Martin Luther King Jr.’s holiday has passed, and we are heading into Black History Month, making this a good moment to reflect on both. As usual, Flossmoor knocked it out of the park with its 10th annual MLK Day of Service event, which coordinates dozens of service projects in the[Read More…]
Author: Eric Crump
Column: Thornton Township board meeting/impromptu MMA bout
In the old days (before Jan. 28), when politicians said they would fight for the people, we understood them to mean they would aggressively support good policies and protect constituents from bad policies. We took it for granted they would fight with words and votes. Most politicians I know don’t[Read More…]
Thornton Township voters choose Wiedeman as trustee: ‘The stalemate is over’
When Thornton Township special meeting moderator Prince Reed announced the name of Stephanie Wiedeman as nominee for trustee, a sea of yellow voting paddles shot into the air and most of the people in the packed field house at South Suburban College erupted in a sustained ovation that lasted nearly[Read More…]
Wiedeman chosen as Thornton Township trustee
At a special meeting Tuesday, Jan. 21, Thornton Township voters packed the field house at South Suburban College to select Stephanie Wiedeman as trustee. She will serve the last four months of Jerry Jones’ term. He resigned in October. More information to come.
Thornton Township electors have chance to shift balance of power on board with Tuesday vote
Thornton Township Clerk Loretta Wells announced last week a special meeting of electors at 6:01 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, to allow residents to select a trustee to fill a seat that has been vacant since former Trustee Jerry Jones resigned on Oct. 7, 2024. The vacancy has led to a[Read More…]
Residents organize Heather Hill Civic Association to keep better informed
Heather Hill residents were increasingly engaged with the Village of Flossmoor and with each other last year, primarily over the building of a controversial storm water detention basin in their midst, and in November they took a step to build on that effort, forming the Heather Hill Civic Association. At[Read More…]
North Halsted TIF District gets OK from taxing body reps
A proposed tax increment financing district (TIF) that would include the site of the former Walmart store in Homewood was approved Monday, Jan. 6, by representatives of taxing bodies that will be affected by freezing the equalized assessed value in the district. The Joint Review Board for the proposed North[Read More…]
Page 4: Subscribers, reporters collaborate to bring the news
The past two months we’ve thanked volunteers and businesses who have pitched in to help the Chronicle provide local news for our community. Another group that deserves special thanks is our subscribers. This has been another good year for website subscriptions. Active subscribers have increased 18% and net revenue is[Read More…]
Top stories of 2024
We’ve just bidden goodbye to 2024, an eventful year in Homewood and Flossmoor. We saw new developments and businesses, controversies big and small, big achievements and milestones. Here’s a list of the 25 stories readers found most interesting based on the number of views each story received. Most read stories[Read More…]
Heather Hill detention basin contractor regrades to correct drainage problem
On Christmas Eve, a crew was working to regrade the bottom of the Heather Hill detention basin in Flossmoor to correct a problem that resulted in pooling water in the structure that was built during the summer months. The basin is part of a multi-phase project designed to reduce flooding[Read More…]
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