The duties of principal at Homewood-Flossmoor High School will be a shared responsibility this school year. “We will not be hiring an interim principal,” said Jodi Bryant, director of human resources and public relations. The school board’s Personnel Committee met Monday and agreed with the plan laid out for the[Read More…]

National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 2, in Homewood’s Irwin Park provided area residents a chance to mingle with local law enforcement officers. The mini-festival included music, games, food and a chance to learn about police officers and their work. 

Staff members for the SmartLab at Hart Schoolare (from left) Jacob Condon, lab assistant;Cheri Pesina, CMA and broadcasting facilitator;and Katie Nigro, STEM lab facilitator.(Photo by Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle) About a dozen teachers and administrators are in the midst of a four-day training session to learn how they will incorporate the new STEM/CMA[Read More…]

Marc Malnati, owner of the popular pizza chain, is delighted to reopen the business’s doors in Flossmoor and provided the following history for the H-F Chronicle. We have been about the business of opening a few stores every year, as we seek to spread the gospel of deep-dish pizza. But[Read More…]

Craft beer enthusiasts seemed to ignore the squishy turfat Irwin Park on Saturday as they lined up to taste craft beers from about 25 area brewers. (Photos by Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) The ground was soggy in places during Homewood Hop Fest on Saturday afternoon at Irwin Park. The beer-tasting festival attracted craft[Read More…]

A group of dedicated volunteers has raised more than $155,000 the past seven years for the benefit of students and faculty at Homewood-Flossmoor High School.  Since 1982, the Homewood-Flossmoor High School Foundation has been finding ways to raise funds. Over the past 34 years, the foundation has worked to fill[Read More…]

Homewood-Flossmoor High School Information Services office will provide information on how to navigate computer security and protect personal and professional identities at a Thursday, Aug. 4, computer security workshop. The program, open to the public, will begin at 6 p.m. in the high school’s technology lab in South Building. Participants[Read More…]

They came, they saw, they devoured.  Dozens of local children participated in the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District’s annual watermelon-eating contest on Tuesday, July 26.

If there’s a beer heaven, it might be located at Irwin Park in Homewood on Saturday.  Homewood Hop Fest, sponsored by the Southland Chamber of Commerce, will bring 27 craft brewers to the park and community center at 18120 Highland Ave. from 3 to 6:30 p.m. Included will be award-winning[Read More…]

A dramatic 43 percent decline in property assessments over the past five years has resulted in a nearly 15 percent drop in tax revenues for the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District. Park board commissioners say the red ink is startling, and they are grateful to staff for helping meet the challenges faced[Read More…]