Homewood incumbents make pitch for building on village’s strengths

Homewood's five incumbent candidates for village office made a case for their leadership and promised to build on successes during a candidate forum Saturday, March 18, sponsored by the local League of Women Voters (LWV) chapter and co-sponsored by the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle.Two trustee challengers ― Jennifer "Jen" Sjoblom whose name will be on the ballot, and write-in candidate Andre Thames ― were unable to attend.Village President Richard Hofeld and Village Clerk Marilyn Thomas, who are running unopposed, were given two minutes to make statements but were not included in the question-and-answer session.In . . .