CHIPOTLE FUNDRAISER – Burrito or taco, chips and guac — tonight’s Chipotle order can benefit the Serena Hills Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization. From 4 to 8 p.m., visit Chipotle in Homewood and mention Serena Hills PTO for a portion of your payment to be donated. For online pickup, use[Read More…]
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H-F’s Jaden Sharp accepted to Princeton University
Jaden Sharp Jaden Sharp, a senior at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, is gearing up for an Ivy League education at Princeton University. Sharp said Princeton was one of several choices, and he’s anxious to attend the highly competitive school because it will offer him “a high caliber education and it just[Read More…]
Duckworth to speak at League of Women Voters event Wednesday
Tammy Duckworth U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth will be the featured speaker for the annual meeting of the League of Women Voters Homewood-Flossmoor Area. The meeting will be conducted virtually. Duckworth will speak at 7:45 p.m., but LWV officials urge anyone who wishes to attend to connect between 7:30 and 7:35[Read More…]
New principal selected for Parker Junior High
The District 161 school board approved a contract with Ursula Parris to serve as the next principal at Parker Junior High School in Flossmoor. Parris will come to the district starting July 1 after serving as a school administrator in Florida where she has nearly 15 years of school administration[Read More…]
3/7/2022 | What You Need to Know Today
BOARD MEETINGS – Flossmoor Village Board meets at 7:30 p.m. tonight. Homewood Village Board meets at 7 p.m. tomorrow. Attend either meeting at their respective village halls or on Zoom. View the agendas online. CEDAR PARK MEETING – As H-F Park District is in the planning stages of updating the[Read More…]
Homewood trustees to consider letter of intent with developer
A vacant lot at Dixie Highway and Hickory Road might soon be the site for a new mixed-use downtown Homewood development. Savoia T’Go restaurant in January 2105. The village bought the property later that year.Savoia T’Go is demolished in June 2016 (Chronicle file photos) At the regular board meeting Tuesday,[Read More…]
How electricity works: Lessons from STEM Saturday
Joyce, Hurley advance measure to give back to first responders
A measure to support first responders via a tax check-off passed the Illinois House on Wednesday. House Bill 4161 was sponsored by state Rep. Fran Hurley (D-Chicago) and state Sen. Patrick Joyce (D-Essex). “First responders put their lives on the line for our community, and we should have an easier[Read More…]
H-F Park District starts 2022-23 budgeting process
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District board got its first look at a 2022-23 budget showing revenues of $12.86 million and expenses projected at $12.63 million. Revenues are expected to go up as park activities resume after the COVID-19 pandemic, and thanks to Cook County’s reassessment of South Suburbs property in 2020.[Read More…]
Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery Celebrating Women’s Day, March 8 (free content)
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