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Pickleball players need more court space, and the staff at the H-F Racquet & Fitness Club are working to accommodate their needs. Players came before the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District board of commissioners twice in December asking for changes. At the Jan. 17 board meeting, it was announced that the club[Read More…]
Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., spearheaded the re-designation of the Pullman National Historical Park on Thursday, Jan. 19. In 2015, President Barack Obama designated Pullman as a National Monument. Kelly said it took until 2022 for Congress to give Pullman the pride of place among our nation’s greatest treasures by designating[Read More…]
WELLNESS WORKSHOP & VENDORS – Enjoy A Day of Wellness Workshop & Vendor Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Irwin Park Community Center in Homewood. Check out small business vendors for beauty, wellness, insurance, hair care, clothing and more. The vendor fair is free and open to[Read More…]
The much-anticipated drainage improvements for Flossmoor’s Berry Lane have been completed. Now, all that remains is the parkway restoration scheduled for this spring and a true test of the neighborhood’s increased stormwater capacity. “Not that we want a big storm, but we want to see a good gullywasher come through[Read More…]
About a dozen students from District 153 schools were joined by representatives from the Village of Homewood Monday as they collected items for three helping organizations as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service event. Despite the wet weather and temperature around 39 degrees the morning of[Read More…]
Dozens of community members made Valentine’s Day cards at Serena Hills Elementary in Chicago Heights on the morning of Jan. 16. The event was organized by Serena Hills Community Connections Committee to provide Valentines for senior citizens and other residents of assisted living facilities. The Martin Luthor King’s Day event was[Read More…]
When Cook County took extra time to switch its computer system, the usual September deadline for paying second installment taxes was pushed back to December. Through a state law passed in December, the deadline for Cook County first installment taxes has been moved back from the usual March 1 date[Read More…]
The Flossmoor Public Works garage was buzzing — literally and figuratively — last weekend as a hive of volunteers worked together to push well beyond the expected output of the village’s second annual bed build. With sanders humming, saws spinning and drills punching holes into wood, volunteers worked on various[Read More…]
IMPROV FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS – Young adults in high school can learn a new skill that can benefit their personal and professional lives at Introduction to Improv: High School. Kate Wiersema teaches this class from 4 to 4:45 p.m. Friday in the Flossmoor Public Library Helen Wilson Meeting Room. Register[Read More…]
While steady rain fell outside, Plan4Success founder Nicole Brookens worked inside Flossmoor Village Hall to prep the system that would soon produce dozens of care packages for first responders and organize donations of socks for area shelters. “It’s an assembly line,” she said. The project was one of more than 20 that[Read More…]
