The third grade classroom addition at Churchill School in Homewood is open for business. Teachers are using the two classrooms for small group sessions and the two small rooms for one-to-one tutoring. In the coming school year the two larger rooms will be third grade classrooms, said Principal Sara Schnoor. [Read More…]
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1.26.23 | What You Need to Know Today
QUEEN OF HEARTS RAFFLE – Jones Community Center hosts a Queen of Hearts Raffle at 5:30 p.m. Thursdays at The Station Pizzeria in Glenwood. The cost of tickets supports the nonprofit organization based in Chicago Heights. See the Jones Center Facebook page for details. JUST WILD ABOUT PRESCHOOL – Young[Read More…]
Cancer Support Center’s Texas Hold’em benefit is Feb. 11
Gather around the poker table at the 19th annual Texas Hold’em Tournament benefitting the Cancer Support Center on Saturday, Feb. 11, at Balagio Ristorante, 17500 Dixie Highway in Homewood. Registration is $175 in advance or $200 at the door. The fee covers tournament entry, food and open bar. Spectators can[Read More…]
Hazel Crest to consider annexing Calumet Country Club at Feb. 14 board meeting
Hazel Crest trustees will consider annexing the Calumet Country Club property at their Feb. 14 meeting after discussing the issue during the administrative meeting Tuesday, Jan. 24, and hearing from a number of Hazel Crest, Homewood and Flossmoor residents on the issue. The annexation of the property at the request[Read More…]
1.25.23 | What You Need to Know Today
BLACK HISTORY MONTH READING CHALLENGE – Homewood Library is issuing a challenge to young people ages 11 to 18. During February, read books about Black history and books written by African-American authors. Then, track your hours read through the Beanstack app to earn rewards. Read 10 hours and get entered[Read More…]
Caddies at Olympia Fields, Idlewild selected as Evans Scholars
Golf caddies Rodney Branch III, a senior at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, and Michael VanHootegem, a senior at Marian Catholic High School, have been selected as 2023 recipients of the Chick Evans Scholarship covering college housing and tuition costs for four years. To be selected, Branch and VanHootegem had to meet[Read More…]
1.24.23 | What You Need to Know Today
OATHS FOR HOMEWOOD – Homewood Village Board meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Homewood Village Hall. The agenda includes recognition of retiring Public Works employee Kirk Lindstrom, along with oaths of office for Kelly Huscher for the position of Building Division Permit Clerk, Kenneth Strunk as Police Officer and Tyler Hall for[Read More…]
The Weeks | Jan. 22
THE WEEK > Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 23, in Normandy Villa, 41 E. Elmwood Drive, Chicago Heights. Flossmoor Community Relations Commission will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 23, in the committee room at village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. Homewood[Read More…]
Hazel Crest begins process that could lead to annexation, redevelopment of Calumet Country Club
The Hazel Crest Board of Trustees approved a contract on Jan. 10 with a consulting firm that will explore the feasibility of establishing a tax increment financing (TIF) district on Calumet Country Club. The property is currently in unincorporated Cook County after Homewood was forced to disconnect it from the village in[Read More…]
Homewood firefighters arrange limo ride for young cancer patient
The Homewood Fire Department partnered with Project Fire Buddies on Tuesday, Jan. 17, to give a 5-year-old Homewood cancer patient a ride in style to her last chemotherapy treatment and had a special shout-out from children’s entertainer Blippi. Joy Arseneau got to ride in a Cadillac Escalade limousine with her Fire[Read More…]