Prairie State College invites Homewood and Flossmoor residents to the campus for a networking program from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8. The program will be in the PSC Christopher Art Gallery on the campus at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. Guests will enjoy tailgate style hors[Read More…]
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Green goes orange: Pumpkin Smash is Saturday
The HF Area Green Committee is offering an easy way to dispose of Halloween pumpkins. Bring them to “Pumpkin Smash 2017” from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Coyote Run Golf Course, 800 Kedzie Ave. in Flossmoor. Anyone who brings pumpkins will have a chance to toss them into a dumpster.[Read More…]
Metra announces minor changes to electric line schedule
Metra will make several adjustments to the Metra Electric Line schedule on Nov. 5. The company said the changes are intended to better match train times with actual operating conditions and reduce congestion on the line. The new schedule affects six weekday trains and push arrival times of all weekend[Read More…]
Adaptive sports made a difference for H-F team and team members
Aaron Holliday didn’t let a physical impediment stop him from competing on the Homewood-Flossmoor High School track & field team.
H-F High track team wins first combined meet
The Homewood-Flossmoor track team won applause from the District 233 school board and audience members after Athletic Director Dan Vosnos announced the team as the first ever winners of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) track and field combined meet.
James Hart School bands fall concert is Tuesday
The James Hart School Bands will present their annual Fall Concert on Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. at the school, 18820 Morgan Ave. in Homewood. The performance will feature a varied repertoire for the sixth-grade varsity band and the seventh- and eighth-grade combined symphonic band. “Students and we band[Read More…]
For Monica Fox, Thanksgiving marks special anniversary
The benefits and blessings of giving thanks At Thanksgiving 2016, Monica Fox of Flossmoor got a miracle. After waiting three years on a transplant list, she was given a kidney from an accident victim who was her own age.
9 Hart musicians selected for festival performance
District 153 student musicians performing at the IMEA District 1 Festival on Saturday are, from left, Kaitlyn Bolton-Shannon, band; Sophia Hinich, orchestra; Logan Rotkovich, orchestra; Amelia Schlismann, choir; Korey Mulling, choir; Dylan Barnas, choir; and Alex Bertucci, choir. (Provided photos) Nine students from Homewood District 153 have been selected to perform at Saturday’s Illinois Music Educators[Read More…]
Students visit with more than 200 colleges at H-F High’s annual event
Some students brought lists of schools they wanted to visit with. Others wandered the Homewood-Flossmoor High School field house listening to presentations from college representatives. Parents tagged along. It was a crowded house Oct. 16 when Big 10, Ivy League, Illinois schools and a host of others came to Flossmoor for[Read More…]
Metra to hold public meeting in Homewood for comments on proposed fare increase, service cuts
Metra will hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, at the Homewood Village Hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. The commuter rail company has proposed a 2018 operating budget of $797.2 million that includes fare increases and, for the first time, cuts in service in order to close a[Read More…]