Baseball fans and corporate sponsors can cheer on the Windy City Thunderbolts July 26 while supporting local healthcare workers. The Franciscan Health Foundation of South Suburban Chicago is hosting Home Team Healthcare Hero Night July 26 at Ozinga Field, 14011 S. Kenton Ave. in Crestwood to benefit the Employee Wellbeing[Read More…]
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Retirement: PE teacher loved keeping up with her Hart students
Gym teacher Marci Breed can still get down on the floor and do push-ups and other exercises with her students at James Hart School. Despite her agility, she’s retiring after 35 years as a PE teacher, 31 of those at Hart. “I’ve been teaching phys ed and I practice what[Read More…]
Flossmoor board to consider creating 1% local grocery tax as state tax set to expire
The statewide grocery tax will end Jan. 1. According to Illinois Policy, 209 municipalities have adopted their own grocery sales tax to compensate for the lost revenue from the state. Homewood adopted a local grocery tax on June 10 that will go into effect Jan. 1. Flossmoor could be next. At the[Read More…]
The Weeks | June 15: grocery tax, proposed restaurant, new sculptures, Pride Fest, Juneteenth
THE WEEK > Your government Flossmoor Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, June 16, in village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. The agenda is available here. The livestream of the meeting will be available here. Use meeting ID 852 1089 4513, passcode 60422. Highlights: Homewood-Flossmoor District 233 Board of Education will meet[Read More…]
Homewood Village Board accepts control of Harwood Avenue section, extends agreement with IDOT
The Homewood Village Board approved the agreement for the jurisdictional transfer of a portion of Harwood Avenue from the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to the Village of Homewood at the June 10 meeting. Joshua Burman, Homewood’s director of public works, says the transfer applies from Pine Road to Ridge[Read More…]
Retirement: Carla Evans will remember the kids and their books
As Carla Evans prepares for her retirement from Flossmoor Hills School, she feels like her 25 years there have gone by in a blink of an eye. Evans, who lives in the Flossmoor Hills neighborhood, said she took the job because it would allow her to have free time with[Read More…]
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Drama Group: Sylvia. A talking dog could steal your heart in the Drama Group’s production of “Sylvia.” The play will be presented at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 15. The Drama Group has online ticketing at BookTix or tickets can be purchased through the box office at 708-755-3444. Tickets are $25 for adults, $23[Read More…]
D161 board hires Mario Ford as Western Avenue School principal
The Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education announced Wednesday, June 11, that it has approved Mario Ford as the next principal at Western Avenue School. He currently serves as assistant principal of Parker Junior High. Out of an initial pool of 65 candidates, the stakeholder committee, comprising 20 individuals[Read More…]
Homewood opens bid for Bretz Drive property, solicits bids for property on Dixie Highway
The sealed bid for the property at 17701 Bretz Drive was opened in front of the board by Angela Mesaros, Homewood’s director of economic and community development, at the June 10 meeting. The village originally acquired the land on December 12, 2024, through the Cook County No Cash Bid program.[Read More…]
Retirement: Christine Engels closes the book on a 37-year career
Christine Engels is what one could call a fixture. She’s been at Homewood’s Churchill School for 37 years working under seven principals. Engels will walk out of Churchill for the last time in July when she retires from District 153. “I thought I’d go into optometry, but then you just[Read More…]
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