Homewood Baseball and Softball (HBS) opened the 2017 season on Saturday, April 22, in the usual fashion, with a big, candy-filled parade and a ceremony to mark the event and honor several local heroes. HBS President Steve Anderson has served as emcee for a number of opening day ceremonies over[Read More…]
Author: Eric Crump
Farm-to-table Redbird Cafe to open Monday in downtown Homewood
The slow food, farm-to-table movement has found its way to downtown Homewood. Redbird Cafe at 2057 Ridge Road will open Monday, May 1, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony slated for 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 2.
With spirit and a history lesson, Flossmoor Baseball and Softball launches new season
Anyone who wants to know what team spirit sounds like need only visit the Flossmoor Road viaduct while the Flossmoor Baseball and Softball (FBS) parade is marching through. Early on April 22, as team after team marched under the tracks, the concrete walls reverberated with the roar of enthusiastic[Read More…]
Earth Day every day
Viewpoint: The commentary below represents the ideas, observations and opinions of the author. Saturday is Earth Day, and much attention is appropriately paid to big environmental problems and the policies we use to address them (Won’t polar bears be grateful that the tropics migrated to them? When will kayak taxis[Read More…]
IDOT, Homewood in talks about addressing Dixie Highway viaduct flooding problem
During a rain and hail storm on Feb. 28, one driver found out the hard way what most local motorists know: The Dixie Highway viaduct in Homewood is prone to flooding. The driver was rescued from the vehicle that stalled in several feet of water. The lesson? When hard rain[Read More…]
Homewood presents new TIF district plan at public hearing
Homewood officials and a financial consultant introduced the plan for a proposed tax increment financing (TIF) district in the downtown area during a public hearing at village hall on Tuesday, April 11. Several residents asked questions about the TIF plan and about one of the first projects expected to benefit[Read More…]
Identity released of driver whose vehicle went into Dolphin Lake on Friday
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office has released the identity of the driver who died Friday, March 31, after his car went into Dolphin Lake in Homewood. Larry Bowen, 53, of Homewood, was pronounced dead at 10:04 a.m. Friday, according to the medical examiner’s office. The cause and manner of[Read More…]
A sign of spring: Ballfield clean-up begins
After a soggy week, the weather finally improved, just in time for the first ballfield clean-up day sponsored by Homewood Baseball and Softball (HBS) on Saturday morning.
Emergency crews work to recover vehicle in Dolphin Lake
Neighbors say a vehicle apparently went into Dolphin Lake shortly before 8 a.m. Friday. Emergency responders, including divers, were still on the scene later in the morning.
H-F community pitches in to help local domestic violence agency after state funding dries up
The state might be failing to provide support for local domestic violence agency South Suburban Family Shelter (SSFS), but the Homewood-Flossmoor community is working to fill the funding gap. On Thursday, March 23, Loulou Belle shop in downtown Homewood hosted a fundraising event for SSFS, and on Saturday, March 25,[Read More…]
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