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“Stomping Grounds,” a night of dance that moves through international cultures, will be presented at 8 p.m. Oct. 7 at the Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University. The program brings together more than 50 dancers for a full-throttled production of global percussive dance that will transport the audience[Read More…]
As a multi-year budget deficit continues, Flossmoor officials are looking for ways to increase municipal revenues without overburdening village residents with more taxes. At a special village board meeting Monday, they considered options to deal with a deficit that’s projected to climb to $1.5 million in the next three years.[Read More…]
Officials came together for National Rail Safety Week in a ceremony Tuesday morning in Homewood between the tracks and Harwood Avenue. A sidewalk mural was unveiled, a proclamation made and contributions were recognized.
Flossmoor has appointed the newest board member for the South Suburban Mass Transit District, a local governmental agency that owns parking lots along Metra’s Electric Line. Richard Bumstead was unanimously appointed at the Sept. 18 village board meeting. Bumstead, a Flossmoor resident, is currently chair of the village’s Public Art[Read More…]
“Celebrate the Science of the Season” is the theme for the second Walk Walton fundraiser Oct. 22 hosted by the Homewood Science Center.
Carl Buddig & Company, a Homewood-based business, is donating more than 250,000 pounds of chicken and pork products to the Greater Chicago Food Depository. The donation of animal protein is valued at $650,000 and is in high demand at food banks because it is donated much less frequently than other[Read More…]
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District Board of Commissioners agreed to switch its accounting work to Lauterbach & Amen LLP. The move will save the district $50,000 over the next five years. The board’s decision at its January meeting was unanimous. The firm BKD, originally Wolf and Company, had been the auditor[Read More…]
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District’s Coyote Run Golf Course in Flossmoor had its longest season on record — 310 days. Dave Ward, superintendent of golf, reported to the park board that the unseasonably mild winter allowed the park district to open the course Feb. 17, 2017, the earliest opening day in[Read More…]
Three special students earned the Dockweiler Award from Homewood School District 153 for their outstanding efforts last school year.
Keith Janowski plans to build a new garage for his Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck. (Provided photo) Keith Janowski doesn’t beat around the bush when offering his opinion about Flossmoor’s restrictions on pickup truck parking restrictions. “It is the dumbest restriction I’ve ever heard of,” Janowski said. “You can own a truck,[Read More…]
