Franciscan Health and BroadStreet recently launched a new collaboration with the hope of leveraging data into action using nationally available dashboards for promoting violence prevention across communities. The dashboards present evidence-based interventions specific to a community’s demographics and socioeconomic factors. To create the dashboards, Stacey Quick, Franciscan Health community health[Read More…]
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8.23.22 | What You Need to Know Today
NATURE PHOTO CONTEST – Submit your best nature photo taken at Homewood Izaak Walton Preserve for a chance to have it included in the preserve’s 2023 calendar. Entrants can submit photos of weather, landscape, birds, dogs and other animals, and unidentifiable people. The contest closes at midnight Sept. 6. YOUTH[Read More…]
Local police officers collect nearly $3K for Special Olympics
Homewood and Flossmoor police officers were up early on Friday, Aug. 19, and they were up high, too, for the annual Cop on a Roof fundraiser for Special Olympics. Police partner each year with Dunkin’ to raise money for Special Olympics, which creates opportunities for athletes with disabilities to compete. [Read More…]
From the links to the ice and back for H-F’s Keigher
Jack Keigher is a golfer who also plays hockey, not the other way around. The Homewood-Flossmoor High School junior has always viewed things that way. He started golfing young. He thinks it was around kindergarten or first grade when his dad bought him a set of junior clubs and began[Read More…]
Former Flossmoor mayor honored with garden in Leavitt Park
Former Flossmoor Mayor Paul Braun, center (holding scissors) and Mayor Michelle Nelson prepare to cut the ribbon during the first week of August officially unveiling a pollinator garden in honor Braun’s service to the village. The garden in Leavitt Park west of downtown Flossmoor recognizes “his years of service to[Read More…]
The Weeks | Aug. 21
This week: Two board meetings, a business opening on Halsted and a an acoustic punk concert. Last week: Continued controversy over the police shooting of Madeline Miller. Public works projects are rolling after delays earlier this summer from a quarry strike.
Special event welcomes the start of a new school year
Hundreds of people gathered at Flossmoor Park on Friday, Aug. 19, for a special Back to School Night party that kicked off at 6 p.m. with treats for everyone and games for kids. By 7 p.m. families gathered on the lawn with blankets and chairs for a viewing at dusk[Read More…]
Mama & Me Pizzeria is closing as the owner retires
Mama & Me Pizzeria, a pizza restaurant in downtown Homewood, is closing permanently on Friday, Aug. 26. The restaurant is known for its inexpensive, Chicago-style thin crust and live music on Friday nights. Owner Kim Phillipos choked up as she described her retirement as “bittersweet,” and said she wants to[Read More…]
GSU to host panel discussion on democracy and the media
Governors State University will present a panel discussion examining democracy and the media on Thursday, Sept. 22, in Room F1622 to celebrate the launch of the school’s new Center for Community Media. Journalist and author Moustafa Bayoumi and professor and journalist Oswaldo Zavala will participate in “A Conversation on Democracy,[Read More…]
Flossmoor Fest to once again keep the party going downtown Sept. 10 following Hidden Gem
After the fun of the Hidden Gem Half-Marathon winds down Saturday, Sept. 10, don’t be fooled; the party is just getting started. Flossmoor Fest will return to downtown Flossmoor, with a “soft open” at noon featuring Go DJ. The Homewood-Flossmoor High School Marching Band kicks off the main stage entertainment[Read More…]
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