The Homewood Fire Department partnered with Project Fire Buddies on Tuesday, Jan. 17, to give a 5-year-old Homewood cancer patient a ride in style to her last chemotherapy treatment and had a special shout-out from children’s entertainer Blippi. Joy Arseneau got to ride in a Cadillac Escalade limousine with her Fire[Read More…]
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Flossmoor retains Sikich as audit firm, but switches to new audit partner and manager; Mayor provides update on police shooting investigation
A familiar audit firm will perform its services for Flossmoor in fiscal year 2023, but with new names at the helm. The Flossmoor Village Board voted unanimously the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 17, to retain Sikich as its audit firm, while switching to a new audit partner, Brian LeFevre, and[Read More…]
1.20.23 | What You Need to Know This Weekend
WELLNESS WORKSHOP & VENDORS – Enjoy A Day of Wellness Workshop & Vendor Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Irwin Park Community Center in Homewood. Check out small business vendors for beauty, wellness, insurance, hair care, clothing and more. The vendor fair is free and open to[Read More…]
Village officials, residents, public works all excited about Flossmoor’s Berry Lane work
The much-anticipated drainage improvements for Flossmoor’s Berry Lane have been completed. Now, all that remains is the parkway restoration scheduled for this spring and a true test of the neighborhood’s increased stormwater capacity. “Not that we want a big storm, but we want to see a good gullywasher come through[Read More…]
Collecting helping hand donations
About a dozen students from District 153 schools were joined by representatives from the Village of Homewood Monday as they collected items for three helping organizations as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service event. Despite the wet weather and temperature around 39 degrees the morning of[Read More…]
MLK Day: Community members make Valentine’s Day cards for senior citizens in assisted living
Dozens of community members made Valentine’s Day cards at Serena Hills Elementary in Chicago Heights on the morning of Jan. 16. The event was organized by Serena Hills Community Connections Committee to provide Valentines for senior citizens and other residents of assisted living facilities. The Martin Luthor King’s Day event was[Read More…]
1st installment tax deadline moved to April 3
When Cook County took extra time to switch its computer system, the usual September deadline for paying second installment taxes was pushed back to December. Through a state law passed in December, the deadline for Cook County first installment taxes has been moved back from the usual March 1 date[Read More…]
Volunteers in Flossmoor help Sleep in Heavenly Peace build 38 beds for children in need
The Flossmoor Public Works garage was buzzing — literally and figuratively — last weekend as a hive of volunteers worked together to push well beyond the expected output of the village’s second annual bed build. With sanders humming, saws spinning and drills punching holes into wood, volunteers worked on various[Read More…]
1.18.23 | What You Need to Know Today
IMPROV FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS – Young adults in high school can learn a new skill that can benefit their personal and professional lives at Introduction to Improv: High School. Kate Wiersema teaches this class from 4 to 4:45 p.m. Friday in the Flossmoor Public Library Helen Wilson Meeting Room. Register[Read More…]
MLK Day: Plan4Success volunteers provide sweets for first responders, socks for unhoused
While steady rain fell outside, Plan4Success founder Nicole Brookens worked inside Flossmoor Village Hall to prep the system that would soon produce dozens of care packages for first responders and organize donations of socks for area shelters. “It’s an assembly line,” she said. The project was one of more than 20 that[Read More…]
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