Flossmoor Winterfest guests will step into a storybook this year as they join their neighbors Saturday for the annual downtown holiday celebration.    Children participate in a   craft during a recent   Winterfest. (Provided photo)  The children’s wintertime book “The Mitten” by Jan Brett is the theme for this year’s Winterfest.[Read More…]

Months of detailed discussions about the 2017 tax levy came to an end when Flossmoor District 161 school board members conducted a public hearing on the levy and voted to approve it.   Action was taken at the Nov.27 board of education meeting.   The levy includes a 2.1 increase[Read More…]

For a number of years, local residents have enjoyed Homewood’s winter festival, Holiday Lights, but apparently the rest of the world is discovering the event, too.The turnout Friday, Dec. 1, amazed some local residents and village officials. Although no precise crowd count was available, Homewood Events Manager Allisa Opyd estimated[Read More…]

High School District 233 will collect 2.5 percent more in property taxes next year, if the Homewood-Flossmoor High School board approves its estimated levy in December. Not every property owner will see an increase, as property values in the district also are expected to rise. The estimated levy, adopted unanimously[Read More…]

Flossmoor District 161 and the Village of Flossmoor would work jointly with a shared communications professional under a plan now being discussed by both governmental units.   The idea is for the district and village to enter into a shared services agreement for a newly created position of communications manager.[Read More…]

  Addison Trotter, 9, of Homewood, gets a hug from   Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan during   the question and answer session following Kazan’s   presentation about her experiences in a Nazi   concentration camp. Kazan’s visit in Homewood  was sponsored by District 153 and community   contributors and was held at James Hart[Read More…]