HOMEWOOD STICKER DEADLINE — Friday is the last day to purchase a village vehicle sticker without incurring a $25 additional fee. Click here for more information about how to pay. BIKE SAFETY — May is National Bike Safety Month and Homewood police posted a reminder that motorists should slow down when they see cyclists on the[Read More…]
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Bikes and artisans this weekend in H-F
June will begin with two annual events, the Homewood Art & Garden Street Fair and Flossmoor’s Bike the Gem community ride. The Art & Garden fair opening day is Friday, May 31, from 4 to 9 p.m. More than 70 artisan vendors are expected for the two-day event, selling handcrafted[Read More…]
Governor signs bill benefiting Homewood District 153
Gov. J.B. Pritzker put his signature on a bill approved by the Illinois Legislature that will give Homewood schools a way to collect the full benefit of its 2022 referendum. The governor signed the measure into law on Tuesday, May 28. It now goes to the Cook County Clerk’s Office[Read More…]
Art & Garden Street Fair vendor with down syndrome has a message of kindness
Jacob Kiefor, a 26-year-old Saint John, Indiana, man with down syndrome, paints doormats and silk screens t-shirts with his own designs and messages promoting kindness. He’s set to sell his hand-crafted work at Homewood’s Art & Garden Street Fair on Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1. With the encouragement of Melanie[Read More…]
5.29.2024 | What You Need To Know Today
HOMEWOOD STICKER DEADLINE — Friday is the last day to purchase a village vehicle sticker without incurring a $25 additional fee. Click here for more information about how to pay. BIKE SAFETY — May is National Bike Safety Month and Homewood police posted a reminder that motorists should slow down when they see cyclists on the[Read More…]
Drama Group’s ‘Miss Firecracker Contest’ opens June 7
The Drama Group presents the charming and irreverent comedy “The Miss Firecracker Contest” opening June 7 and presented over two weekends. To be crowned Miss Firecracker of Brookhaven, Mississippi, is the dream of Carnelle Scott, but the townspeople have given her a rather tarnished reputation. Her nickname is “Miss Hot[Read More…]
Village seeks bids for former science center annex on Ridge downtown
An empty storefront in downtown Homewood could become a restaurant, but Homewood trustees urged residents with other ideas to step forward. The Homewood Board of Trustees approved an ordinance on May 14 directing staff to seek alternate bids for the village-owned property at 2018-2020 Ridge Road, formerly planned to be[Read More…]
IJP principal to depart after one school year
On May 2, Infant Jesus of Prague Principal Felicia Clotworthy penned a letter to the school community announcing her decision not to return for the following school year. Clotworthy, the school’s first Black principal, said in the letter that she would have fond memories of her time there. “I found[Read More…]
Churchill lunchroom cast-offs become composting gold
A small composting project at Churchill School saved more than 300 pounds of waste from the landfill. Lettuce, peaches, bread crust, left over pizza, paper napkins, cardboard – it all got collected in buckets on Wednesdays over four weeks in April and May. PTA parents and third and fourth graders[Read More…]
5.28.2024 | What You Need To Know Today
BLOOM TOWNSHIP BOARD — Trustees will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 28, in township hall, 425 S. Halsted St., Chicago Heights. No agenda has been posted yet on the township website.THORNTON TOWNSHIP BOARD — Trustees will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 28, in township hall, 333 E 162nd St., South Holland. Find the agenda here. HOMEWOOD[Read More…]
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