THE WEEKS > Meetings Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 22, in Normandy Villa, 41 E. Elmwood Drive, Chicago Heights. Flossmoor Community Relations Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 22, in village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. Homewood Board of Trustees will meet at[Read More…]
Opinion
Letter: Flossmoor resident urges consideration of flooding relief project costs
The Village of Flossmoor will host an open house Tuesday, Jan. 23, to discuss the Flossmoor Road viaduct drainage improvement project. I encourage all Flossmoor residents to attend this village hall meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. and voice your objections to this very expensive, very disruptive waste of taxpayer[Read More…]
The Weeks | Jan. 14: MLK Day of Service projects, King’s revolutionary vision, county warming centers, Dragon Day
THE WEEK > Meetings Flossmoor Board of Trustees will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, in village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. Homewood-Flossmoor High School Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, in the Viking Room, South Building, 999 Kedzie Ave. Homewood-Flossmoor Park District Board of Commissioners will meet[Read More…]
The Weeks | Jan. 7: Immigrant bus regs, Hibbing renovation back on, Culture closes, benefit concert, Hoops for Hunger
THE WEEK > Meetings Homewood School District 153 Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8, in the James Hart School media center, 18220 Morgan St. Flossmoor Public Art Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8, in the village hall committee room. Homewood Board of Trustees will meet[Read More…]
Technology helps county treasurer serve multilingual residents
Our complex property tax system confuses many taxpayers. Many have a tough time understanding assessments, exemptions, tax levies and other terms we use to describe parts of the system. Paying taxes can be even more difficult for people who primarily speak a language other than English. There are a lot[Read More…]
The Weeks | Dec. 31: Chronicle anniversaries coming soon, lights and tree recycling, teen reading challenge continues, Wonka Party
THE WEEK > Meeting Homewood Beautification Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2, in village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. Stuff to do Tuesday, Jan. 2 Winter Break Teen Reading Challenge. Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway, will continue its teen reading challenge all day from Jan. 2 through Jan. 9.[Read More…]
The Weeks | Dec. 24: Choosing trustees, Kwanzaa, reading challenge, Grandparents Day at HSC, 40+ Double Dutch Club film
THE WEEK > Meetings We looked. We couldn’t find any. Stuff to do Tuesday, Dec. 26 Kinara lighting. To celebrate Kwanzaa, Flossmoor will host a kinara lighting ceremony at 5 p.m. tonight through Jan. 1 at 5 p.m. each night in Flossmoor Park. Winter Break Teen Reading Challenge. Homewood Public Library, 17917[Read More…]
The Weeks | Dec. 17: Lisa Purcell steps down, Allisa Opyd nominated to step up, ukulele holiday serenade, big boost to Flossmoor history organization, Juice WRLD remembered, Richard Hunt mourned
THE WEEK > Meetings Flossmoor Board of Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18, in village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18, in Normandy Villa, 41 E. Elmwood Drive, Chicago Heights. Homewood Board of Trustees will meet at[Read More…]
Page 2: Volunteer efforts continuing in new parish
As the season of giving got under way, the parish of St. John Neumann in Homewood, created from three neighboring parishes, has not missed a beat when it comes to charity projects, in spite of the transition period to the new parish. On Nov. 4, St. John Neumann PADS organization[Read More…]
The Weeks | Dec. 10: A probably unpopular solution to speeding, commissioner’s priorities, new bike rack, snowflake spotters, USPS comes through
THE WEEK > Meetings Homewood Public School District 153 Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11, at the James Hart School media center, 18220 Morgan St. Homewood Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12, in village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. Flossmoor Public Library Board[Read More…]