Dr. Gottlieb reflects on 34 years as child psychologist

By Marilyn Thomas on September 14, 2019 - 10:48pm

“When I grew up …”
 
Dr. David Gottlieb can tell you the changes he’s seen in the world of kids and teenagers the past 34 years of his practice as a child psychologist in Homewood. He will be closing his practice in December.
 

Police confirm robbery at Chase Bank in Homewood

By Carole Sharwarko on September 13, 2019 - 3:19pm
Homewood police officers responded to a report of a robbery at Chase Bank at the corner of 183rd Street and Dixie Highway around 12:06 p.m. 
 

H-F artists will display work at Park Forest Art Fair Sept. 21-22

By Provided News on September 12, 2019 - 11:42pm

The Park Forest Art Fair, sponsored by Tall Grass Arts Association will celebrate its 64th year during the Sept. 21 and 22 event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day in downtown Park Forest.

 

 

Speaker system coming to Downtown Homewood

By David P. Funk on September 12, 2019 - 10:55pm

The Homewood Village Board approved the purchase of a wireless speaker system for the downtown area at its Sept. 10 meeting.

The system will be used for public events and festivals and to share public announcements. It will allow the amplification of live music and speaking at festivals and other functions.

Excess water: The drainage dilemma

By Eric Crump on September 12, 2019 - 8:28am
  • A youngster bikes through a flooded sidewalk along Olive Road in Homewood in 2014. Most flooding in Homewood and Flossmoor is due to storm water drainage rather than stream overflow. (Chronicle file photo)
  • A youngster plays in a flooded street in 2014 while two adults supervise. Public works officials note that urban flooding has a range of causes and might be chronic or only occasional. This section of Olive Road rarely floods, so the cause might have been a blocked storm sewer grate. (Chronicle file photo)
  • A wet May contributed to local flooding. This resident resorted to a pump to bring water to the street, where the water could find its way to the storm sewer system. (Chronicle file photo)
  • The intersection of Perth Avenue and Heather Road in Flossmoor is flooded following storms the morning of Aug. 18. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)
  • One of the easiest flooding problems to solve is a blocked storm sewer grate. Public works crews in Homewood and Flossmoor regularly clear grates immediatley following storms, but officials urge residents to pitch in if they can or to call public works to report blocked grates so crews can get to them. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)
  • A car is stalled in the westbound lane of the Dixie Highway viaduct after heavy rains in August 2014. Before mutual aid agreements became common, Homewood firefighters used to park a truck on the west side of the viaduct when heavy rain was expected so the west side of town would still have service. (Chronicle file photo)
  • The caption on this photo from the Oct. 12, 1954, Homewood-Flossmoor Star reads: "Aftermath of torrential rains which flooded Homewood area over week-end are pictured in the above photographs. In upper left, boys take advantage of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go boating in the village as they paddle past stalled and nearly submerged car at Dixie highway viaduct." Viaduct flooding certainly isn't new. (From the Homewood Historical Society archives)
Water is a friend that can very easily become a foe.

Homewood and Flossmoor have no large bodies of water to cause the kind of dramatic flooding that makes the evening news. Instead, the area has chronic problems with stormwater drainage that nevertheless are a serious matter for local property owners.

Flossmoor hires company to track vacancies, foreclosures

By Stephanie Markham on September 12, 2019 - 8:16am

Flossmoor currently has 176 vacant, foreclosed and pre-foreclosed properties out of about 4,000 houses in the community.
 
The numbers may seem small, but officials say tracking down the owners of these properties has been time consuming and at times overwhelming for village staff.
 
The Flossmoor Village Board, on Sept. 3, approved a two-year contract with Florida-based Property Registration Champions, LLC, known as ProChamps.
 

AP honors given to 150 from H-F High

By Chronicle staff on September 10, 2019 - 9:55pm
AP Scholar Awards have been presented to 150 current and graduated Homewood-Flossmoor High School students in recognition of their exceptional achievements on Advanced Placement exams. The honors are for work during the 2018-19 academic year. 
 

H-F High offers student athletes special care from athletic trainers

By Marilyn Thomas on September 10, 2019 - 9:47pm

When athletes at Homewood-Flossmoor High School turn up with sprained ankles, broken bones and the occasional concussion, they get excellent care from two professional athletic trainers. In spring 2019, the work of Brad Kleine and Danni Werner of Athletico Physical Therapy won H-F the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Safe Sports School Award.

Pickleball courts, lessons available through H-F Park District

By Marilyn Thomas on September 10, 2019 - 9:26pm
The pickleball craze has come to the H-F area. The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District made two outdoor pickleball courts at Lions Club Park, 1041 Ridge Road in Homewood, and the Racquet & Fitness Club, 2920 W 183rd St., is hosting a pickleball primer at various times this fall.
 

Enlisting everyone to end domestic violence

By Carole Sharwarko on September 9, 2019 - 10:08pm
During Domestic Violence Awareness Month, marked in October, one local agency wants to send a message that everyone can reduce violence through small actions. From its Homewood administrative office, South Suburban Family Shelter is planning a slate of activities for the month under the theme “Be the Change,” hoping to connect community members with little ways they can work toward a violence-free world.
 

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