Hoekstra Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), a family-owned business in Homewood, installed a free furnace and air conditioning unit inside Homewood resident Jessica Gadomski’s house on Friday, Oct. 3, as part of Lennox’s nationwide Feel the Love campaign. Lennox, a heating and air conditioning brand, started the Feel the Love initiative[Read More…]
Author: Nick Ulanowski
Local artists and artisans sell their work at Park Forest Art Fair
Dozens of artists and artisans from all around the Midwest gathered in downtown Park Forest for the 69th annual Park Forest Art Fair on Saturday, Sept. 20 and Sunday, Sept. 21. The artists included Flossmoor acrylic painter Cheryl Osby, Olympia Fields jewelry maker Debra Glenn and Homewood mixed-media artist Jenn[Read More…]
Flossmoor Library offers remote access to civil courts
The Flossmoor Public Library has partnered with the Chicago Bar Foundation to offer easier access to court meetings on Zoom and assistance in filing court documents. The Court Access Library Center program is for community members representing themselves in civil cases. The library provides Court Access patrons with laptops inside[Read More…]
Maison des Fleurs, a French café serving tea, opens in downtown Homewood
Maison des Fleurs, a French café that specializes in tea but also sells flowers, pastries and coffee, celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in downtown Homewood on Friday, Sept. 5. Maison des Fleurs owner Lanise Swarn and Homewood Mayor Rich Hofeld cut the blue ribbon with café staff[Read More…]
Homewood couple builds new house on Dixie Highway
Dan Warning and Sarana Lee, a Homewood couple, spent the last two years building a three-bedroom house from scratch at 18462 Dixie Highway in Homewood. They officially marked it for sale with an open house on Sunday, Aug. 31. Warning and Lee said there used to be another house at[Read More…]
Community members get to know Homewood police officers at National Night Out
Community members played games with Homewood Police officers, saw their equipment and toured their squad cars and all-terrain vehicles in Irwin Park on the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 5, as part of National Night Out. National Night Out is the first Tuesday of every August. National Night Out’s website describes it as an[Read More…]
The Feast of the Goat Queen features live music, wrestling, art and costumes
Rabid Brewing hosted and organized the sixth annual Feast of the Goat Queen on the lawn west of the brewery on the afternoon and evening of Saturday, July 26. Attendees described the Feast of the Goat Queen as a smaller Renaissance Fair, referring to the nationwide annual events that celebrate the renaissance[Read More…]
Hoekstra HVAC will provide free installation services to at least one household
Do you know someone who could use a new furnace? Or maybe their air conditioner isn’t cooling properly? Hoekstra Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), a family-owned business in Homewood, is urging community members to nominate a friend, loved one or neighbor for the Feel the Love initiative. After nominations[Read More…]
Community members enjoy games, food at Izaak Walton’s 4th of July picnic
More than 100 community members gathered for the annual Fourth of July picnic at Izaak Walton Preserve in Homewood organized by preserve volunteers. Community members played games, flew American flags and listened to music. They sat at park bench tables or on beach towels, enjoying food prepared by the preserve[Read More…]
Hundreds of Homewood Community Members Enjoy Fourth of July Parade
Hundreds of community members lined the streets of Ridge Road and Dixie Highway in Homewood to watch the Independence Day parade organized by the village of Homewood on the late morning of Friday, July 4. The parade lasted for about 45 minutes. It kicked off at St. John Neumann Catholic[Read More…]
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