THE WEEK > Your government Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13, in Normandy Villa, 41 E. Elmwood Drive in Chicago Heights. The agenda is available here. The livestream can be viewed here. Flossmoor Public Art Commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13, in[Read More…]
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01.12.2025 | What You Need To Know Today
Sound Medicine: A Vibrational Journey. Serendipity Yoga and Wellness, 18300 Dixie Highway, will host an evening of music medicine by Sound Medicine Collective starting at 5 p.m. “You can expect to deeply relax and go into the brain wave states of dreaming, meditation and possibly even Delta waves of deep sleep.”[Read More…]
Blood drive, paper products collection part of ‘Do Good Weekend’
Flossmoor Community Church is hosting a “Do Good Weekend” Jan. 18, 19 and 20, as part of its efforts to mark the 10th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service event in Flossmoor. The church, at 2218 Hutchison Road, is hosting a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 2[Read More…]
Free classical music performance Jan. 19
Talented pre-conservatory student-musicians will give a free concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, at Flossmoor Community Church, 2218 Hutchison Road, as part of Flossmoor’s MLK Day of Service project. Students will perform works by Bach, Kreisler, Paganini and Tchaikovsky at this 5th annual Classical Music Concert in Flossmoor. While[Read More…]
North Halsted TIF District gets OK from taxing body reps
A proposed tax increment financing district (TIF) that would include the site of the former Walmart store in Homewood was approved Monday, Jan. 6, by representatives of taxing bodies that will be affected by freezing the equalized assessed value in the district. The Joint Review Board for the proposed North[Read More…]
01.09.2025 | What You Need To Know Today
Post Offices Closed, No Mail. The U.S. Postal Service offices will be closed today to honor the late former President Jimmy Carter. There will be no regular mail delivery and limited package delivery. Chess Club for Kids. Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway, will host the meeting starting at 4 p.m. “Practice[Read More…]
Flossmoor police urge installation of license plate reader cameras on 2 private properties
Acting Flossmoor Police Chief Keith Taylor sent Village Manager Bridget Wachtel a memo urging the Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways approve permits to continue the placement of license plate reader cameras (LPR). The memo states that the police want to install cameras at the intersections of Vollmer Road[Read More…]
01.07.2025 | What You Need To Know Today
KinderCamp. Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway, will host the meeting starting at noon. “School can be scary and stressful for our little learners that have never been away from their grown-up. KinderCamp hopes to ease the transition. Each week we will read a story and follow it up with a[Read More…]
Hanukkah and Kwanzaa celebrations continue at Flossmoor Park
Celebrations for Kwanzaa and Hanukkah continued on Dec. 30 at Flossmoor Park. Two Flossmoor residents, Cheryl Shackelford and Jacob Schoeneman, participated in the candle lighting ceremonies to highlight the celebrations. Shackelford, a Flossmoor resident of around 30 years, lit the kinara and spoke about the fifth Kwanzaa principle, Nia. The[Read More…]
The Weeks | Jan. 5: H-F Science Pub returns, Flossmoor board new meeting time, Thornton Township emergency meeting, basin update, candlelighting ceremonies
Your government | Stuff to do | Plan ahead | Last week THE WEEK > Your government Joint Review Board including representatives of taxing bodies affected by the proposed North Halsted TIF District in Homewood will meet at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6, in Homewood village hall, 2020 Chestnut. The agenda[Read More…]
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