The Village of Flossmoor invited residents to a conversation about the upcoming Brookwood Bridge and Butterfield Road Culvert reconstruction project at an open house on Jan. 24. The project is scheduled to begin the first week of March. The village expects construction work to finish by the end of June.[Read More…]
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Peyton Nigro sworn in as Homewood police officer
Peyton Nigro takes the oath of office as a police officer at the Jan. 9 Homewood Board of Trustees meeting. Homewood Police Chief Denise McGrath introduced Nigro to the board, noting that he completed Cook County Sheriff’s Basic Law Enforcement Police Training Academy training and graduated from the academy on[Read More…]
Open house offers residents closer look at drainage plan
Flossmoor residents gathered at village hall on Tuesday, Jan. 23, to learn more about the proposed drainage project that is designed to relieve flooding downtown and in neighborhoods south of the downtown area. Village staff and representatives from Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers were on hand to show the plans,[Read More…]
Family Wine & Liquor expands its space and adds coolers
Family Wine & Liquor, a liquor store in the Southgate Shopping Center in Homewood, has almost doubled its space. This has allowed for more room for customers to walk while browsing, less product that has to be temporarily stored in the back and new, walk-in coolers for beer and hard[Read More…]
1.26.2024 | What You Need To Know This Weekend
CABIN FEVER BYOB BINGO — An adults-only bingo night for anyone age 21 and up with progressive cash prizes from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at FCC Community House, 847 Hutchison Road. Bingo cards are $5 per game and $2 per additional card, cash only. Five games will be played. Doors[Read More…]
Homewood to pass along 2.5% water, sewer rate hike
Homewood trustees approved a 2.5% rate increase Tuesday, Jan. 23, covering the additional cost for Lake Michigan water from Chicago Heights, the village’s water supplier. According to Finance Director Amy Zukowski, combined water and sewer service rates per 1,000 gallons will go from $14.41 to $14.77, an increase of 36[Read More…]
1.25.2024 | What You Need To Know Today
HOMEWOOD PLANNING AND ZONING The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, in village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. Find the agenda here. Attend virtually here or call 312-626-6799. Use ID 991 8481 1606 and passcode 573812. The commission will consider a request for a special use permit from Dionne Townsend to add[Read More…]
Homewood approves loan change for Hartford developer
The Homewood Board of Trustees voted unanimously at its Jan. 9 meeting to approve an agreement that would allow HCF Homewood, the developer of The Hartford, to make a change in financing for the project. The move was routine, according to village officials, but Trustee Anne Colton noted that the[Read More…]
1.24.2024 | What You Need To Know Today
PURSUING THE DREAM — Journalist and suffragist Ida B. Wells will be remembered at the eighth annual “Pursuing the Dream” event at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. Her great-granddaughter, Michelle Duster, will be the event’s keynote speaker. The program, at 7 p.m. in the Mall Auditorium, 999 Kedzie Ave., is dedicated to celebrating[Read More…]
Local youth football, cheer organization clicking in second year after merger
Youth football and cheer leaders say they couldn’t have asked for a better first year after the merger of two local organizations. H-F United formed after the Homewood-Flossmoor Junior Vikings and Homewood-Flossmoor Kings combined forces last spring. The result was a successful season of both football and cheerleading competition to[Read More…]
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