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Four friends were playing tennis in Flossmoor Park on May 20 when one of them collapsed. Their quick action and the response of village first responders saved the man’s life, according to Flossmoor officials. At the Board of Trustees meeting on June 17, the village recognized the three tennis players[Read More…]
THE WEEK > Your government Homewood Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 25, in village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. Find the agenda here. Attend remotely here or call 312-626-6799. Use meeting ID 980 4907 6232 and passcode 830183 to login. Highlights: The board will: Homewood Planning and Zoning Commission will meet at[Read More…]
Flossmoor Mayor Michelle Nelson, in her greeting to open the fourth annual HF Juneteenth Festival on Saturday, June 20, called the event “one of the biggest and definitely the best Juneteenth celebrations in all of Chicagoland.” The event certainly drew attendees from the region. Sandi Ward of South Bend, Indiana,[Read More…]
Flossmoor celebrated 100 years on the diamond. Youth softball and baseball teams played exhibition games on the Flossmoor Park Bronco field as part of the town’s centennial event Thursday. “When we saw that it was the 100-year anniversary, knowing that baseball has been such a part of the community for[Read More…]
After three years of negotiations, the Homewood-Flossmoor Classified Staff Organization has a five-year contract with District 233. The bargaining unit was approved at the Tuesday, June 18, board meeting. The newly organized unit represents 18 H-F staff members and is part of the National Education Association/Illinois Education Association. The[Read More…]
For a moment Thursday, Flossmoor residents experienced a taste of the sporting world of pre-Civil War America. A vintage baseball game was part of the town’s centennial celebration Thursday, June 20. The Flossmoor Whistlestoppers and the Deep River Grinders from Hobart, Indiana, played a game under 1858 rules on the[Read More…]
DEMOCRACY WATCH Thornton Township meeting failAmid a tsunami of scandals and lawsuits in Dolton and Thornton Township, Tiffany Henyard continues to have trouble getting the basics of governance right. Josh Bootsma of the Lansing Journal reports this morning that Henyard kept members of the public and the press waiting for more than an hour[Read More…]
Organized by the artist Jess Timeless, a mural and collective masterpiece painted by community members united visitors to the HF Juneteenth Festival on June 15. Jess Timeless is a visual and expression artist dedicated to creating art representing her culture and heritage. In addition to painting, Chicago artist Jess Patterson,[Read More…]
Starting Aug. 1, guests using a credit card at Wiley’s Grill in Flossmoor will be charged a 3% fee to help the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District recoup a portion of the $200,000 paid annually to credit card companies for transactions. Park commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday, June 18, to impose a[Read More…]
Homewood-Flossmoor High School has a budget of nearly $1.3 million for technology needs for the 2024-25 school year. The budget allocates 90% for technology replacement and the remaining 10% on new technologies, according to Steve Richardson, director of the Information Technology Department. Richardson stressed that replacement can also mean innovation.[Read More…]
