Cook County officials announced on Monday, Nov. 29, the release of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a renewable energy purchase agreement.
The county is seeking to purchase a large portion of its electricity supply from a renewable source beginning in Fiscal Year 2023.
The Flossmoor School District 161 board of education shifted how it is approaching its complicated 2021 tax levy after receiving new information from the Cook County Clerk’s Office.
The COVID-19 pandemic forced Homewood and Homewood-Flossmoor Park District holiday celebrations to go virtual last year, but with the increase in vaccinations and reduction in infections, the gatherings and traditions will resume
The first event will be Holiday Lights from 5 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 3, in downtown Homewood.
H-F Park District will host its annual tree lighting ceremony beginning at 6:45 p.m. the same night, with Santa Claus arriving on a Homewood fire engine to hit the switch that lights the community Christmas tree in Irwin Park.
BEYOND WORDS ART SHOW - Cancer Support Center celebrates its art therapy participants at their 2021 Art Show: Beyond Words. Attend in person at the Homewood location or online at the CSC website. 5 to 6:30 p.m. today
UKE IT UP - If you've been wanting to try Melody Mart's Family Ukulele Night, now's the time! Get started with the string instrument, learn a new song and jam with other ukulele players. 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday
Homewood will install "no U-turn" signs at the delineators on 183rd Street at Center Avenue to help improve safety in the area.
Residents have complained that vehicles regularly perform U-turns around the pylons in that area, which were installed to prevent left turns at the intersection. An ordinance authorizing the installation of the signs, which was approved by the village board Tuesday, Nov. 23, aims to address that issue. It also revises the village’s traffic regulation schedule.
After delaying asphalt replacement at Flossmoor Hills and Heather Hill elementary schools this summer because no one bid on the project, Flossmoor School District 161 is getting ready to move forward with work — though only one company bid on the work the second time around.
