Glenwood Academy’s Queen of Hearts fundraiser returns to Fifth Quarter Press Room and Eatery. Ticket sales launched on Wednesday. The pot will start at $15,000, with the first drawing taking place on Wednesday, May 19, at 7 p.m., continuing each week on the same day and time until the queen[Read More…]
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Flossmoor baseball season will start May 15, but the Chaneyville Flossmoor Baseball Academy has already has begun tournaments
Homewood approves revised budget that turns deficit into surplus
The Homewood budget for the next fiscal year that was approved Tuesday, includes changes made to a first draft that turned a deficit into a $75,000 surplus despite lowered revenues after the COVID-19 shutdown. A draft budget presented to the board at its April 13 meeting by Finance Director Dennis[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: April 27
Fully vaccinated Flossmoor Homewood South District Suburban Cook Co. State 35.7% 30.1% 20.1% 25.5% 30.1% Test positivity rate Suburban Cook State 5.2% 3.5% Total cases (new cases) Suburban Cook Flossmoor Homewood Suburban Cook State 781 (+3) 1,653 (+5) 238,593 (+565) 1,325,726 (+2,556) Total deaths (Additional deaths) Flossmoor Homewood Suburban Cook State 15[Read More…]
A changing of the police guard in Homewood
Organizations can now host mobile vaccine clinics in partnership with IDPH (free content)
To help more vulnerable Illinoisans get vaccinated, the state of Illinois is offering partnerships with community organizations that want to host vaccine clinics. Interested organizations can apply online to bring mobile clinics to underserved communities, with a particular focus on Black and Latino communities, rural communities, immigrant communities, disability communities[Read More…]
Homewood’s Chief McGrath brings 25 years of service to new position
Denise McGrath always planned on becoming a police officer, even though there were few female examples in the profession at that time. It didn’t deter her, but pushed her to find her place in the field of law enforcement. McGrath recently was promoted to chief of the Homewood Police Department[Read More…]
4/28/2021 | What You Need to Know Today
FREE SCIENCE KITS – Get free Pop Up SCIENCE @Home kits at the Homewood Science Center Pop Up SCIENCE Shop this Saturday and every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. No reservations necessary. All items in the Pop Up Science Shop are 30% off on Saturdays. CROSSING GUARDS NEEDED[Read More…]
Webinar offers practical advice for battling climate change
The Homewood Science Center celebrated Earth Day on April 22 with a virtual event, where attendees discussed simple ways to address climate change. At the virtual event, Dorelle Ackerman, a member of the Pachamama Chicagoland Co-Hearts, an organization that aims to bring forth an environmentally sustainable planet, said climate change[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: April 26
Fully vaccinated Flm Hwd South District Suburban Cook Co. State 35.4% 29.8% 19.8% 25.1% 29.5% Test positivity rate Suburban Cook State 4.8% 3.5% Total cases (new cases) Flossmoor Homewood
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