Suburban Access Outreach is making it easy for you to share blessings with others this Thanksgiving season as volunteers again aim to assemble packages for 1,000 families in the South Suburbs. The Homewood-based organization, previously known as Open Access, has put out a call for donations. Thousands of canned goods[Read More…]
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10.22.2025 | What You Need To Know Today
Senior Medicare Fraud Patrol. Flossmoor Public Library, 1000 Sterling Ave., will host Marina Silva of Age Options’ Illinois Senior Medicare Patrol from 1 to 2 p.m. to help seniors learn more about the Senior Medicare Patrol Program and how they can protect, detect and report Medicare fraud. Handouts and take-away information[Read More…]
Fire damages office building on 175th Street in Homewood
Homewood firefighters responded about 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, to a fire in an office building at 905 175th St. Homewood Deputy Fire Chief Steve DeJong said offices on the third floor of the building were heavily damaged by fire, smoke and water. He said the whole building will be[Read More…]
Walk Walton presents kids science lessons the fun way
The millipedes didn’t seem to care about the weather. Inside a cabin at Izaak Walton Preserve, Karen McCray let one crawl across her hand while Annette Pletcher balanced a cockroach on her sleeve and Cindy Wade-Mayo held up a shimmering blue beetle. Margaret Burns-Westmeyer stood nearby, explaining how each insect[Read More…]
10.21.2025 | What You Need To Know Today
Flossmoor Green Commission will meet 6:30 p.m. at village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. Homewood-Flossmoor District 233 Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. in the Viking Room, South Building, 999 Kedzie Ave. The agenda is available here. Homewood-Flossmoor Park District Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. in the Goldberg Administration Center,[Read More…]
New look planned for H-F Park District
It’s time to refresh the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District image. Slate Communications has been hired to tackle the project. It’s been about 15 years since the park district adopted the current logo, and park board commissioners decided to make the change. At its Oct. 7 meeting, commissioners agreed to a contract[Read More…]
Community members gather in downtown Homewood as part of nationwide No Kings protest
While the spotlight Saturday, Oct. 18, was on the national No Kings protests, local volunteers helped organize a protest along Harwood Avenue in Homewood, giving people a chance to protest the policies of President Donald Trump’s administration. Estimates are that between 700 and 1,000 people were part of the peaceful[Read More…]
The Weeks | Oct. 19: Halloween events, Chili Cookoff winner, Trail Mix concert, no to road diet, Sherlock’s anniversary, viaduct project update
THE WEEK > Your government Monday, Oct. 20 Flossmoor Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. in village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. The agenda is available here. The livestream will be available here. Meeting ID 852 1089 4513, passcode 60422. Highlights: Tuesday, Oct. 21 Flossmoor Green Commission will meet 6:30 p.m. at village[Read More…]
10.19.2025 | What You Need To Know Today
Walk Walton. Homewood Science Center’s annual outdoor fest will take place at the Izaak Walton Preserve in Homewood, 1100 Ridge Road, rain or shine from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be guided nature activities, a hands-on conservation project led by HSC’s Conservation Ecology Interns, STEM activities inside the preserve’s[Read More…]
District 233 board sets repair priorities
Work on the tennis courts at Homewood-Flossmoor High School has been included in the 2025-26 budget. Members of the Finance Committee for the District 233 school board reviewed future expenses at its Oct. 7 meeting learning which projects were classified as top, high, medium and low priorities. Included in the[Read More…]
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