Aaron Holliday didn’t let a physical impediment stop him from competing on the Homewood-Flossmoor High School track & field team.
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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…]
District 161 considers costs, benefits of abating tax levy
Flossmoor District 161 school board members continue to struggle with questions that will help them determine the next tax levy. Also at the Oct. 23 meeting, the board honored the Parker Junior High School cheerleading squad for its recent efforts at raising more than $500 in the Cancer Support Center’s Walk[Read More…]
Flossmoor addresses water concerns following recent news stories
Flossmoor may be losing $846,000 worth of water a year, but it’s not news to village officials who have been working to correct the problem for several years. The village responded last week to news stories on water rates and losses in communities throughout the Chicago area, including Flossmoor.
Homewood designer’s Rampage game hits Hollywood
Brian Colin was happy to be chased by monsters through the streets of Chicago this summer. The fictional scene is part of an upcoming movie based on the video game the Homewood resident designed for Bally/Midway in 1986. Gamers consider Rampage a classic.
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