FREE FITNESS CLASSES – During Halloween Workout Week at H-F Racquet and Fitness Club, you can participate in free group fitness classes filled with Halloween-themed workouts, playlists, tricks and treats. Try a variety of classes including Zumba, yoga, spin, step, strength, boot camp, aqua fitness, core and more. Costumes are[Read More…]
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County clerk’s office launches new help desk to assist residents
Cook County residents looking for answers to legal questions concerning their home, chain of title, or other land records can now receive free legal assistance through a new help desk service that will be open to the public each month, Clerk Karen A. Yarbrough announced last week. The new help[Read More…]
Pink-a-Boo Walk of Hope sees tribute to longtime volunteer
Pink wigs, boas, hats, boots and tutus were all on display at the Pink-a-Boo Walk of Hope on Sunday, Oct. 16. The festively dressed walkers at Cancer Support Center’s fall fundraiser took off from the parking lot around 9:30 a.m. to complete either a 1K or 5K walk around Homewood.[Read More…]
Ravisloe Country Club makes history with arboretum designation
Ravisloe Country Club is the world’s first golf course to be recognized as an arboretum. Bob Carpenter’s grandson’s baseball career helped make it so. Carpenter, the general manager of Ravisloe, said going to his grandson’s ballgames often took him past the Morten Arboretum in Lisle. “I kept saying to myself, ‘One of these[Read More…]
The weeks | Oct. 23
Week -> The District 161 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 24, at Normandy Villa 41 E. Elmwood Drive, Chicago Heights. The full agenda can be viewed here. The meeting will be streamed live and can be viewed here. Highlights: Discussion about the replacement of roof top air conditioning[Read More…]
Doing democracy: Time to vote, time to talk (column, free)
This is going to be so cool. It’s always more fun to play than to watch, and starting Monday, Oct. 24, when early voting polling places open, until Election Day, Nov. 8, all us registered voters get to take the field and make the plays. We get to help shape[Read More…]
Bookie’s is coming back; partnership with Rockshop60430 enables new Homewood shop
Bookie’s has a new lease on life in Homewood. Thanks to a new partnership and a new home, Bookie’s owner Keith Lewis announced on Facebook Saturday night that the store would return with a new location and a new partnership. Lewis rocked the local bibliophile community early in September when[Read More…]
Flossmoor sanitary sewer rehab sees $599K in additional costs after more point repairs identified
Sewer work is begetting more sewer work in Flossmoor, after new repair needs were discovered since the last time the pipes were inspected several years ago. The village board voted unanimously on Monday, Oct. 17, to approve a change order on a contract with Benchmark Construction that increases the original cost[Read More…]
Franciscan Health partners with 57 non-profits on community health
Franciscan Health recently announced $450,000 in funding for community health improvement through its Social Impact Partnership Program (SIPP). Fifty-seven non-profits located throughout Franciscan Health’s Indiana service regions and south suburban Chicago were selected from applications to receive funding of up to $9,750 per organization, including Anew: Building Beyond Violence &[Read More…]
District 153 honors three students with Dockweiler Award
The District 153 school board presented students Blake London, Oliver Green and J. Jesus Antolin with the 2022 Tom Dockweiler Award for their outstanding achievements in the 2021 school year. The award is named for former board member Tom Dockweiler who served on the board for 21 years before he[Read More…]
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