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(This story is part of the Chronicle’s State of Faith series exploring spiritual life in the Homewood and Flossmoor area. The Chronicle spoke with Shelly Marks of Homewood about the Jewish traditions associated with Passover. The project is funded by a grant from the Homewood Rotary.) This year, the world’s[Read More…]
The area’s two youth football and cheerleading programs are merging, the Homewood-Flossmoor Junior Vikings and Kings announced April 12. The new organization will be called the Homewood Flossmoor Youth Football and Cheerleading Club. “The biggest reason to do this was to combine resources,” HFYFCC President Martez Harding said. “Now we[Read More…]
THE WEEK > Flossmoor Community Relations Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, April 24, in the village hall committee room, 2800 Flossmoor Road. Homewood-Flossmoor District 233 Board of Education Finance Committee will meet at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 25. Homewood Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, in[Read More…]
The Sand Ridge Audubon Society and the Little Calumet River Underground Railroad Project will sponsor a bird hike on Saturday, May 6, that also will cover Underground Railroad history on Chicago’s South Side. Participants will learn about the local history of the Underground Railroad while observing a wide variety of native birds[Read More…]
With floor plans in hand, Flossmoor’s Randall Smith inched closer to liquor license approval for the Poppin Corks Bistro he plans to open in Flossmoor Commons. While his plans were presented for discussion only during the Monday, April 17, Flossmoor Village Board meeting, trustees commented in support of Smith’s plans.[Read More…]
This story by Quinton R. Arthur originally was published in the Lansing Journal on April 13. Thornton Township held its Annual Township Meeting on Tuesday, April 11. Residents within the township were invited to participate in the meeting, and roughly 100 people filled the basement of Thornton Township’s South Holland headquarters for the[Read More…]
The blue ribbon was cut for Royalty King Cleaners, a dry-cleaning service in the Cherry Creek shopping center in Homewood, on Wednesday, April 19. The ribbon cutting marked the changing of ownership to Wileena Joseph. Royalty King Cleaners is offering free suits to anyone who comes in and asks for[Read More…]
Ballplayers will parade through Homewood and Flossmoor on Saturday morning, April 22, before congregating at their respective fields for ceremonial first pitches, prizes and then the first games of the season. Parade lineup in Flossmoor will begin at 8:45 a.m., and the players start marching from the Parker Junior High[Read More…]
BATTER UP FOR OPENING DAY PARADES – Saturday is opening day for baseball and softball leagues in Homewood and Flossmoor. Cheer for players in the Flossmoor Baseball & Softball Opening Day Parade, stepping off from Parker Junior High at 9:30 a.m., and traveling up Flossmoor Road to Brassie Avenue, then[Read More…]
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced the grand opening of the Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM Center) at South Suburban College on Earth Day, Saturday, April 22. The project was spearheaded by the county’s Department of Environment and Sustainability (DES) in partnership with SSC. The new facility[Read More…]
