The Homewood District 153 school board agreed to sell $3.6 million in funding bonds, and hired an architectural firm and a project manager for its major life safety work this summer. James Hart Junior High School. (File photo) The biggest project will be replacing the roof over the James Hart Junior High, Millennium School,[Read More…]

Willow School students and their loved ones gathered at the school Thursday, Feb. 5, to celebrate the 100th Day of School. They were joined by some very special guests. First, Orland Park children’s author Nancy Gee read her “Mom’s Choice” award-winning book, “The Secret Drawer.” The Homewood-Flossmoor High School poms squad and[Read More…]

In the end, I didn’t get to drive Big Z. It’s probably for the best. I am pretty sure I know what would have happened if I had gotten behind the controls of the Homewood-Flossmoor Ice Arena’s Zamboni last Friday. Tom Houlihan behind the wheel of the (stationary) H-F Park District Zamboni.(Photo[Read More…]

In the 1980s when his high school classmates listened to the hard rock band AC/DC, John Concepcion was enamored with Luciano Pavarotti, the internationally acclaimed operatic tenor. John Concepcion Concepcion, of Flossmoor, proudly proclaims the voice is his instrument and opera is “in my DNA.” He thanks his high school[Read More…]

Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s outstanding reputation is drawing families to the south suburbs, but don’t try to game the system. For nearly 25 years, District 233 has had a policy of rooting out cheaters through a special Residency Verification Program investigation process.  “We take this seriously,” Superintendent Von Mansfield told school board members at their[Read More…]

“Bon Appétit!” is a comedy opera mimicking a classic Julia Child television broadcast. Witness an “episode” live on Sunday, March 1, at 4 p.m. at Governors State University’s Center for Performing Arts, according to a news release from the school.  Sarah Ponder Broke portraysJulia Child in GSU’s productionof “Bon Appetit!” a[Read More…]

The Cottage on Dixie restaurant was in the spotlight when guests on the WTTW-Channel 11 program “Check Please!” gave their assessments of the Homewood venue. Suggested by Rebecca Haas, the restaurant got good reviews from the two other guests as well, who called The Cottage on Dixie a great dining[Read More…]

The two big-ticket items on the Homewood Board of Trustees agenda Tuesday, Feb. 10, are the 2015 street resurfacing program and renovations to Village Hall, totalling nearly $1 million.  The board will also consider an $80,000 contract with Global Studios to pursue a concept plan for the development of a[Read More…]

In a letter Friday to the Flossmoor School District 161 community, Superintendent Craig Doster questioned the value of the state-mandated PARCC test for local students and schools. Craig Doster “From low class sizes to offering a host of extracurricular activities to ‘not teaching to the test,’ much of what happens[Read More…]

The joy of having a daughter was evident when nearly 200 dads took their daughters on a special date Friday. It was quite a fun party as little girls bopped and hopped with their dads at the Daddy Daughter Sweetheart Dance at the H-F Sports Complex. For this special night,[Read More…]