HOMEWOOD BREWING VIDEO — Everyone who travels Dixie Highway in downtown Homewood has been able to watch progress all summer on the construction of Homewood Brewing. Now there’s a video by Powering Chicago showing the inside and including comments by contractors and by co-owner Carmela Wallace. The craft brewery and restaurant is expected to[Read More…]
Author: Chronicle staff
11.8.2023 | What You Need To Know Today
CLEOPATRA APPEARANCE — Martina Mathison will portray the last Egyptian Pharoah at the Homewood Historical Society meeting, 6:45 p.m. tonight in the meeting room of Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway. EDUCATOR OPEN HOUSE — The Homewood Science Center, 18022 Dixie Highway in Homewood, will host an open house for educators from 4:30[Read More…]
11.7.2023 | What You Need To Know Today
PARK DISTRICT BOARD MEETS The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. tonight in the Goldberg Administration Building, 3301 Flossmoor Road. The agenda is available here. COMMEMORATIVE BRICKS FOR VETERANS — The Flossmoor Veterans Memorial is selling commemorative bricks to honor veterans to help fund maintenance of[Read More…]
Flossmoor will launch busy holiday event season on Nov. 25
The winter holiday season in Homewood and Flossmoor will have its first big events on Saturday, Nov. 25.That will be Small Business Saturday in both villages and nationwide, an annual reminder of the important role local businesses play in a community. Nov. 25 is also the day Flossmoor launches its[Read More…]
11.3.2023 | What You Need To Know This Weekend
PUMPKIN SMASH — The H-F Park District will host the annual pumpkin recycling event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Coyote Run Golf Course, 800 Kedzie Ave. in Flossmoor. Pumpkin Smash is an annual effort to divert pumpkins from landfills by providing a location for residents to drop off jack-o-lanterns to be composted. Bring candy[Read More…]
11.2.2023 | What You Need To Know Today
H-F HIGH PLAY — “One Stoplight Town” is a story about a small town and its various characters. Tickets are available now on GoFan. The play is showing tonight at 7 p.m. in the H-F performing arts center, 999 Kedzie Ave.; Friday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m.; and Saturday, Nov. 4, at 2[Read More…]
11.1.2023 | What You Need To Know Today
D153 SEEKS VETERANS — Homewood School District 153 is inviting veterans or those currently serving in uniform to register for the annual Veterans’ Day celebration Nov. 10 at James Hart School. The event includes a flag raising ceremony, breakfast and school assembly to salute veterans for their service. RSVP here by Friday, Nov.[Read More…]
Homewood announces winners of Halloween decorating contest
Homewood officials posted the winners of the annual Haunted Homewood Halloween Decorating Contest on the village Facebook page on Monday, Oct. 30. The winner in the Child Friendly category was 2828 Birch Road. The Special Effects winner was 1611 Cedar Road. The Scariest entry was 18613 Page Ave. Other entries[Read More…]
Homewood police arrest Chicago Heights man for reckless homicide
Homewood police announced Sunday, Oct. 29, that a Chicago Heights man was arrested Oct. 27 in connection with a fatal traffic crash in September. Deondre Bing, 19, was charged with reckless homicide for a crash on Sept. 6 at the intersection of 183rd Street and Kedzie Avenue. Grace Hill, 76,[Read More…]
Obituary: Linda Jo Van Dyke | October 13, 2023
Linda Jo Van Dyke, 76, lovingly known as Nin, Grandma Linda, Aunt Linda and Tiz, passed away peacefully at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center on October 13, 2023. Linda lived in Verona, NJ, after moving from Flossmoor, IL following the death of her husband, Robert Van Dyke, in 2020. Linda spent[Read More…]


