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Homewood trustees honored a retiring public works employee and welcomed two new and one returning staff members at the Jan. 24 regular board meeting. The board honored Kirk Lindstrom for his more than 27 years of service as a building maintenance engineer with the Public Works Department. A resolution citing[Read More…]
Connie Martin will present her lecture “Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad” at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, in the atrium on the main Prairie State College campus, 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. Martin will speak about the secret codes and hidden messages[Read More…]
Amanda Fieramosca is a 2018 Homewood-Flossmoor High School alumna, an H-F teachers’ union scholarship winner and now a full-time H-F faculty member. “Teaching is a hard profession, and I know there are a lot of teachers who are leaving the field,” the first-year teacher said. “Some people are very hesitant to[Read More…]
After being shut down for 15 months, the H-F Ice Arena will reopen with open skating hours this weekend. The NHL regulation-sized rink will host open skate from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday as part of the ice arena’s soft opening. Crews are still[Read More…]
FAMILY PICKLEBALL SHOWCASE – Kids ages 6 to 10 can learn a new game with their parents at the Family Pickleball Showcase from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at H-F Racquet & Fitness Club. The showcase covers basics of pickleball rules, terminology, primary skills and coordination. Paddles, balls and a[Read More…]
Hazel Crest could add a golf course that is poised to become a commercial/industrial development to the village with one vote on Tuesday, Feb. 14. The Board of Trustees will consider a measure at its regular meeting that would annex the portion of Calumet Country Club that was part of[Read More…]
THE WEEK > Hazel Crest Board of Trustees will hold its administrative meeting at 6 p.m. and its regular meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 14, at village hall, 3601 W. 183rd St. Homewood Public Library Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 17917 Dixie[Read More…]
Flossmoor’s forward-looking five-year financial analysis comes with some good news but also some concerns about a budgeted operating deficit that could become a trend. Village Manager Bridget Wachtel presented Flossmoor’s five-year projections on Monday, Feb. 6, to the village board. The five-year outlooks are put together every two years, and[Read More…]
With construction costs stabilizing, the Finance Committee of the District 233 school board is ready to accept bids for culinary and science construction projects at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. The culinary project, which was bid in October, was put on hold because the projected cost was about $1 million over the[Read More…]
On Wednesday, every kindergarten classroom at Willow School had a “grannie” or “grandpa” marking the 100th day of the school year. It’s become a tradition at the school for the youngest to dress up as senior citizens as they and their teachers try to emulate someone 100 years old. Wigs,[Read More…]
