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It was good for Darrius Hawkins Jr. to see the game from an unusual angle. Homewood-Flossmoor’s sophomore point guard missed the end of a loss to Thornton and two more games with a leg injury last week. He spent the time on the sideline trying to think like a coach[Read More…]
Trash Pickup. There will be no holiday service changes for Homewood Disposal customers. Flossmoor Green Commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the village hall committee room, 2800 Flossmoor Road. The agenda is available here. Flossmoor Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. in village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road (meeting moved to Tuesday[Read More…]
An update on the six proposals that were introduced for the downtown transit-oriented development (TOD) project in December was presented to the board at the Jan. 13 meeting. According to Homewood Economic and Community Development Director Angela Mesaros, the six proposals consisted of mixed-use or residential for either one or[Read More…]
Reading is fun! Especially when it’s paired with a big open space to run. Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s wrestling team members were in the practice room in the school’s fieldhouse Monday, Jan. 19, where they met little children to read to as their Leaders Are Readers Day of Service for the[Read More…]
The Illinois Department on Aging today released EngAging Illinois: A Comprehensive Plan for Living Well, a landmark multisector plan addressing the needs of older adults and caregivers. The plan establishes a decade-long blueprint to ensure the growing population of older Illinoisans can live dignified, engaged, productive, and meaningful lives at every stage of[Read More…]
Xavier Pratt is healthy. That’s not something the three-sport sophomore has been able to say a lot during his time at Homewood-Flossmoor. He missed almost all of the last wrestling season with an injury. The Vikings tight end was ready to go for football season, only to injure his shoulder[Read More…]
THE WEEK > Your government Tuesday, Jan. 20 Flossmoor Green Commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the village hall committee room, 2800 Flossmoor Road. The agenda is available here. Flossmoor Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. in village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road (meeting moved to Tuesday because of the MLK[Read More…]
The Homewood Village Board approved a final plat allowing the Washington Park Plaza shopping center on the west side of Halsted Street to be subdivided into nine individual lots at the Jan. 13 meeting. The property, located at 17748–17956 Halsted St., is owned by Washington Park Plaza LLC and includes[Read More…]
The wrestling calendar is moving quickly toward the postseason. With that in mind, Homewood-Flossmoor boys wrestling hosted its Mega Duals Jan. 17, inviting Downers Grove South, Glenbard West, Niles West, Stagg and Hampshire to the school’s gym. The Vikings topped Stagg 46-20 but lost to Glenbard West 44-29 and Downers[Read More…]
The Homewood-Flossmoor Education Organization is supporting Sam Calhoon, an H-F graduate who is student teaching this semester. When Calhoon graduated from H-F in 2021, he received a scholarship from HFEO, the teachers union, to support him as he pursued a teaching degree. Calhoon will graduate from the University of Illinois[Read More…]
