Homewood officials discovered Tuesday, Sept. 28, that sanitary sewage was present in a stormwater retention pond in the Prairie Lakes business park. The pond is at the east side of the business park, directly west of the Kohl’s and Walmart stores. On Wednesday, Homewood Public Works crews began pumping water[Read More…]

  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…]