A multi-million-dollar renovation project is making Ford of Homewood a state-of-the-art facility bringing the business into the 21st century. According to owner Steve Phillipos, the renovations include expanded service stations for mechanics, updated charging stations for electric vehicles, a remodeled showroom, a larger customer waiting room and a new entrance.[Read More…]
Author: Nick Ulanowski
Dozens donate blood at Irwin Center on MLK Day
Several dozen people, including Flossmoor Mayor Michelle Nelson and U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-2nd), donated blood at the Irwin Center in Homewood on Monday, Jan. 20. The Chi Lambda Lambda chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and the Lambda Tau Omega chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority organized the[Read More…]
Primo’s Café & Deli opening soon on Ridge Road
Primo’s Café & Deli, a café and diner serving Italian food and freshly roasted coffee, is set to open at 2057 Ridge Road in downtown Homewood, the former location of Redbird Cafe. Scott Donkel owns Primo’s and The Ridgewood, the bar in the adjacent storefront. He and his daughter, Amy Donkel-Rohne,[Read More…]
Helping agency Respond Now begins building renovations
Respond Now, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing food and housing assistance in the South Suburbs, celebrated the start of its building renovations in Chicago Heights on Monday, Dec. 17. While there was no physical ground to break, Respond Now representatives held up shovels in front of the building to[Read More…]
Officials celebrate completion of Metra’s Homewood station renovations
Officials from Metra, the village of Homewood, Pace and the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) celebrated the completion of the Homewood Metra station’s renovations with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the morning of Friday, Dec. 13. The approximately $21-million renovation project, which was orchestrated by these collaborating agencies and Cook County, began in[Read More…]
Royal Cultures, a hair salon specializing in wigs and extensions, expanded its space
Royal Cultures, a hair salon specializing in wigs and hair extensions at 1953 Ridge Road in Homewood, has renovated and expanded its space into the adjacent storefront. Owner Olusolape Ogunrinola, who often goes by Lape, said she hopes the expansion will allow Royal Culture to hire more employees, extend its[Read More…]
Flossmoor Animal Hospital is expanding its kennel, grooming and veterinary services
Flossmoor Animal Hospital is expanding with an entirely new, adjacent building that will about double the size of the facility. The new area will be exclusively for pet boarding and grooming, have a separate entrance off Kedzie Avenue instead of Governors Highway and include a new waiting room. Moving boarding[Read More…]
Blue Pearl Candle celebrates its grand opening in downtown Homewood
Blue Pearl Candle, a candle shop and candle bar in downtown Homewood, officially celebrated its grand opening with the village of Homewood on Friday, Oct. 17. Blue Pearl owner Kim Rowe said she was “beyond happy” because moving her business to the downtown area has long been a goal of[Read More…]
Mahogany House Candles, a candle shop, will open on Ridge Road
Mahogany House Candles, a candle shop that makes and produces candles made from 100% coconut apricot wax, is set to celebrate its Grand Opening at 1941 Ridge Road in downtown Homewood on Friday, Nov. 8 and Saturday, Nov. 9. The owners, Flossmoor residents Jessica Osifalujo and Drew Osifalujo, who are[Read More…]
Homewood Fire Department hosts open house for Fire Safety Month
The Homewood Fire Department hosted its annual open house for National Fire Safety Month at the Homewood Fire Station on Saturday, Oct. 5. The event featured several booths and demonstrations about fire safety, including the main attraction where the Homewood Fire Department set fire to three small replicas of a[Read More…]
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