The 2025 schedule for events in Homewood was released recently, and it includes popular events from 2024 that will be returning this year. Some of those highly praised events are the Holiday Lights Tour, a Halloween event, and Art & Garden Fair. Event manager Marla Youngblood told trustees and residents at the[Read More…]
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Dave’s Hot Chicken employees’ friends and family treated to free meals
Dave’s Hot Chicken gave supporters a taste of things to come when it hosted an open house with free meals for employees, their friends and family on Wednesday, Jan. 29. “Everyone’s eating good and feeling good,” Dave’s Hot Chicken Manager Alyssa Simmons said, describing the event. “It’s a great vibe[Read More…]
01.31.2025 | What You Need To Know This Weekend
Friday, Jan. 31 Hot Chocolate Day. Tweens and teens aged 11 to 14 are invited to enjoy hot chocolate at Flossmoor Public Library, 1000 Sterling Ave. There will be kits to make a hot cocoa bomb. Register here. Kundalini + Crystal Singing Bowls. Serendipity Yoga and Wellness, 18300 Dixie Highway in Homewood, will host[Read More…]
Park district wins Champions of Change Award for diversity, inclusion efforts
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District received the Champions for Change Award for its unique and exemplary practices of increasing access and fostering diversity and inclusion within the park district and the H-F community. The award was presented at the association’s annual Illinois Park and Recreation Association/Illinois Association of Park Districts conference[Read More…]
01.30.2025 | What You Need To Know Today
Xtreme Hip Hop Fitness. Studio 907, 738 Ridge Road, Homewood, will host fitness session at 5 p.m. More info here. Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. & Celebrating the Beloved Community. South Suburban Diversity Dinners will host a Zoom session from 6 to 7:30 p.m. for a serious discussion of Martin Luther King[Read More…]
01.29.2025 | What You Need To Know Today
Kedzie Avenue Corridor Study. The Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways will hold an open house from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Irwin Community Center, 18120 Highland Ave. in Homewood. The meeting will be an opportunity for residents to learn about and provide input on upcoming improvements to Kedzie Avenue[Read More…]
01.28.2024 | What You Need To Know Today
Thornton Township Board of Trustees will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, in township hall, 3301 162nd St., South Holland. The agenda is available here. Highlights: The first board meeting since the filling of a vacant trustee seat will include agenda items that have languished during a board stalemate, including restoring insurance coverage,[Read More…]
Renovations making Ford of Homewood a state-of-the art facility
A multi-million-dollar renovation project is making Ford of Homewood a state-of-the-art facility bringing the business into the 21st century. According to owner Steve Phillipos, the renovations include expanded service stations for mechanics, updated charging stations for electric vehicles, a remodeled showroom, a larger customer waiting room and a new entrance.[Read More…]
The Weeks | Jan. 26: Kedzie corridor open house, Thornton Township meeting, new H-F football coach, MLK Day of Service stories
This week | Stuff to do | Plan ahead | Last week THE WEEK > Your government Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, in Normandy Villa, 41 E. Elmwood Drive, Chicago Heights. The agenda is available here. The livestream of the meeting will[Read More…]
Park board agrees to rotating purchases of new golf carts
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park Board agreed to the purchase of 19 new golf carts for Coyote Run Golf Course in Flossmoor. At its Jan. 21 meeting, Tom Denklau, golf course manager, told commissioners a $65,050 agreement with Harris Golf Car Sales will cover 19 new carts. These would match the Yamaha[Read More…]
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