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The non-profit organization You Matter 2 will hold “A Decade of Impact Celebration” on May 29 at Glenwoodie Golf Club in Glenwood from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. to mark its 10 years of service to empowering youth in the community. Attendees can look forward to live entertainment with a[Read More…]
Homewood Planning and Zoning Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 8, in village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. The agenda is available here. Highlight: The commission will consider a special use permit for a carry-out juice and smoothie bar at 18035 Dixie Highway. Spring Planting Day. Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway, needs volunteers[Read More…]
Artist Mary Miss, designer of the piece Field Rotation placed on the campus of Governors State University, will discuss the project during a presentation and reception May 15. The discussion will be led by Jeff Stevenson, curator of the National Manilow Sculpture Park (the Nate) at GSU. The free event[Read More…]
If you’ve ever voted, you’ve probably seen one. It’s a referendum, a ballot measure that can affect your property taxes. Simply put, referendums are direct votes where the electorate has the chance to weigh in on a particular issue such as a proposed law, a tax increase, a bond issuance[Read More…]
At the May 5 meeting, members elected to the District 161 Board of Education read the oath of office before appointing a new president, vice president, and secretary. One new member, Ashly Giddens, was sworn in, along with Theartris “Tre” Childress III, Carolyn Theard-Griggs and Cameron Nelson. Voters reelected Theard-Griggs[Read More…]
Governors State University’s The Center for Performing Arts will complete its 15th season of “Opera Up Close” at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 11, with a Mother’s Day celebration, “Mimosas & Melodies.” Tickets are $50 for on stage cabaret seating and may be purchased by calling 708-235-2222 or visiting CenterTickets.net. Patrons also[Read More…]
Glow in the Dark Sip & Paint. Anyone aged 11 to 13 is invited to enjoy glow-in-the-dark painting from 6 to 7 p.m. at Flossmoor Public Library, 1000 Sterling Ave. Serena Hills Gifted Art Exhibition. Art will be displayed from 6 to 8 p.m. at the District 161 administrative office, 41 E. Elmwood Drive,[Read More…]
As Shelly Marks departs from her seat on the District 153 school board after 33 years of service, the board’s parting gift was renaming the Willow School playground in her honor. A plaque highlighting her accomplishments will be placed at the school door leading out to the playground. It reads[Read More…]
Discovery Preschool students sang out for an unsung hero on March 27. The kids all dressed in the signature orange T-shirt of the Irwin Community Center maintenance worker Jim Dineen, and at the appointed moment, marched in a parade through the halls and lobby chanting, “Thank you, Mr. Jim! Thank[Read More…]
As your Cook County commissioner representing Homewood, I am deeply concerned about the destructive impact tariffs are having on local businesses, farmers and working families. Tariffs — essentially taxes on imported goods — are often framed as tools for economic protection. But in reality, they amount to economic sabotage. They[Read More…]
