Homewood-Flossmoor District 233 officials announced late Friday, Feb. 17, that a former H-F High School administrator has been selected to be the new high school principal. The Board of Education is expected to make the appointment of Dr. Jerry Lee Anderson official at its meeting Tuesday.
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Search for new assistant village manager to begin in Homewood
Homewood will soon begin a search for an assistant village manager following the resignation of Michael Marzal, which became effective Jan. 27. At the village board meeting Feb. 14, trustees voted unanimously to accept Marzal’s letter of resignation and release. The action, which was part of the meeting’s omnibus[Read More…]
Drama Group presents Good People’ comedy
The Drama Group presents “Good People,” a 2011 Tony Award winning comedy, at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 24 and 25, and March 2, 3 and 4 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 26 and March 5, at the studio, 330 W. 202nd St., Chicago Heights. The play takes place in the[Read More…]
New Vollmer Road proposal includes Starbucks, AT&T store
A Starbucks coffee shop and AT&T store may be coming to Flossmoor. Members of the village plan commission, at their Feb. 16 meeting, recommended approval of a final plan amendment and special use permit for 7,420-square-foot commercial building at 3760 Vollmer Road, just west of the Meijer gas station. Besides Starbucks[Read More…]
Viking girls take regional basketball round with victory over Bloom
Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s girls basketball team continued its winning ways Thursday, Feb. 16, by taking the regional round of the state championship series with a 84-24 victory over Bloom High School. In an earlier regional game on Feb. 14, the Vikings defeated Thornwood 77-28. The regional games were played at[Read More…]
H-F chess team has best showing in 20 years at state meet
The Homewood-Flossmoor High School chess team, from left Owen Kreis, Julian Garcia, Justin Garcia, Matthew Scholefield, Perry Hoag, Henry Thiros, Jacob Rothchild, Eric Piros and Xander Branch, had its best showing in state competition in 20 years. (Provided photo) A nine-member Homewood-Flossmoor High School chess team had the best Vikings showing in 20 years[Read More…]
Vice District owners report steady progress at brewery, taproom
Vice District Brewing owners Curtis Tarver and Quintin Cole are excited about progress at their new facility in downtown Homewood. A spring opening is expected for both the Vice District brewery and taproom, to be located at 18027-18029 Dixie Highway.
District 161 OKs calendar for 2017-2018 school year
The calendar for the 2017-2018 school year was unanimously approved Monday by the Flossmoor District 161 Board of Education. The calendar has only minor changes from recent years and is being coordinated with neighboring school districts. However, the board may later discuss how one of the holidays is labeled.[Read More…]
100 Days make for a fun 100 years at Willow School
Mateo Garcia as he expects he might look when he is 100 years old. Friday, Feb. 10, was the 100th day of school for student Homewood District 153. The kindergarteners at Willow School found a fun way to celebrate by pretending to be people 100 years from now. They came as grandmas and[Read More…]
LighthouseLGBTQ invites pastor to discuss Bible
Andrea Denney, pastor at Calvary United Protestant Church in Park Forest, will be the guest presenter discussing “The Bible is Not a Weapon” at the 6:30 p.m. Feb. 22 meeting of LighthouseLGBTQ at the Flossmoor Community Church House, 847 Hutchinson Rd., Flossmoor. Denney, a graduate of the Chicago Theological[Read More…]
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