Flossmoor village officials anticipate the Meijer storeat Crawford Avenue and Vollmer Road couldgenerate $354,000 from sales tax in the comingfiscal year, helping bolster the village budget.(Photo by Tom Houlihan/H-F Chronicle)  Flossmoor is poised to meet its goal of a zero growth budget for the 2017 fiscal year, Mayor Paul Braun said[Read More…]

Police Chief Bill Alcott gets a congratulatory handshake from Village President Richard Hofeld during the Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday. Alcott was sworn in as Homewood’s new police chief. From left, trustees Ray Robertson, Jay Heiferman, Anne Colton and Village Attorney Chris Cummings look on. It was standing room only Tuesday night in the Homewood[Read More…]

(Photo by Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle) The sun was out and the temperatures were perfect, but the wind was whipping the flag Phil Knight, assistant superintendent of golf at Coyote Run, planted Tuesday on the 16th green. He and fellow staff members worked the past week mowing greens, changing cups, getting bunkers[Read More…]

Flossmoor officials may reconsider the village’s long standing restrictions on personal pickup truck parking. At Monday’s village board meeting, officials discussed taking a new look at the truck parking restrictions, which have been in place for several decades. Under Flossmoor’s zoning ordinance, personal pickup trucks must be parked within enclosed[Read More…]

The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District has set new rates for non-residents who participate in park programs. Fees have typically been 50 percent higher, but park board members agreed with parks Executive Director Debbie Kopas’ review and reduced most fees to 25 percent higher for non-residents. “In order to stay competitive with[Read More…]

  Brent Bachus takes the oath   of office Feb. 16 as he joins   the H-F Park District board.   (Photo by Marilyn Thomas/  H-F Chronicle) Flossmoor resident Brent Bachus was sworn in to office Feb. 16 filling a vacancy on the Homewood-Flossmoor Park Board. Bachus replaces Sue Bertram who stepped down from the[Read More…]

(Photo by Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle) Homewood schools supporter Patti Pohrte, center, and her son, John, share District 153 referendum information with JoAnn Duntz. Supporters were out over the weekend canvassing Homewood neighborhoods. Voters are being asked to approve a $9 million seven-year bond issue on March 15 that will help cover the[Read More…]

  An undated photo of the Butterfield family withBenjamin Butterfield in the front row on the right side.(Photos provided by the Homewood Historical Society) There aren’t many people in the Homewood-Flossmoor area who haven’t passed over Butterfield Creek while driving down Dixie Highway. Flossmoor also has a Butterfield Road and[Read More…]

Dr. Richard Mantoan is out to change lives on March 19 by offering free smiles to anyone who needs dental work as he hosts Dentistry From The Heart, his fifth charity event at his office, Southland Smiles, 19815 Governors Highway in Flossmoor. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and Mantoan and[Read More…]

Irish tenor Gavin Coyle will perform Celtic songs and Irish ballads at a special early St. Patrick’s Day program on March 15 at St. Joseph Church, 17951 Dixie Highway in Homewood. Coyle will begin his program at 7 p.m. with Irish favorites and include selections from stage and screen. A[Read More…]