Pat and Barb Nevins of Homewood are long-time   supporters of the Walk of Hope and other Cancer   Support Center fundraisers. (Photo by Marilyn Thomas/   H-F Chronicle)   Barb and Pat Nevins of Homewood are looking forward to a fun day on Sunday, Oct. 2, when they join the volunteer ranks at[Read More…]

The search for a new principal for Homewood-Flossmoor High School will begin within the month. District 233 board member Gerald Pauling, chairman of the Personnel Committee, said the school board will be working with a search firm that specializes in education leadership in its efforts to find the next principal. The[Read More…]

  Vice District co-owner Curtis Tarver serves a customer   at the Homewood Hop Fest in July. The company hopes   to open its brewery and taproom on Dixie Highway   early in 2017. (Photos by Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)   The windows at 18027-18029 Dixie Highway in Homewood have been papered over all summer as the owners of[Read More…]

  Area residents typically visit Izaak Walton Preserve to hike, bike and fish. In three weeks, there will be another reason to visit: the art. The preserve will host an art show, “The Nature of Art,” in Senior Hall Lodge from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, and[Read More…]

By a 5 to 1 vote, Homewood trustees approved a resolution Tuesday, June 28, in support of Class 8 property tax relief for the site where Krispy Kreme will be building a doughnut shop this summer. The application for tax relief is being submitted to Cook County by the property[Read More…]

Illinois Rep. Anthony DeLuca (D-Chicago Heights) and the 80th District Senior Advisory Committee are presenting a senior information fair from 9 a.m. to noon on Monday, Oct. 3. The program at the John H. Blakey Senior Center, 1 Rebecca St. in Glenwood, is free. This program will offer current information[Read More…]

  Tramone Tate, a sophomore  of Homewood, asked to  have his photo take with  Holocaust survivor Eva Kor  after she spoke to H-F High  students. (Photos by   Marilyn Thomas/H-F   Chronicle) Eva Mozes Kor elicited the help of students at Homewood-Flossmoor High School to create and send one million tweets on forgiveness.  It is part of her ongoing[Read More…]

In the early 1980s, Homewood voters made a decision that directly affects the cost of water in Homewood and Flossmoor today: They decided to switch from well water to Lake Michigan water. The vote wasn’t even close. Homewood Mayor Richard Hofeld said the referendum passed with 90 percent or more[Read More…]

Work in Progress performs at the Homewood Art & Garden Fair in June. The band will be on stage again from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday during Homewood Fall Fest.(Photos by Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) When a band has multiple multi-instrumentalists, the musical possibilities increase.  Although he joined Work in Progress after it[Read More…]

The Homewood District 153 school board expects to see an additional $1.2 million in its budget this year through savings and new state dollars. John Gibson, the district’s chief school finance officer, said this year the district expects to collect about $600,000 in additional state revenues, and will see a[Read More…]