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The second “Warrior Ride” to support the Jackie’s Warriors Foundation began bright and early on June 7. The biggest obstacle the riders faced was not the distance, but the wind. Jackie’s Warriors started in 2022 to honor Jackie Frangella. Jackie’s husband, Art Frangella, and son, Brian Frangella, witnessed Jackie’s struggles[Read More…]
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle unveiled on Tuesday, June 18, the preliminary forecast for the county’s fiscal year 2025 budget, showing a projected gap of $218.2 million – down from the $409.6 million peak during the pandemic. The hospital system projects no deficits this coming fiscal year, marking the[Read More…]
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME — Flossmoor will celebrate the village’s 100th anniversary with a trio of baseball games at Bronco Field in Flossmoor Park, a car show and ending with a drone show at dusk, the first of its kind in the Southland. The third ballgame will be an old-time[Read More…]
Of the many local and regional businesses and organizations represented at the Homewood Flossmoor Juneteenth Festival, one common theme stood out. Many were founded, owned or managed by Black women. Below is a brief sampling of these, along with what Juneteenth means to the women and leaders. The Jassac Charitable Foundation,[Read More…]
At the June 10 meeting, the Flossmoor District 161 Board of Education voted to increase the salaries of district administrators. Raises for administrators will range from 5% to 7%. Non-administrative employees who are not part of the certified and classified staff bargaining unit will receive an 8% salary increase for[Read More…]
Art aficionados can now enjoy new public sculptures in the Village of Flossmoor. This spring the village added new sculptures to its permanent collection of public art, plus it incorporated a new sculpture into its rotational collection. At the west end of Flossmoor, located in Ballantrae Park, 1404 Lanark[Read More…]
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District invites the community to a meeting on Thursday, June 27, to review plans and offer input on a redesign of the playground area at Irwin Park in Homewood. The meeting, scheduled from 6 to 7 p.m., will be at the Irwin Center, 18120 Highland Ave. If[Read More…]
HF JUNETEENTH PARADE — The parade will start at 9 a.m. from Western Avenue School, travel south on Brassie Avenue to Flossmoor Road, then west to Park Junior High. Organizers invite residents to come out and enjoy the show. PICS IN THE PARK — Homewood-Flossmoor Park District hosts opportunities every Wednesday, 5 to 6:30[Read More…]
Members of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bel Canto Choir are set to perform in front of the Flossmoor Public Library on the evening of Thursday, July 25, for a fourth annual Chamber Night. Before the performances, local Flossmoor businesses, both from downtown Flossmoor and other parts of town,[Read More…]
The State of Illinois African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission (ADCRC) announced on June 18 the first of a series of public hearings it will host to discuss reparatory actions for Black Americans in Illinois who are descendants of American Chattel Slavery. This initial hearing will take place in Chicago on Saturday,[Read More…]
