Ten years ago, something extraordinary began in the garage of Flossmoor Mayor Michelle Nelson. Along with her husband Cameron and neighbor Mark Matthews, Nelson founded a small Lego league team that taught kids how to make robots move. The group has transformed into the HF Robotics Team, a STEM learning[Read More…]
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Three H-F grads march in Rose Bowl Parade
Three former members of the Homewood-Flossmoor High School marching band spent New Year’s Day performing in the Rose Bowl parade as members of the North Carolina A&T University’s Blue & Gold Marching Machine. Clarinet player Zahra Harmon-Cohran and trumpeter Antonio Bonds II, both of Homewood, and trumpeter Cameron Barton of[Read More…]
Homewood Stories turns 10: Celebrating a decade of community-building — one tale at a time
On Jan. 21, 2014, Homewood dentist Karen O’Donnell raised the curtain on a local storytelling tradition for an audience of 45 hardy souls who had to fight their way through a polar vortex just to hear strangers share pieces of their personal experiences from a stage at Grady’s Grill. Ten[Read More…]
Roberson, Harris team up for night 7 Kwanzaa ceremony
Evan Roberson, a sixth grader at Parker Junior High, and Flossmoor resident Leonard Harris teamed up on Jan. 1 to handle the ceremonial duties for the last night of Kwanzaa. Stephanie Wright, Flossmoor community engagement manager, introduced Evan, who was honored by Mayor Michelle Nelson and the Board of Trustees in June[Read More…]
H-F student lights kinara for 5th night of Kwanzaa
Homewood-Flossmoor High School senior Eva Mathis lit the kinara for the fifth night of Kwanzaa at Flossmoor Park on Dec. 30. The theme of the fifth night, Nia, represents the principle of purpose and highlights community and the restoration of culture. Mathis, surrounded by her family, has also served as the Homewood-Flossmoor[Read More…]
Brown family serves as candle lighters for 6th night of Kwanzaa
Robert Brown, left, and his family lit the kinara on the sixth night of Kwanzaa. The theme of the night was Kuumba, or creativity, which reminds people to “do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial[Read More…]
Local author offers a way to integrate room to breathe in busy lives
Rachel Raya Horcher of Homewood lives the busy-to-the-point-of-frantic life that many people experience these days. She is a solo mom with two medically complex children. She juggles more jobs and doctor’s appointments than many people and has become, by necessity, what she terms “a master of resilience.” Unlike many others[Read More…]
St. Veronica’s children light the kinara on night 4 of Kwanzaa
On Dec. 29, Kwanzaa celebrations were in full swing at Flossmoor Park with the lighting of the town’s kinara by children from St. Veronica’s Parish in Flossmoor to commemorate the fourth night of the seven-day holiday. The theme for the fourth night, Ujamaa, means cooperative economics in Swahili. The celebration[Read More…]
Kwanzaa night 3: Evita McNeil-Dobson talks community collective responsibility
A small crowd gathered at Flossmoor Park on Dec. 28, the rainy third night of Kwanzaa, to celebrate the Ujima principle. The kinara was lit by Flossmoor Hills Elementary School Principal Evita McNeil-Dobson who spoke on how Ujima is important in every aspect of the H-F community, especially within education. [Read More…]
Wright’s last book traces history of Egyptian Trail
It’s easy to remember the historic Dixie Highway. Its name is on street signs from the north edge of Homewood to the south edge of Flossmoor. But the Egyptian Trail is not so well known, even though it ran along the same route from 175th Street to Flossmoor Road. The[Read More…]
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