DEMOCRACY WATCH Monday is the last day for early voting. The nearest polling place to H-F is at Prairie State College, 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. The hours Monday will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It’s not too late to vote by mail. According to the Cook County Clerk’s[Read More…]
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The weeks | Oct. 23
Week -> The District 161 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 24, at Normandy Villa 41 E. Elmwood Drive, Chicago Heights. The full agenda can be viewed here. The meeting will be streamed live and can be viewed here. Highlights: Discussion about the replacement of roof top air conditioning[Read More…]
Doing democracy: Time to vote, time to talk (column, free)
This is going to be so cool. It’s always more fun to play than to watch, and starting Monday, Oct. 24, when early voting polling places open, until Election Day, Nov. 8, all us registered voters get to take the field and make the plays. We get to help shape[Read More…]
The weeks | Oct. 9
Week -> The District 161 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11, at Normandy Villa 41 E. Elmwood Drive, Chicago Heights. Homewood Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, at village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. Flossmoor Public Library Board of Trustees will meet at[Read More…]
SDA helps the South Suburbs meet 21st century challenges
A century ago, Flossmoor was founded as a bedroom community for weekend trips by Chicago’s business elite to play golf at the numerous clubs within close range of the Illinois Central train line. Homewood had been around a little longer, originally as “Thornton Station” on the IC train line, and[Read More…]
The weeks | Oct. 2
Week -> Flossmoor Board of Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, in village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. Find the agenda here. Join the meeting remotely here. ID 867 4878 3877, passcode 60422. Join by phone at 312-626-6799. Highlights: Consideration of a resolution approving an Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program Local Assurance for[Read More…]
Bookie’s is gone, but there is hope: Shop local (column)
Saturday, Sept. 24, was the last day in Homewood for Bookie’s New and Used Books. Owner Keith Lewis announced on Sept. 2 that the shop would close within days of its four-year anniversary. At the Sept. 13 Homewood trustees meeting, Stephanie Kuersten thanked Mayor Rich Hofeld and Economic Development Director Angela[Read More…]
The weeks | Sept. 25
<- Weeks -> Every day is Democracy DayTechnically, International Democracy Day was Sept. 15. Like other observances, Black History Month, for instance, Democracy Day is useful in drawing attention to something that needs attention. But one day (or one month) is not nearly enough. If we ever learn to do[Read More…]
The weeks | Sept. 18
<- Weeks -> A few articles submitted by partner organizations in the Democracy Day project: We need an inspiring culture of democracy: Start by making International Democracy Day a holiday By Yordanos Eyoel and Akunna Cook, CollaborativeJournalism.org. How to rise above partisan politics to uphold our democracy (analysis from Waging Nonviolence) The State of Our Nation: What[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Schools support home values, let’s support them in November vote
I am writing to you about the article “After 30 years, District 153 asks for permanent funding rate increase” published online on Sept. 14, 2022. I applaud you naming the taxes that many residents believe help fund our wonderful schools as inaccurate assumptions. I, like many residents, thought that by[Read More…]
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