DISTRICT 153 PERSONNEL COMMITTEE — The committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. today in the district conference room at 18205 Aberdeen St. in Homewood. Find the agenda here. DISTRICT 233 BOARD — The board will meet at 7 p.m. tonight in the South Building, 999 Kedzie Ave., Flossmoor. Find the agenda here. PARK BOARD — Commissioners[Read More…]
Author: Chronicle staff
Crews respond to fire at Home Depot Monday afternoon
Homewood Fire Department crews responded to the Home Depot home improvement store at 17845 Halsted St. in Homewood Monday afternoon after receiving a report about 4 p.m. of a fire in a storage rack. Homewood Fire Chief Bob Grabowski said store staff and patrons had already evacuated the building when[Read More…]
10.12.2023 | What You Need To Know Today
HOMEWOOD P&Z MEETING POSTPONED— The Homewood Planning and Zoning Commission scheduled for tonight has been postponed to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19 at village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. TRAIL MIX CONCERT CHANGE— Trail Mix organizers have peered at the forecast and decided it might not be fun to be outdoors on a[Read More…]
10.11.2023 | What You Need To Know Today
CIELITO LINDO— The strolling mariachi band will perform in Flossmoor Park from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday to help the village celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. From 5-6 p.m. the park district will offer drop-in sugar skull painting for all ages at Park Place (the warming house) in Flossmoor Park. HOMEWOOD HISTORICAL[Read More…]
10.10.2023 | What You Need To Know Today
TRAFFIC DELAYS ON DIXIE — Homewood announced construction crews will be working on Dixie Highway in front of Homewood Brewery north of 183rd Street from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. DISTRICT 161 SCHOOL BOARD — The board will meet at 6 p.m. tonight at Normandy Village, 41 E. Elmwood Drive.[Read More…]
Suzie’s Hallmark owner dies Oct. 6
Long-time Homewood business owner Bernadine “Suzie” Sierzega died unexpectedly on Oct. 6. She was 76. For 49 years, Mrs. Sierzega and her husband, Fred, owned and operated Suzie’s Hallmark, first on Ridge Road and then at an expanded location at 18065 Harwood Avenue. Before they met, she asked about[Read More…]
Famous Wienermobile visits Walt’s on Friday
What’s 27 feet long, claims to get countless smiles per gallon and is billed as “a monument to fun”? That would be the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile, which made a stop for about an hour Friday, Oct. 6, at Walt’s Food Center in Homewood. The Wienermobile staff — “BBQ” Brady Schroeder[Read More…]
10.7.2023 | What You Need To Know Today
RECYCLEPALOOZA — The annual opportunity to clean house and recycle hard-to-recycle items. The Flossmoor Green Commission volunteers will collect items from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in the Parker Junior High School parking lot across the street from village hall in the 2800 block of Flossmoor Road. Participants should stay in their[Read More…]
10.6.2023 | What You Need to Know This Weekend
THE ADDAMS FAMILY ON STAGE — The Drama Group will present America’s kooky, spooky Addams Family on stage at 330 202nd St. in Chicago Heights, at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 6 and 7, with repeat performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 12, 13, and 14. Matinee[Read More…]
10.5.2023 | What You Need To Know Today
HELP KEEP FLOSSMOOR GREEN — Flossmoor is seeking volunteers to help plant trees throughout the village on Saturday, Oct. 21. The meet up location is village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road, at 8 a.m. Volunteers should wear closed-toed shoes and bring work gloves and, if possible, their own transportation to reach planting sites.[Read More…]
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