Green Thumb Saturdays series is back. The Homewood Tree Committee is again hosting its series of gardening presentations starting Saturday, March 14. The series runs through Oct. 10.
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PARCC-wise, it’s “so far, so good” in Flossmoor School District 161. Students in grades three through five started taking the new state-mandated exam on Feb. 25 and testing, so far, has gone smoothly, Superintendent Craig Doster said at Monday’s Board of Education meeting.
Four retiring teachers will not be replaced in Flossmoor District 161 next year and nine bus routes may face the budget ax as school officials look to the 2015-16 fiscal year.
Homewood trustees paved the way Tuesday for the much-anticipated development of a Portillo's restaurant on the southwest corner of Halsted and 175th streets. (Story updated at 3:09 p.m. March 11)
"Music from the Backyard & Front Porch," a show featuring American songs performed by Lauren Pelon using a wide array of instruments, will be presented at 6 p.m. March 24 at the Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway. 
Cancer patients were the beneficiaries of a Valentine’s Day flower sale conducted by members of the Early Act Club at Homewood’s Millennium School
Children with cancer often lose their hair as a side effect of treatment. Saturday a number of H-F students, teachers and community members gave up their hair in show of support and to help raise money for pediatric cancer research.
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