NEW PAID LEAVE ORDINANCE TRAINING — The Commission on Human Rights is hosting a virtual presentation at noon today to help businesses comply with the new Cook County Paid Leave Ordinance. The session will provide an overview and address questions. Register here. HOMEWOOD BOARD — Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 23,[Read More…]
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Homewood Bird Day: Will Homewood be the next Bird City?
Homewood will enjoy its second annual World Migratory Bird Day celebration on May 11 with events and activities for all ages. The event is scheduled from 8 a.m. to noon at the Izaak Walton Preserve. The community of Homewood is on a mission to add a new feather to its[Read More…]
The Weeks | April 21: Downtown Homewood master plan, reptiles & bugs at Flossmoor library, last debate, improv, poker night, choir concert, Nellie McKay
THE WEEK > Your government Flossmoor District 161 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, April 22, in Normandy Villa, 41 E. Elmwood Drive, Chicago Heights. Find the agenda here. Highlights: The board will hold a public hearing and vote on the 2024-25 budget. Flossmoor Community Relations Commission will meet at 7[Read More…]
Homewood village trustee makes artwork for better focus and catharsis
Jay Heiferman, a Homewood village trustee, painted words and designs onto the bike rack in front of the Starbucks in downtown Homewood, inked a birdhouse for the Homewood Science Center and created 12 interconnected canvas paintings. For Heiferman, making artwork is something he’s always done. It helps him focus or[Read More…]
4.20.2024 | What You Need To Know Today
FLOSSMOOR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL OPENING DAY — The parade of teams will start at 9:30 a.m. Saturday from the Parker Junior High parking lot. Teams will march east on Flossmoor Road to the Flossmoor Park ball fields, where first pitch ceremonies and other festivities at 10:15 a.m. will get the youth baseball[Read More…]
Homewood Planning and Zoning Commission recommends new downtown master plan, comments on parking, traffic issues
The Homewood Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend the new Downtown Transit-Oriented Development Master Plan to the Board of Trustees following a presentation and public hearing on the plan Thursday, April 11. Kelsey Zlevor, senior associate, and Fiona Kennedy, associate, from Muse Community + Design, provided an overview of the[Read More…]
4.19.2024 | What You Need To Know This Weekend
‘URINETOWN’ at H-F — According to Musical Theatre Internation, “Urinetown” is a “musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, environmental collapse, privatization of natural resources, bureaucracy, municipal politics, and musical theatre.” The musical will be performed in the Mall Auditorium at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, 999 Kedzie Ave., at 7[Read More…]
Park board agrees to sell property to Flossmoor for flood control
Homewood-Flossmoor Park District commissioners agreed to sell a Heather Hill site in Flossmoor that has two tennis courts. The land will be used as part of a dry bottom detention basin to relieve flooding in the downtown area. The flood control project has become controversial in the past several months.[Read More…]
4.18.2024 | What You Need To Know Today
‘URINETOWN’ at H-F — According to Musical Theatre Internation, “Urinetown” is a “musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, environmental collapse, privatization of natural resources, bureaucracy, municipal politics, and musical theatre.” The musical will be performed in the Mall Auditorium at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, 999 Kedzie Ave., at 7[Read More…]
Thornton Township residents approve financial reports, ask for better access to information
Electors at the Thornton Township annual meeting Tuesday, April 9, approved the financial reports for the 2024 fiscal year and set the date for the next annual meeting. A number of electors also urged the township administration to make the financial reports more accessible in the future. The area of[Read More…]