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3/31/2021 | What You Need to Know Today
SHOP AND WIN – The Grow Flossmoor contest begins April 1. Shop at Flossmoor businesses and collect your receipts. At the end of the month, submit your total for a chance to win one of three prizes. EGG DROP CHALLENGE – Kids in kindergarten to second grade can participate in[Read More…]
Clone of COVID-19 numbers: March 30
Vaccination progress (full doses): South District Suburban Region State 11.2% 13.5% 16.56% Region 10 (includes H-F) Positive test rate: 4.8% ↑ Consecutive days under 8% test positivity: 69 Consecutive days ICU beds over 20% threshold: 88 Days of COVID-19 patient decreases or stable: 187 (Source: IDPH. Updated March 27) Homewood Cases: 1,526 (+3) (since the[Read More…]
Park district plans to open Lions Club Pool on June 5
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District is getting ready to open the Lions Club Pool swim season on June 5. Passes go on sale April 1. After remaining closed last summer because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lions Club Pool will open for the season on June 5. Passes go on sale April[Read More…]
D161 dodges natural gas price surge caused by cold weather, Texas export stoppage
Some school districts incurred heavy costs in purchasing natural gas in mid-February because of a cold weather surge and related factors, but Flossmoor School District 161 dodged the worst of it through strategic planning. At a March 22 special meeting of the district’s board of education, Associate Superintendent Frances LaBella[Read More…]
Simms named chair of Southland Chamber board
Connie Simms has been selected the 2021 Board of Directors Chairperson for the Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce (CSCC). Simms has been serving on the board since 2017 and on its executive board in 2020. Connie Simms She is the third female chair in the 36-year history of the chamber,[Read More…]
3/30/2021 | What You Need to Know Today
CALUMET CC HEARING – On Thursday, a Cook County judge considers a motion by Homewood residents to become defendants in the case against the Village of Homewood by the company looking to redevelop the Calumet Country Club site. Watch the hearing on Zoom, ID: 97725700908, PW: 821555. EARLY VOTING SITES[Read More…]
Homewood Domino’s turns to e-bike delivery
Preckwinkle endorses Clean Energy Jobs Act
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle joined officials, advocates and an impacted business owner on Monday, March 29, to endorse the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA, HB 804), praising the bill for advancing equity and helping Illinois to mitigate climate change. Preckwinkle was joined by Illinois Rep. Delia Ramirez, Cook[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: March 29
Vaccination progress (full doses): South District Suburban Region State 11% 13.3% 16.34% Region 10 (includes H-F) Positive test rate: 4.7% ↑ Consecutive days under 8% test positivity: 68 Consecutive days ICU beds over 20% threshold: 87 Days of COVID-19 patient decreases or stable: 187 (Source: IDPH. Updated March 26) Homewood Cases: 1,523 (+13) (since[Read More…]
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