CHOO-CHOO RIDE — The weekly four- to five-mile bike ride through Homewood and Flossmoor neighborhoods returns. Riders will meet at 6 p.m. at GoodSpeed Cycles, 2125 183rd St. The ride starts at 6:30 p.m. It continues Tuesdays weekly at the same place and time through Labor Day. H-F PARK DISTRICT BOARD[Read More…]
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Police called to clear crowd after graduation party Friday
Homewood police and officers from multiple area communities responded to the 3000 block of 183rd street shortly before 9:30 p.m. Friday to help clear a crowd of 300 to 400 teens gathered around businesses. The crowd had been at a graduation party nearby that was shut down by the host[Read More…]
Top James Hart School musicians honored
Homewood Parent Music Association hosted Pass the Baton, an annual end of the school year event celebrating the James Hart eighth grade music program graduates and honoring outstanding Hart students in band, choir, orchestra and musical theater. Honorees at the May 14 program were: Arie Ayers, Zoe Barnas, Dillon Bauer,[Read More…]
Hart Class of 2020 recall their pandemic inspired graduation
Graduating from eighth grade is a time to celebrate, but plans for the James Hart School Class of 2020 were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. A reunion tried to fill the gap. James Hart administrators have planned eighth grade class reunions for nearly a decade, but this 2020 reunion May[Read More…]
Retirees 2024: Fun, hard work go hand-in-hand for Willow School principal
Melissa Lawson can explain to you how as principal she took on a variety of roles, but she stresses that every action was done for the betterment of the students at Homewood’s Willow School. In June, Lawson’s 35-year career in education will end. She’s retiring as principal of Willow School[Read More…]
The Weeks | June 2: Pride Fest, detention basin contract, Gottschalk House repairs, improv
THE WEEK > Rich Township Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, June 3, in the Leonard Robinson Administration Building 22013 Governors Highway, Richton Park. Find the agenda here. Flossmoor Board of Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. in village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. Find the agenda here. Highlight: The board will consider awarding[Read More…]
Retirees 2024: Second career was a gem for Jeanette Nichols
For Jeanette Nichols, a second career as a teacher proved to be very rewarding. After 28 years in the classroom, 20 with District 153, she is retiring. Nichols’ bachelor’s degree was in art history, which she took into a job in retail, working as a manager in a department store[Read More…]
Homewood, Flossmoor mayors relieved at outcome of state grocery tax repeal
The state budget approved May 29 by Illinois legislators included the repeal of the 1% tax on grocery purchases, something municipal leaders opposed because revenue from the tax passed through to local governments. The final version of the repeal included compromises that will soften the blow to municipal budgets Flossmoor[Read More…]
Community psychologist sparks important conversations around female leadership
Dr. Dominica McBride is a community psychologist who is sparking a conversation around women of color in leadership spaces in her first book, “Becoming Change Makers: The Exquisite Path to Leadership and Liberation for Women of Color.” She details women’s unique experiences and paths to leadership through four themes: healing,[Read More…]
Cook County Assessor’s Office hosts ‘Black Tax’ discussion
As part of its ongoing Racial Equity and Real Estate conversation series, the Cook County Assessor’s Office (CCAO) hosted a panel discussion on Wednesday, May 22, about “The Black Tax,” a new history that shows how inequitable assessments and predatory practices within the property tax system enriched speculators and removed poor[Read More…]
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