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Homewood police officers put their razors down and picked their fundraising up during the past month, raising $1,330 during No Shave November to benefit Anew: Building Beyond Violence and Abuse. Twenty-seven officers grew a beard during the past month. They start collecting funds in October and concluded with a presentation on[Read More…]
The discovery of more needed work just made Flossmoor’s Village Hall Generator Improvements Project a bit pricier. The village board voted unanimously on Monday, Nov. 7, to approve a change order that adds $66,083 to the cost of the project, which brings the total to $581,578 to be paid to[Read More…]
Homewood-Flossmoor High School got back to normal in a big way on Nov. 9, holding a college signing ceremony for 13 Vikings athletes in the school’s auditorium. It’s the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 that the school held the ceremony in such a big way. During the[Read More…]
DEMOCRACY WATCH The general election is over, and while most of us (except Georgians) are taking a deep breath and putting politics on the backburner for a while, candidates for local office are only getting started. Some are getting to work gathering petitions in hopes of being on the April[Read More…]
As the Archdiocese of Chicago works to consolidate parishes in the South Suburbs, it has given new names to two of its recently reorganized parishes. The archdiocese provided parishioners with a list of saints and asked them to select their favorites in rank order. The lists were then submitted to[Read More…]
Flossmoor is inviting village residents and other stakeholders to provide input that will help in the search for a new police chief. Chief Tod Kamleiter announced last week that he will retire in December. In order to identify the candidate that best fits the needs of Flossmoor, the village partnered with the[Read More…]
Members of Flossmoor Girl Scout Troop 65547 will be working to earn an “Honoring Our Veterans” badge, and in the process, they will be helping the Flossmoor Veterans’ Memorial Inc. (FVM) organization discover more veterans and their stories. At its recent weekly meeting at Western Avenue School, Junior Scouts began[Read More…]
A boost in state funding is nearly doubling the allocation for work by Anew: Building Beyond Violence & Abuse. The agency will receive close to $1.1 million. Jennifer Gabrenya, executive director of Anew, said the decision by the Illinois Department of Human Services to increase the funding for domestic[Read More…]
A number of local businesses are serving as collection points for donated nonperishable foods that will help Open Access provide complete Thanksgiving meals to area families in need. Collections will be accepted through Tuesday, Nov. 15. The organization’s goal is to provide 1,000 families with a meal that includes a turkey with[Read More…]
In addition to approving the Homewood School District 153 property tax referendum, one other referendum on the Nov. 8 ballot appears to be headed for approval, but the result for another is not yet clear, according to unofficial election results. A Cook County referendum a tax increase of 0.025% to[Read More…]
