A Chicago school principal was in luck Aug. 19 when he became ill on the high ropes at the Irons Oaks Adventure Center and facilitators Susan Walski and Nathan Mainor came to his rescue. They were honored by the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District Board of Commissioners at the Sept. 17 meeting[Read More…]
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Otto Veterans Square readied for 82 veterans
Apartments for 82 veterans will open soon in Chicago Heights on the site of the former St. James Hospital. The new Otto Veterans Square building, 1440 Otto Boulevard, is on the southeast corner of the block where the hospital once stood. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Sept. 13. Move-in at[Read More…]
Rabid bat found in Homewood on Monday
A bat found in the 800 block of Elder Road in Homewood on Monday, Sept. 16, was sent to the Illinois State Public Health Laboratory, which determined it was rabid. The Village of Homewood posted on its Facebook page Thursday, Sept. 18, a notice from the lab verifying its findings.[Read More…]
District 233 board approves two employee contracts
The District 233 school board unanimously approved three-year contracts with the Homewood-Flossmoor Education Organization, the teachers union, and HFCSO representing clerical staff, at its Sept. 17 meeting. The teachers’ contract doesn’t provide a flat amount increase to all Homewood-Flossmoor High School staff covered by the contract. Increases were based on[Read More…]
Homewood gets good news on financial report, audit
Homewood ended the 2024 fiscal year on April 30 in good shape financially, with a 17.5% net increase in the difference between assets and liabilities, according to Finance Director Amy Zukowski. At the Sept. 10 Board of Trustees meeting, Zukowski said that when all the village’s financial obligations for the year[Read More…]
9.20.2024 | What You Need To Know This Weekend
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS TOOTSIE ROLL PROJECT — Flossmoor Trustee Brian Driscoll announced at the village board meeting Monday that Knights of Columbus members plan to be stationed at the intersection of Flossmoor Road and Sterling Avenue today and Saturday, collecting donations and handing out Tootsie Rolls. All donations will benefit local charitable[Read More…]
D161 takes precautions after potential social media threat
In a letter dated Sept. 19 and addressed to District 161 students, parents and staff, Superintendent Dana Smith informed the community of a “TikTok video circulating with threatening language against Parker Junior High School.” “We received a report from the Safe2Help tipline,” Smith wrote. “After investigating the incident with the[Read More…]
Hart School named in unfounded social media threat
A note District 153 Superintendent Scott McAlister sent to parents shortly after 9 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19, alerted them to a social media threat to James Hart School in Homewood. Parents and students alerted school officials about a TikTok video and an Instagram post with a threat to the[Read More…]
Referendum funds are helping wipe out District 153’s deficit
The District 153 school board adopted a $37.85 million budget at its Monday, Sept. 16, meeting. Superintendent Scott McAlister said the community’s approval of the 2022 referendum that increased the education fund means the district has been able to start eliminating the deficit, improve its aging facilities and replenish a[Read More…]
Homewood explores new downtown TIF option
Homewood’s Downtown TOD TIF District turned 7 this year, and village officials say that may be too old to sustain several proposed redevelopment projects, so the village is exploring the possibility of carving out one section to create a new district. Homewood Economic and Community Development Director Angela Mesaros said[Read More…]
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