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…]
Author: Nick Ulanowski
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…]
H-F High School’s 7th annual Pursuing the Dream conference features music, poetry and essays
Homewood-Flossmoor High School students performed music and read their poetry and essays at the seventh annual Pursuing the Dream conference in H-F High School’s Mall Auditorium on the evening of Wednesday, Jan. 11. The Martin Luther King Day event also featured a panel of local authors, a speech about Black[Read More…]
The grand opening of Karyn’s Kitchen draws a crowd
Karyn’s Kitchen, a vegan restaurant in Flossmoor Commons, was packed with people for its grand opening celebration on the afternoon of Saturday, Jan. 7. Anyone who bought food was entered into a raffle with prizes valued at hundreds of dollars. With a microphone in her hand, Karyn Calabrese, the owner[Read More…]
Homewood Veterinary Care officially opens in downtown Homewood
Homewood Veterinary Care officially opened its doors on the corner of 183rd Street and Dixie Highway on Saturday, Dec. 17. The grand opening celebration included a ribbon cutting, prizes for pet owners and an open house where customers could tour the entire facility. This same business had been Markham Animal[Read More…]
Flossmoor Commons businesses get showcased in a holiday open house celebration
The Flossmoor Business Association organized a “sip, snack and shop” open house Thursday, Dec. 8, to showcase the businesses in Flossmoor Commons. From 5 to 7 p.m., the community came to visit the new businesses and vendors who offered store discounts, tables of free food, eggnog and champagne. In the[Read More…]
Karyn’s Kitchen, a vegan restaurant with raw food options, opens in Flossmoor
Editor’s note: This story was updated for clarity at 7:30 a.m. on Dec. 15. Karyn’s Kitchen, a vegan restaurant that specializes in raw food, opened in Flossmoor Commons on Dec. 1. It’s next door to Karyn’s Inner Beauty, a spa and wellness shop owned by the same lifestyle guru, wellness author[Read More…]
Advocate South Suburban and Old National Bank employees give away food at All Nations Community Church
Hundreds of bags of fresh food were given away to Advocate South Suburban Hospital patients at All Nations Community Church in Homewood on the afternoon of Thursday, Dec. 8. The bags were prepared by 35 Old National Bank employees. The food drive was part of Advocate’s ongoing Living Food Farmacy[Read More…]
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