A new sculpture soon will be joining Flossmoor’s outdoor Rotational Sculpture Program. The Flossmoor Village Board voted unanimously Tuesday, Sept. 7, to pay an honorarium of $3,000 for “Reaching for the Sky,” by Hilde DeBruyne. The sculpture is to be placed at Highlands Park near the intersection of Lawrence Crescent[Read More…]
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Demolition of Bogarts continues Wednesday
Community looks to the future of Flossmoor during strategic planning sessions, survey
The Flossmoor community has had its say in how the village’s strategic plan will evolve; now it is the village board’s turn. The village wrapped up an online survey Aug. 31 and before that held three community feedback sessions, one via Zoom and two in-person at Village Hall. The stated[Read More…]
9/8/2021 | What You Need to Know Today
FLOSSMOOR FREE TREES – Flossmoor residents can apply to participate in the Fall 2021 tree planting program. If their space is approved, the tree will be planted for no charge in the parkway by their homes by village public works staff and volunteers of the Flossmoor Green Commission. Find info[Read More…]
Service group dissolves due, in part, to COVID
Associate Superintendent: D161 facing ‘rough, rough start’ to transportation this school year
Schools nationwide are facing transportation issues to start the 2021-2022 school year, and Flossmoor School District 161 has not been immune to the trend. “It’s been a rough, rough start,” Associate Superintendent Frances LaBella told the district’s board of education the evening of Monday, Aug. 30. In June, LaBella warned[Read More…]
Demolition of former Bogarts Charhouse begins Tuesday
D161 hears more concerns regarding COVID-19 mitigation; talks construction near Parker
Flossmoor School District 161 parents are continuing to raise COVID-19 concerns as the 2021-2022 school year progresses this fall. Pam Jackson, a parent of twins in fourth grade and a kindergartener at Western Avenue Elementary School, was one of two parents to speak Aug. 30 during a board of education[Read More…]
D161 looking at $64K operating surplus for FY2022 but $671K total deficit with construction
As Flossmoor School District 161 heads toward a Sept. 13 vote on its fiscal year 2022 budget, it is expecting an operating surplus of approximately $64,000 for the fiscal year — which runs from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022 — but an overall deficit of $671,595 with construction,[Read More…]
Triumph Building falls; The Hartford Building will rise from the rubble
Laura Dillman of Homewood stood by the chain linked fence surrounding the remains of the Triumph Building on Aug. 18 and reminisced about the people and stores that called the place home. Demolition of the Triumph Building, at the southwest corner of Ridge Road and Martin Avenue in Homewood, began[Read More…]
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