Cassie Creswell, director of the Illinois Families for Public Schools, will be the guest speaker Wednesday, Oct. 18, at a program looking at Illinois’ Invest in Kids Act and how it shifts money from public to private schools. Creswell is part of the “Take Action: Sunset Invest in Kids” program[Read More…]
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Forest Preserves start ‘Stay on the Trail’ initiative to protect critical habitats
Forest Preserves of Cook County announced Thursday, Oct. 5, the start of an effort to educate visitors to stay on established trails in order to protect the plants and animals in the preserves. The trails through thousands of acres of woodlands, wetlands, prairies and savannas are bordered by critical habitat,[Read More…]
Walk offers insights into Flossmoor’s trees
The Village of Flossmoor is hosting a free guided fall tree walk at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19, starting at the traffic circle in downtown Flossmoor. Flossmoor has a variety of trees. On this half-mile walk, David Becker, the village’s arborist and forestry maintenance technician, will share information on how[Read More…]
Preckwinkle unveils $9.14B recommended county budget
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Thursday, Oct. 5, presented a proposed $9.14 billion Executive Budget Recommendation for Fiscal Year 2024, which includes millions in funding for equity programs and pandemic relief without increasing taxes or cutting vital services. Preckwinkle noted that the County was able to close a[Read More…]
Flossmoor Veterans’ Wall of Honor launches commemorative brick program
The Flossmoor Veterans’ Memorial, Inc. is launching the next phase of its fundraising efforts with a commemorative engraved brick program at the Veterans’ Wall of Honor. Proceeds from the brick sales are earmarked for possible additional construction costs as well as the installation and maintenance of bricks in the Wall[Read More…]
Emergency alarm activated by accident Wednesday at Western Avenue School
At approximately 11:50 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, a Blue Point emergency alert system mobile fob unit was accidentally activated, which implemented a Code Red lockdown at Western Avenue School. There was no emergency, and this was an accidental activation, according to a notice from the Flossmoor Police Department. Police officers[Read More…]
FEMA to send test messages nationwide Wednesday to TVs, radios, cell phones
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) on at 1:20 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4. The wireless portion of the test will be directed to all consumer cell phones. The test message will display in either English or in Spanish, depending on[Read More…]
Cook County releases first transit plan
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced the completion of the county’s first-ever transit plan that was presented to the Board of Commissioners last week. The plan was developed by the county’s Department of Transportation and Highways (DoTH). Its priorities include improving the seamlessness of transit, increasing overall transit ridership[Read More…]
Folk music performers to entertain at Oct. 13 Trail Mix program
The Wildwoods, a folk/Americana trio, will entertain at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13, at the Trail Mix program at Izaak Walton Preserve, 1100 Ridge Road in Homewood. The Wildwoods of Lincoln, Nebraska, are the husband-wife team Noah Gose on guitar and Chloe Gose on violin, with Andrew Vaggalis on bass.[Read More…]
Homewood board approves permit for 2nd tattoo studio, Ink-N-Um
On Tuesday, Sept. 26, Homewood trustees approved the village’s second tattoo and piercing studio. Lifelong Homewood resident Robert Garrity received a special use permit to own and operate his tattoo studio, Ink-N-Um, at 18661 Dixie Highway. The property was formerly zoned as the B-2 district, which did not allow tattoo[Read More…]
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