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Six of Spades is a group of five H-F High School juniors who sing and play guitar, bass, flute, keyboard, ukulele, various percussions and other instruments. After singing together in the H-F Choir, in early 2022, Six of Spades members realized how much they enjoyed it and wanted to take[Read More…]
ROLLER DERBY NIGHT – Chicago Knockouts Roller Derby presents a bout on Saturday between the Punk-Rock Punishers and the Horrific Haunters. Doors open at 7:15 p.m., and the bout starts at 8 p.m. at H-F Auditorium. Tickets are $15. HOMEWOOD SCIENCE CENTER SUMMER CAMPS – Registration opens next week for[Read More…]
At the village board meeting Tuesday, April 11, village trustees joined by Mayor Hofeld approved the release of a $20,000 mortgage to facilitate sale and redevelopment of the vacant commercial property at 18027-18029 Dixie Highway formerly occupied by Vice District Brewery. Through the arrangement, Chase Bank agrees to release its[Read More…]
Note: This story is the fifth in a series from our annual Health & Wellness special section, first published in the April 1 print edition and sponsored by Franciscan Health. In January, Specialty Physicians of Illinois, LLC (SPI) opened its newest location in Olympia Fields. The clinic, at 3700 W.[Read More…]
Do you have lawn chemicals, antifreeze, fluorescent lamp bulbs? These are on the list of household hazardous waste items being collected from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at South Suburban College, 15800 State St., South Holland, in a program hosted by Cook County and the college’s Center[Read More…]
EARLY BIRD POOL PASSES AVAILABLE – Lion’s Club Pool passes are now on sale, and there is a $5 discount when buying a pass before April 30. The Early Bird rate is $55 for residents, and $80 for non-residents. Rates go up to $60 and $85 on May 1. The[Read More…]
Unshaven Comics has published a new, all-ages graphic novel, “Blooms: Heist on Magical Girl Vault,” that was made in collaboration with Chicago comic book artist Stephanie Mided. The company consists of Homewood natives Marc Alan Fishman, Matt Wright and Kyle Gnepper. They touted the new book at the recent Chicago[Read More…]
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District eXtreme Scene Skate Park is back in business now after park district crews closed the park the week of April 3 after removing graffiti from the skate areas. Doug Boehm, superintendent of parks and planning, said the repaint operation was the seventh time this spring park[Read More…]
Litterbugs, with help from the wind, managed to deposit quite a lot of trash on property at 3800 Vollmer Road in Flossmoor. Mayor Michelle Nelson said there appeared to be more litter than last year scattered around the property, but more volunteers showed up this year to tackle the problem,[Read More…]
While picketing continued outside, Governors State University President Cheryl Green and members of the administration held a virtual town hall meeting Wednesday, April 12, to answer questions and dispute some charges made by striking members of the University Professionals of Illinois. Green denied the administration team had walked away from[Read More…]
