Alexandria Thomaston (left) and Noelle Holt workedtogether on a Hobo Jungle project.(Photos by Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle)   Peter Cavalieri enjoys his  time at Hobo Jungle. They get an idea, measure the wood, pick up a hammer and start nailing.  It’s the annual summer tradition of Hobo Jungle. The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District[Read More…]

Flossmoor Station in downtown Flossmoor is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a series of special events. (Chronicle 2015 file photo) When Carolyn and Dean Armstrong bought the old Illinois Central Railroad depot building in downtown Flossmoor and opened a brewpub 20 years ago, they hoped it would be successful. “It turned out to[Read More…]

Homewood police warned residents Wednesday, July 6, to be alert for scammers claiming to be Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials.  The scam perpetrators not only claim to be from the IRS but sometimes threaten arrest, license revocation or other penalties, according to a neighborhood watch alert from the Homewood Police[Read More…]

This diagram shows plans for rehabilitating a stagnant pond at Irons Oaks Environmental Learning Center. To see the full-size version, click on the image above. (Provided image) A stagnant pond at Irons Oaks Environmental Learning Center will one day be a wetland space surrounded by a host of plants that will help restore the[Read More…]

The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District is putting a new twist on the game of golf with its “Fore & Pour” event Sept. 10. The park district hosted its first beer tasting party in January 2016 with “Explore the Pour” at The Clubhouse at Dolphin Lake. The event sold out and got[Read More…]

Homewood Public Works equipment knocks down the front wall of the former Savoia T’Go restaurant in downtown Homewood on Wednesday morning, June 15. (Photos by Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) Homewood Public Works crews began demolishing the former Savoia T’Go restaurant at Dixie Highway and Hickory Road on Wednesday, June 15. On Tuesday, Homewood and Flossmoor[Read More…]

Planners envisioned the Homewood Science Center (HSC) as a community project, and there are new opportunities for people to get involved. The science center at 18022 Dixie Highway in Homewood will host a meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 7, for anyone who is interested in volunteering. HSC officials note[Read More…]

Without revealing confidential information, Homewood-Flossmoor High School District 233 board members Thursday did their best to reassure community members that their actions dismissing the principal were essential for the sound management of the high school. Residents were given an opportunity to give the board feedback to its 5-2 decision of[Read More…]

In welcoming its first two interns this summer, the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle is expanding coverage and teaching local young people how to be journalists — part of its mission to serve the community.    Brittney Ermon Brittney Ermon of Homewood and Joseph Dorsey of Park Forest joined the H-F Chronicle staff[Read More…]

The house at 18022 Dixie Highway originally was thehome of the Fred Gold family. It hosted the bookcollection that became the Homewood PublicLibrary and served for generations as afuneral home. It now hosts the developingHomewood Science Center. (Provided photocourtesy of Homewood Historical Society) The village of Homewood is proceeding with[Read More…]