LINE DANCING FOR ADULTS – Adults 55 and older can meet friends and get exercise at Line Dancing Classes at 10 a.m. every Monday at the Irwin Community Center in Homewood. There is a $5 fee. For more information, call the Irwin Center at (708) 957-7275. PRESCHOOL IN THE PARK[Read More…]
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Homewood Florist closing up shop after 62 years
The 12- to 15-hour day and seven-day-a-week schedule will be coming to an end for Marty and Kyle Arrivo, owners of Homewood Florist. They announced their retirement and will close the store Oct. 31. The shop at 18064 Martin Ave. in downtown Homewood has been at that location for 62[Read More…]
Kathleen Daly named next executive director of the Cancer Support Center
Kathleen Daly has been named the new executive director of the Cancer Support Center. Daly succeeds Sue Armato who stepped down from the position after nine years in the top position. The Cancer Support Center board of directors said it accepted resumes from 75 people interested in the job. “In[Read More…]
Homewood marks completion of water supply project
Franciscan Health resident receives Goldberg Memorial Scholarship
The Franciscan Health Foundation announced that first-year medical resident Dr. Nishant Kumar is this year’s recipient of its prestigious Dr. Lowell Goldberg Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded annually to the graduating osteopathic medicine student who has earned the highest clinical rotation scores. “I feel very honored to have received[Read More…]
9.20.22 | What You Need to Know Today
CHILI COOK-OFF CONTESTANTS – Get ready for Homewood’s Fall Fest on Saturday by signing up for the Chili Cook-Off. You’ll provide three gallons of your best chili for tasting by a panel of judges and Fall Fest visitors. Awards include $100, $75, and $50 for first, second and third place;[Read More…]
Local artists sold their work at the Park Forest Art Fair
The Park Forest Art Fair drew 58 artists over the weekend of Saturday, Sept. 17, and Sunday, Sept. 18, according to Kate Pattinson, the event organizer and executive director of Tallgrass Art Gallery. The artisans were both local and from out of town, and they included a Homewood crafter who[Read More…]
Recyclepalooza is Oct. 8 in Flossmoor
Collect your recyclables for Recyclepalooza from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 8. Homewood Disposal, Flossmoor School District 161, Chicago Southland Green Committee and Homewood Flossmoor High School are sponsoring the event at Parker Junior High. Cars can enter from Flossmoor Road into the school parking lot where volunteers[Read More…]
The weeks | Sept. 18
<- Weeks -> A few articles submitted by partner organizations in the Democracy Day project: We need an inspiring culture of democracy: Start by making International Democracy Day a holiday By Yordanos Eyoel and Akunna Cook, CollaborativeJournalism.org. How to rise above partisan politics to uphold our democracy (analysis from Waging Nonviolence) The State of Our Nation: What[Read More…]
Homewood, Flossmoor libraries marking Banned Book Week
The Homewood and Flossmoor Public Libraries are joining with the American Library Association (ALA) this week to mark the 40th anniversary of Banned Books Week. Special displays will be up through Saturday, Sept. 24, information sheets on banned books are available and several programs are being used to call attention[Read More…]
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