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When an event is as well-received by the community as Chamber Night with the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra was in 2021, there is only one thing to do: an encore. “It went fantastically last year,” said Christina Salerno, executive director of the IPO. “This year we tried to change it up[Read More…]
Blue Pearl Candles will be selling candles with purple ribbons in a fundraiser for Anew: Building Beyond Violence and Abuse, formerly known as South Suburban Family Shelter. A table will be set up by Blue Pearl Candles in front of Anew’s administrative building on Thursday, July 28 and Friday, July[Read More…]
The Local 150 branch of the International Union of Operating Engineers has been on strike against Lehigh Hanson, Lafarge Holcim and Vulcan Materials since June 7. No asphalt is being moved in Illinois, causing multiple construction and public works projects in the Homewood-Flossmoor area to be delayed. Lehigh Hanson and[Read More…]
Wake-N-Bakery officially opened its Homewood location on Friday, July 15. The shop is part of a chain of cafés that sell cookies, cakes, brownies, other pastries, lattes, teas and lemonades with federally legal, hemp-derived cannabinoids such as Delta-8 THC, THC-O and CBD. They also sell pre-rolled “joints” and THC-infused gummies. [Read More…]
STEM SATURDAYS BACK – Homewood Science Center hosts a Grand Reopening of its STEAM Studio, with new exhibits donated by SciTech Museum, from 3 to 7 p.m. today. Also, STEM Saturdays are back in action beginning this Saturday with special extended hours from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. CUSTOMERS APPRECIATED[Read More…]
Maureen Mader was quite satisfied with the second annual Battle of the Chefs event hosted by her deli, Dunning’s Market in downtown Flossmoor, on July 16. Just about every aspect of the event exceeded her hopes. “Everything ran smoothly. The weather was perfect. The food was delicious. The band was[Read More…]
Plans for an Oasis House of Refuge facility in Flossmoor are moving forward after initially being pitched to the village board in March. The village board voted 5-0 Monday, July 18, to approve an ordinance to annex two parcels of land along Governors Highway, and voted 5-0 again to approve[Read More…]
The screwball comedy “Leading Ladies” is the August production at The Drama Group in Chicago Heights. Set in Pennsylvania in 1958, a pair of down-and-out itinerate English Shakespearean actors decide to fake their identities. They become long-lost cousins to a wealthy family in an effort to swindle an inheritance. The[Read More…]
Homewood Estates Park got its official reopening on July 19 when members of the Homewood Rotary Foundation joined with park officials to unveil Rotary Fields, celebrating with an ice cream party. Representatives from Homewood-Flossmoor Park District and Homewood Rotary Foundation were on hand for the official reopening of Homewood Estates[Read More…]
Deion Johnson feels underappreciated and under-recruited going into this senior year at Homewood-Flossmoor. The 113-pounder has now made his presence known on the national wrestling scene. The Vikings senior-to-be finished second at 113 pounds on July 19 in the US Marine Corps Junior National Championships in Fargo, North Dakota. The[Read More…]