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Residents at the Heather Hill Civic Association meeting Jan. 15 got an update from Homewood-Flossmoor Park District Executive Director Doug Boehm on the new tennis court and two pickle ball courts being built at Highlands Park. Two tennis courts were removed when the park district sold property near Heather Hill[Read More…]
Metra delays. Trains could experience delays today and Sunday, Jan. 19, because of planned track construction. Delays could be up to 30 minutes when passing through the work zone. Listen to announcements for any platform changes. For additional information visit metra.com/constructionnotices. Yoga Storytime. Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway, will host a story[Read More…]
Primo’s Café & Deli, a café and diner serving Italian food and freshly roasted coffee, is set to open at 2057 Ridge Road in downtown Homewood, the former location of Redbird Cafe. Scott Donkel owns Primo’s and The Ridgewood, the bar in the adjacent storefront. He and his daughter, Amy Donkel-Rohne,[Read More…]
Friday, Jan. 17 Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. Flossmoor Public Library, 1000 Sterling Ave., will host an MLK Day of Service event starting at noon. “Drop in any time of the day and help complete projects for our community. Donations of non-perishable food items will be accepted to be[Read More…]
Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller will be joined by two speakers for the discussion “Intersection of Hate” from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, at the Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway. The free program will address the rising tide of hate and extremism, offering insights on combating antisemitism[Read More…]
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday, Jan. 16, that the state has a new partnership with Recycle Coach to provide all Illinois residents in 6,835 units of local government a holistic, locally tailored, easy to access recycling education platform. In the coming months, Recycle Coach will be engaging counties[Read More…]
The Village of Flossmoor Green Commission and the Southland Green Committee are hosting a workshop on Monday, Jan. 20, to work on a craft project that will be part of an art installation in Chicago. It is one of the village’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service projects. The[Read More…]
Homewood Appearance Commission will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, in village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. The agenda is available here. The livestream of the meeting will be available here. Meeting ID 844 1118 8079, passcode 170845. Highlight: The commission will review the latest draft of the revised sign code. Just For Fun: Writers[Read More…]
A new downtown mural created by Nate Otto captures bits of Homewood to show off what makes the village special. Otto said he took pictures of “ten different places and I figured out a way to kind of distill their representation to really simple lines.” When the Hartford Building, a[Read More…]
The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) announced today it will begin accepting and processing 2025 tax returns on Monday, Jan. 27, the same date the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) begins accepting federal income tax returns. Illinois will participate in the IRS Direct File program this year. Eligible taxpayers will be[Read More…]
