Park District Board meeting Homewood-Flossmoor Park District Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Goldberg Administration Center, 3301 Flossmoor Road, Flossmoor. Highlights: The board will consider the district’s property tax levy and discuss pavilion rental fees.
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Parks Executive Director Debbie Kopas sets retirement date
Debbie Kopas, executive director of the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District, got to join others for the official tree lighting ceremony in Irwin Park to open the Holiday Lights celebration in Homewood on Dec. 2. It was a bittersweet moment because it would be her last time surrounded by park district staff[Read More…]
Luminaries, Holiday Open House combine to draw people downtown Flossmoor on Dec. 1
As downtown Flossmoor businesses readied for some late hours on Thursday, Dec. 1, Homewood-Flossmoor High School students involved with National Honor Society and Key Club were lining the perimeter of Flossmoor Park with luminaries to light the sidewalks after dark. “It’s all just about giving back to the community and[Read More…]
Thomas’ Photographic Services is moving across the street
Thomas’ Photographic Services, a photography studio and shop specializing in portraits and photo restoration, has been in Homewood for more than a decade at 18705 Dixie Highway in the Southgate shopping district. Early next year, the business is moving to a new location–across the street. The studio’s lease expires in March and[Read More…]
Construction of Homewood Brewing Company has begun
Homewood Brewing Company owners broke the ground on Dixie Highway on Friday, Dec. 2. Homewood Brewing will be a craft brewery and restaurant owned by the family of Juice Wrld, the H-F grad and rap star who died of a drug overdose in 2019; it will be dedicated to his[Read More…]
The Weeks | Dec. 4
DEMOCRACY WATCH In April 2021, the Village of Homewood trustees approved “A Resolution in Support of Intergovernmental Cooperation Between the Village of Hazel Crest and Homewood Regarding the Future Development of Calumet Country Club.” In May 2021, the Village of Hazel Crest trustees approved “A Resolution Supporting the Concept of[Read More…]
Viewpoint: Hoop dreams and the fabric of community
Recently, I stepped into the H-F field house in the North Building of the high school with a friend who had attended high school nearby but had never seen H-F’s field house. “Is this the most well-resourced majority-Black high school in the country?” he asked. After a little informal internet[Read More…]
Santa lights Homewood community Christmas tree
Wind caused bonfire sparks to fly in Irwin Park on Friday, Dec. 2, but the gusts did not stop Santa Claus from throwing the switch to light the community Christmas tree and officially usher in the holiday season in Homewood. A story and more photos and videos from the annual[Read More…]
County assessor makes property tax simulator available
More than $180 billion in property taxes collected from every property in Cook County can now be analyzed with software code created by the Cook County Assessor’s Office. The Property Tax Simulator, or PTAXSIM, is a software code package implemented in the coding language R and designed to recalculate changes to[Read More…]
12.2.22 | What You Need to Know This Weekend
COMFORTING CONCERT – Listen to sacred choral classics and contemporary selections from the Grande Prairie Singers as they present Songs of Comfort & Joy, 3 p.m. Saturday at Flossmoor Community Church. The performance features a guest violinist and a dynamic gospel group, offering songs of the season. DELIGHT IN THE[Read More…]
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