Homewood agreed to purchase the vacant Triumph building at the corner of Ridge Road and Martin Avenue and village officials hope to reignite a development plan at the key location in downtown Homewood.
Local News
New full-service dental center would be first in South Suburbs
Final site plans for a new comprehensive dental care center slated for development in Flossmoor gained village board approval this month. The Center for Dental Excellence (CDE) will construct a 4,000-square-foot addition to expand its existing practice at 19615 Governors Highway.
H-F finance committee puts off arts additions until at least 2019
Additions for the Fine Arts department at Homewood-Flossmoor High School will not be happening for at least another year. The District 233 finance committee voted 2-1 Friday, May 25, not to approve any work. After the committee failed to give the project the green light at its May 14 meeting,[Read More…]
$32,000 grant helps H-F purchase class equipment
Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s Applied Academics Program received a $32,000 grant from the Technology and Manufacturing Association (TMA) Education Foundation for a new piece of equipment. The grant covered the cost of the HAAS Mini Mill CNC Machine. Teacher Bill Merchantz has designed the new Computer Integrated Manufacturing class, which starts[Read More…]
Homewood Memorial Day parade, ceremony to honor the fallen
Local veterans will be joined by community leaders and student musicians on Monday, May 28, for Homewood’s annual Memorial Day observance to honor those who gave their lives while serving the country. The parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the 17900 block of Dixie Highway and will travel south[Read More…]
Helpful approach wins PSC Professor Joshua Green national award
One special comment, suggestion or word of encouragement from Joshua Green can make a difference for a student in a competition. Green’s efforts didn’t go unnoticed. Speech team competitors in regional and national meets selected the Prairie State College assistant professor of communications the 2018 Collie-Taylor Coach Fellowship Award winner. The[Read More…]
Homewood hires hometown marketing director
Jennifer Quirke was sworn in as Homewood’s marketing director at the May 22 village board meeting. “Homewood is my adopted hometown,” Quirke said. “Homewood is where my heart is.”
Crosswalks will be removed from traffic island in downtown Flossmoor
Traffic patterns for cars and trucks in downtown Flossmoor will not change following approval of a plan designed to make crossing Sterling Avenue a safer experience. However, pedestrians will be asked to alter their trek across Sterling at the traffic island just west of the Metra station. This images[Read More…]
H-F finance committee meeting Friday on arts addition
The fine arts expansion project is on the agenda for the finance committee of District 233 at 7 a.m. on Friday, May 25. The meeting will be in the superintendent’s conference room at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. More than 200 people attended the school board meeting on Tuesday, May 15, asking[Read More…]
H-F purchasing Chromebooks, updating computer network
The Technology Department at Homewood-Flossmoor High School will be purchasing 700 Chromebooks for student use and updating the school’s computer network using a $510,000 expenditure approved by the District 233 school board May 15. Technology Department Director Gary Posing said the district has about 3,000 Chromebook laptop computers and is[Read More…]