Note: This story is the fourth in a series from our annual Health & Wellness special section, first published in the April 1 print edition and sponsored by Franciscan Health. It may seem routine, but a visit with your doctor might have more benefits than you realize. Patients who regularly[Read More…]
Author: Nick Ulanowski
Parks Pastries moving to former location of Pearson’s Bakery
Parks Pastries Bakery & Café is moving from Homewood’s downtown business district to the Southgate Shopping Area in Homewood, according to the company website. Both the new and old locations are currently not open to the public, but the company is still taking orders by phone and on its website.[Read More…]
Construction of House of Goshen, an in-patient hospice, has begun
The ground was broken on Friday, March 24, for House of Goshen, a 14-bed in-patient hospice in Flossmoor. Wearing hard hats, House of Goshen’s owners, Sade Bello and Hakeem Bello, stuck shovels into the ground, marking the beginning of the facility to be built on Governors Highway. House of Goshen,[Read More…]
Trail Mix Concert Series will feature four local acts this Friday
Note: Story updated March 14 to correct future concert date. Trail Mix Concert Series is returning to Izaak Walton Nature Center at Senior Hall on Friday, March 10. Trail Mix has featured nationally renowned musicians such as Sunny War and Dom Flemons but will return to its roots with performances[Read More…]
Not My Dad, a Homewood cover band, will perform at Thornton Distilling Co.
A well-known local band, Not My Dad, will be helping the community celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a show Friday, March 17, at Thornton Distilling Co. Not My Dad, a 7-piece cover band, performs hit songs from the 1960s to current day, with special rock song covers from the ‘80s[Read More…]
Local painter Greg Loudon plans to focus more on his own passions
Greg Loudon, a Homewood resident and co-owner of the Homewood paint studio Bottle & Bottega, has been hired by many clients, such as Marvel Entertainment and the villages of Homewood and Flossmoor, for many different kinds of different art projects, including logo design, photography and painting. Since turning 60 years[Read More…]
Grady’s Snack ‘N Dine adds a robot to assist its serving staff
A robot is helping servers deliver plates to customers at Grady’s Snack ‘N Dine in Homewood. The robot, called Servi, started delivering meals in November. The robot has three trays for plates. After servers put the food-filled plates on the trays, they use a touchscreen to select the table number where[Read More…]
Bicycle safety, community concern discussed at a GoodSpeed Happy Hour event
Bicycle advocates Jane Healy and Elizabeth Adamczyk spoke at GoodSpeed Bicycles to community cyclists Feb. 15 about bicycle safety, raising kids as cyclists and how parents can ride bicycles to school with their kids. Angela Thomas, co-owner of Thomas’ Photogenic Services and the mother of a preschooler at Willow School, raised her[Read More…]
Nico Martinez draws Flossmoor landmarks and his own cartoon characters
Nico Martinez, a 34-year-old Flossmoor resident who is an artist with autism, was recently commissioned by the Flossmoor Business Association (FBA) to draw lively images of four different Flossmoor landmarks. Martinez said making artwork allows him to communicate what can’t always be said with words. Martinez said he’s been drawing[Read More…]
MLK Day: Community members make Valentine’s Day cards for senior citizens in assisted living
Dozens of community members made Valentine’s Day cards at Serena Hills Elementary in Chicago Heights on the morning of Jan. 16. The event was organized by Serena Hills Community Connections Committee to provide Valentines for senior citizens and other residents of assisted living facilities. The Martin Luthor King’s Day event was[Read More…]
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