PROMISE OF HOPE FASHION SHOW — Ingalls Development Foundation will host a fashion show fundraiser Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Odyssey, 19110 Ridgeland Ave., suite A, in Tinley Park. Proceeds from the event will support cancer programs. Purchase tickets here. LOCAL AUTHORS FAIR — Flossmoor Public Library, 1000 Sterling Ave., will[Read More…]
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Cicada party: Welcome to H-F, Brood XIII
In 2007, millions and millions of periodic cicadas emerged from the ground, sang their songs, found their mates, deposited their eggs and died. Their kids are back. Early emerging members of Brood XIII, the cicada group that inhabits northern Illinois, have already started peeping out of their burrows, and by[Read More…]
Homewood Art & Garden Street Fair returns with more than 70 craft and food vendors
Homewood’s annual spring festival, the Art & Garden Street Fair, will return May 31 and June 1. More than 70 vendors will line the streets downtown selling a wide variety of handcrafted items. Vendors include local and regional artists, jewelry designers, textile makers, candle makers, bath and body products creators,[Read More…]
Diversity takes center stage at D153 meeting
The desire for a diverse workforce and culture among District 153 schools wasn’t on the agenda for the board’s Monday, May 6, meeting, but it clearly was on the minds of both the board members and the audience. After the usual housekeeping issues such as approval of previous minutes, the[Read More…]
5.7.2024 | What You Need To Know Today
H-F PARK DISTRICT BOARD — Commissioners will hold a committee meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, in the Goldberg Administration Center, 3301 Flossmoor Road. Find the agenda here. Discussion topics will include credit card fees, Lions Club Pool, HF Ice Arena doors and advertising.BREMEN TOWNSHIP BOARD — Trustees will meet at 7 p.m.[Read More…]
Colorful books, interesting topics exciting Churchill School readers
Maybe it was the pictures, or the interesting themes. Or maybe it was the stories themselves that got kids at Churchill School excited about the new Imagine Learning books. Unlike the current textbook that gave the third, fourth and fifth graders a paragraph or two on a topic to read[Read More…]
The Weeks | May 5: Heather Hill basin discussion, D161 transportation contract, sculpture move, Homewood trustee resigns, redevelopment of former Brunswick Zone moves forward
THE WEEK > Your government Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, May 6, in Normandy Villa, 41 E. Elmwood Drive, Chicago Heights. Find the agenda here. Attend the meeting remotely here. ►► Highlights: The board will consider extending its transportation contract with Kickert with a proposed 5.5% increase over this[Read More…]
Heather Hill neighbors meet with Flossmoor mayor Saturday to discuss storm water storage options
Heather Hill neighborhood residents Stephen and Donna Ramsey called an informal meeting at Leavitt Park on Saturday, May 4, so residents could learn more from Flossmoor Mayor Michelle Nelson about the various options the village has available to mitigate flooding problems. The village board voted 4 to 3 on April[Read More…]
Thornton Township residents rally April 27 to express concerns about fiscal management, services
Residents from communities throughout Thornton Township gathered on a River Oaks Mall parking lot Saturday, April 27, to demonstrate unity and continue pressing their concerns about governance of the township and the Village of Dolton. The rally was organized by the Advisory Committee to the People’s Trustees of Dolton (ACPTD),[Read More…]
Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra will perform Beethoven’s 9th symphony May 18
The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra will perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 on Saturday, May 18, marking the 200th anniversary since the work was first performed. Beethoven premiered the work on May 7, 1824, in Vienna. It took Beethoven two years to write the choral symphony and was the first example of[Read More…]
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