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Homewood-Flossmoor Park District Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. in the Goldberg Administration Center, 3301 Flossmoor Road. The agenda is available here. Flossmoor Green Commission will meet at 7 p.m. in village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. The agenda is available here. Senior Bagels & Bingo. There will be small prizes for each game[Read More…]
The Homewood Village Board has approved a four-year agreement with CivicPlus at the July 14 meeting to redesign the village’s website to meet the new requirements for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and improve overall accessibility. Homewood has used Granicus as its website content management system since 2017. While the[Read More…]
The Homewood Village Board approved a new three-year collective bargaining agreement with the Homewood Professional Firefighters Union Local 3656 of the International Association of Firefighters at the July 14 meeting, replacing the previous five-year contract that expired April 30. According to Homewood Assistant Village Manager Terence Acquah, the agreement, which[Read More…]
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s appointments to four Northern Illinois area transit boards were approved by the Cook County Board on Thursday, July 16. The appointments include five individuals to the new Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA) board created by the Illinois legislature, two of whom will also sit[Read More…]
Over the last several months, the District 233 school board has approved 3% salary raises for Homewood-Flossmoor High School administrators for the coming year. Most of these salaries were voted on at the June 16 board meeting and will be posted to the district website after the board’s minutes are[Read More…]
Seeing all of the flooding in basements and on neighborhood streets over the last few days has been tough. If you’re dealing with it, I’m so sorry. One thing that has made a huge difference on my property is planting a native garden. Native plants have incredibly deep root systems[Read More…]
Illinois Senator Napoleon Harris, D-Harvey, announced grants to local libraries and schools as part of the Illinois Secretary of State’s Public Library Per Capita and Equalization Aid Grants, Security and Construction Grants and School Library Grants programs. Awards went to Homewood School District 153, $1,551; Homewood-Flossmoor High School District 233,[Read More…]
Cook County Board of Commissioners on Thursday, July 16, voted to pass a resolution introduced by Commissioner Donna Miller, who represents the 6th District, including Homewood, to place a countywide advisory referendum in the Nov. 3 general election. The advisory referendum will ask voters whether Illinois should adopt the proposed[Read More…]
The Homewood Village Board approved a $176,917 contract at the July 14 meeting for a series of pedestrian safety improvements at several downtown intersections to make crosswalks more visible and accessible. The contract was awarded to Iroquois Paving Corporation of Watseka, the lowest bidder among seven companies that submitted proposals[Read More…]
Metra has launched a new pilot program using remotely operated drones to monitor its rail lines and facilities with the goal of improving safety and security throughout the commuter rail system and decreasing response times to critical incidents along the railroad. “This pilot project aligns with NITA’s legislative mandate to[Read More…]
