One task for the recently formed Conservation Committee will be to help the preserve heal the ‘path of destruction’ caused by the installation of a new water line to serve the village. This view of the path was from April 13 tooking west from Ridge Road. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) Izaak[Read More…]
Author: Nick Ulanowski
Village of Flossmoor pledges to preserve the monarch butterfly; Green Commission makes educational video
The Flossmoor Green Commission is working to help reinvigorate the Monarch butterfly population in Illinois with preparations for milkweed gardens, and an informational video for the public showing the stages of a butterfly that was prepared by a Homewood-Flossmoor High School student. In February, at the suggestion of the Green[Read More…]
Flossmoor baseball season will start May 15, but the Chaneyville Flossmoor Baseball Academy has already has begun tournaments
Homewood will replace Artisan Street Fair with smaller ‘Street Market’
Homewood youth baseball season to begin with safety protocols for COVID in place
A runner heads for first base in a game during the 2020 Homewood Baseball and Softball season. (Chronicle file photo) The 2021 season of Homewood Baseball and Softball starts on Saturday, April 17. Homewood Baseball and Softball (HBS) is a youth baseball, softball and t-ball organization with approximately 20 different[Read More…]
Homewood, Flossmoor slated to receive installments of Rebuild Illinois funds
The Illinois state government announced in mid-march that under its Rebuild Illinois plan, it will be releasing grant money for local capital projects, especially projects related to infrastructure and transportation, and Homewood and Flossmoor are slated to receive portions of the $250 million installment. Homewood is slated to receive $212,243.62. In another[Read More…]
Chicago Southland Green Committee encourages Earth Day activities for all of April
In 51 years, Earth Day has become what the organization’s website calls the largest secular observance in the world, and a local group wants to expand its reach. “I like thinking more of Earth Month instead of Earth Day because really every day is Earth Day,” said Carrie Malfeo, a[Read More…]
HBA announces its 2021 public art project: Hand-painted bird houses
Every year since 2016, the Homewood Business Association has partnered with the village for a public arts project. Art is created by community members and shown at the Artisans Street Fair in June before being displayed around town. Julie Lawton, president of Homewood Business Association “They (the projects) stay up[Read More…]
Pipeline construction will lead to improved Izaak Walton ecosystem, preserve’s president says
Pop’s Snack Shop joins the move to GrubHub
As of the past couple weeks, Pop’s Snack Shop in downtown Homewood is on the GrubHub app. The shop is at 18063 Dixie Hwy. Outside of Pop’s, a sign that says “black owned business” is displayed. When walking inside the store, on the left side, the wall is filled with[Read More…]
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