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Note: This story is part one of a four-part series on park playgrounds.The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District last month spruced up three playgrounds with new equipment. The $307,743 investment helped the park district update playgrounds that have been in place since the 1990s, said Executive Director Doug Boehm. The purchase from[Read More…]
At just 15 years old, Anderson Pries of Homewood already has become a local expert on all things railroad, dedicating an impressive amount of time and energy to learning about, promoting, and sharing his knowledge. While he says he’s “doing it for fun,” the passion he brings to his pursuits[Read More…]
How can high school juniors and seniors prepare for their future without knowledge of what is ahead? Homewood-Flossmoor High School believes it can point them in a positive direction through a new program the District 233 school board will consider at its Sept. 16 meeting. Local nonprofit You Matter 2[Read More…]
Homewood Disposal Holiday Schedule. Wednesday pick up will be on Thursday. Thursday pick up will be on Friday. Friday pick up will be on Saturday, with the exception of Flossmoor. Flossmoor pick ups will remain on Friday, Sept. 5, because of road closures during the Hidden Gem Half Marathon. Flossmoor residents’[Read More…]
With clear skies, temperatures in the low 70s, and a long Labor Day weekend ahead, Flossmoor School District 161 and the Flossmoor Library welcomed families to an idyllic back-to-school celebration at Flossmoor Park on Aug. 30. The event provided community members with an opportunity to connect after summer break and[Read More…]
The Homewood Village Board approved a three-year collective bargaining agreement with raises of 3.5% and 4% with the Metropolitan Alliance of Police (MAP) unions at the Aug. 26 meeting. This agreement is between two MAP chapters, 621 for patrol officers and 622 for police sergeants, Terence Acquah, Homewood assistant village[Read More…]
Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s first football game victory Friday, Aug. 29, was marred by fights in the stands. Police removed several students from the stands and patrolled the H-F stadium and parking lot. “We are deeply disappointed by the behavior of several individuals at the football game Friday. Their actions do[Read More…]
Homewood Disposal Holiday Schedule. Tuesday pick up will be on Wednesday, Wednesday pick up will be on Thursday. Thursday pick up will be on Friday. Friday pick up will be on Saturday. New Vital Records Appointment System. Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon announced a new appointment system starting Sept. 2 for vital[Read More…]
Homewood village board members were given information to help them make a decision on adopting a 1% non-home rule local sales tax. Numbers show out-of-town shoppers would be paying the most of the new tax. Homewood’s current sales tax rate is 9%. Of that, 6.25% goes to the state, 1.75%[Read More…]
I remember talking with an older white man in front of Homewood village hall about five years ago. He had just tried to persuade Mayor Rich Hofeld to include in the village 4th of July festivities a reading of Frederick Douglass’s famous 1852 speech, “What to the Slave is the[Read More…]
