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Editor’s note: This is the second edition of what we envision will be a weekly newsletter. Let us know what you think about the format and content. Write to [email protected]. Predicting the future Prognostication is a pasttime fraught with peril. Nevertheless, we’re going to go out on a limb and[Read More…]
TEEN READING CHALLENGE – Read and log your hours for a chance to win gift cards and more with Homewood Library’s Winter Break Teen Reading Challenge. Find the event on Facebook. MLK DAY ACTIVITY – The Village of Flossmoor invites local nonprofit organizations and businesses to host service projects during[Read More…]
Will Pauling, a 2021 graduate of Homewood-Flossmoor High School, is now playing football for the University of Cincinnati. His parents Gerald and Eugenia Pauling of Flossmoor joined him after the university won the AAC Championship game over the University of Houston. (Provided photo) Will Pauling was shaking a little bit[Read More…]
Flossmoor’s long-in-the-works switch to a new water source is closer to being realized. The Village Board voted unanimously Monday, Dec. 6, to approve a water sale and purchase agreement with the Village of Homewood. The water will still come from Lake Michigan, but through Hammond rather than Chicago, as it[Read More…]
FLOSSMOOR HOLIDAY PARADE – See mobile holiday displays during Flossmoor’s new Holiday Lights Parade at 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Flossmoor Police, Fire and Public Works departments will travel through the neighborhoods with their vehicles festively decorated. Residents not on the direct parade route can watch the festivities from temporary bleachers near[Read More…]
Students in three classrooms at Churchill School are learning remotely after positive cases of the COVID-19 virus were found in the weekly SHIELD testing the week of Dec. 5. The news was shared by Superintendent Scott McAlister at the Dec. 13 school board meeting. Churchill has 70 students in quarantine[Read More…]
LAST BOARD MEETING – Homewood village board meets at 7 p.m. tonight at village hall and online. It’s expected to be the final board meeting of the year. HOLIDAY LIGHTS RECYCLING – Drop off unwanted string lights and broken extension cords for recycling in a bin at H-F Racquet and[Read More…]
No need to wait for spring. Summer youth sports have winter opportunities for players to hone skills or try out for travel teams. Flossmoor Baseball and Softball Flossmoor Baseball and Softball will sponsor winter workouts starting Jan. 9 and running seven sessions through March 6. There will be specific time[Read More…]
