cozy Flossmoor Fest brings community closer together
Flossmoor Fest is about bringing the community together, and this year’s event on Saturday, Sept. 9, brought people together more closely than ever. The event had all the features the event always has. They were just arranged in a smaller space than usual in order to facilitate a new approach[Read More…]
9.12.2023 | What You Need To Know Today
HOMEWOOD BOARD OF TRUSTEES— Regular meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. Find the agenda here. Attend remotely here or dial 312-626-6799. ID 980 4907 6232, passcode 830183. FLOSSMOOR LIBRARY BOARD— Regular meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in the library, 1000 Sterling Ave. in Flossmoor. Find the agenda here.
The Weeks | Sept. 10: D161 budget, HPD sergeants to unionize, first responders’ mass, art fair
THE WEEK > Meetings Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11, in Normandy Villa, 41 E. Elmwood Drive, Chicago Heights. Homewood Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, in village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. Flossmoor Public Library Board of Trustees will[Read More…]
The Hartford: Mixed-use building opens for residents and begins downtown transformation
When local pioneer James Hart filed a plat in 1852 of what eventually would become downtown Homewood, he called it Hartford. The name didn’t stick. Now, 170 years later, Homewood’s newest downtown building bears the name he hoped would apply to the village. The residential portion of The Hartford, a[Read More…]
Tax assessment appeal session attracts crowd, questions
The turnout for an information session on tax assessments on Aug. 19 at Homewood village hall had Village Manager Napoleon Haney scrambling to find more chairs. One of the presenters, Thornton Township Assessor Cassandra Elston estimated as many as 70 people arrived to ask questions and learn more about the process of[Read More…]
Page 2: Democracy works when people work it
Sept. 15 is Democracy Day, and I thought it would be appropriate to celebrate it by highlighting several recent moments when local democracy worked rather well. By democracy, I don’t mean governance solely by elected leaders. When we vote, we delegate authority to our representatives, but that doesn’t relieve us[Read More…]
Traffic notice: Work on Dixie Highway through Sept. 15
Homewood posted on the village Facebook page Tuesday that construction crews will be doing work in front of Homewood Brewery, 18225 Dixie Highway, until Friday this week and from Sept. 11 through Sept. 15 next week. The work will force some lane adjustments.
9.5.2023 | What You Need To Know Today
Flossmoor Board of Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5, at village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. Homewood-Flossmoor Park District Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5, in the Goldberg Administration Center, 3301 Flossmoor Road, Flossmoor. Storytime in the ParkFlossmoor Public Library hosts a storytime at 10:30[Read More…]
Vikings prevail over visiting Spartans in wild home opener; veterans, track team honored
The first moments of the Homewood-Flossmoor High School varsity football home opener versus Marian Catholic High School on Saturday, Sept. 2, accurately foreshadowed the last. The game started wild and ended wild. Both teams scored in the first half-minute of the first quarter. Marian’s Austin Alexander ran the opening kickoff[Read More…]
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