Two ribbons were cut at the grand opening celebration of the new Bank Financial location in downtown Flossmoor on the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 27. While the bank had been open since July, the ribbon-cutting marked the completion of the space inside. Previously, if a customer wanted to make a[Read More…]
Author: Nick Ulanowski
Senior citizens treated to breakfast, live music and a tour of H-F High School
Senior citizens were treated to free breakfast, live music and a tour of Homewood-Flossmoor High School on Thursday, Oct. 27, in an event that was an annual even prior to the pandemic. The breakfast was prepared by H-F culinary students. The tour guides and the two performing musical acts, Six[Read More…]
Workers at Windy City Cannabis in Homewood vote to unionize
Windy City Cannabis workers at the Homewood location voted to join the Local 881 of the United Food and Commercial Workers union on Thursday, Oct. 13. Teresa Ramirez-Gonzalez, recorder and organizing director of Local 881, said that 17 workers voted in favor of unionization and three voted “no.” The vote was taken[Read More…]
Community members donated electronics, clothes, household items at Recyclepalooza
A steady stream of cars pulled in and out of the Parker Junior High parking lot from 9 a.m. until noon on Saturday, Oct. 7. They were dropping off electronics and other household items that couldn’t be recycled curbside. It was the annual Recyclepalooza event organized by the Flossmoor Green[Read More…]
Ridgewood Tap closes as the owner retires
Ridgewood Tap, a local bar across the street from the Homewood Metra station, was filled with patrons on Sunday, Oct. 9. It was the last night the bar was operated by owner James A. Riggs, who retired after working there for about 50 years. Riggs worked at Ridgewood Tap since[Read More…]
Union rallies at GSU to show support for faculty, staff
Members of the Governors State University chapter of University Professionals of Illinois union, also referred to as Local 1400, rallied at GSU on the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 8, to gather support and show solidarity before the union meets with GSU for the next contract proposal. The Local 1400 union[Read More…]
Homewood marks completion of new water infrastructure
Homewood Mayor Rich Hofeld cut the grand opening ribbon to a new water supply facility in Thornton on Tuesday, Sept. 20. Within two weeks, the village will be receiving all of its water supply from Hammond through Chicago Heights after 40 years of buying water from Chicago through Harvey. It[Read More…]
Bank Financial opens branch in Flossmoor
Bank Financial is now in Flossmoor at 2743 Flossmoor Road serving Homewood and Flossmoor residents who previously had to travel to Olympia Fields, Hazel Crest or other south suburban or Chicago branch locations. “There are a lot of customers that live in Homewood and Flossmoor,” said Quina Jackson Curtis, the[Read More…]
Homewood marks completion of water supply project
Local artists sold their work at the Park Forest Art Fair
The Park Forest Art Fair drew 58 artists over the weekend of Saturday, Sept. 17, and Sunday, Sept. 18, according to Kate Pattinson, the event organizer and executive director of Tallgrass Art Gallery. The artisans were both local and from out of town, and they included a Homewood crafter who[Read More…]