Parker Junior High’s Tech Ninjas robotics team.(Provided photo) Parker Junior High Tech Ninjas won the Judges Control Award recently at the Chicago Math and Science Academy FIRST Tech Challenge qualifier. It was the team’s second time competing in FTC, an international program that brings science, problem solving and programming to[Read More…]
Author: HF Chronicle Staff
Parker Junior High ‘Tech Ninjas’ take robot to competition
The District 153 PTA will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, to take a position on the upcoming March 15 referendum question. The meeting is at James Hart School, 183rd and Morgan in Homewood. The school board approved a referendum asking voters to extend the current tax levy another[Read More…]
Getting a taste of craft beer made close to home
“Memory: An exhibition of portraiture evoking memory,” is the newest show in the Christopher Art Gallery at Prairie State College (PSC), 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. Artists Ellen Holtzblatt, Judith Roth, John P. Smolko, Joseph Taylor and Julian Williams will be welcomed at a[Read More…]
Proposed apartments for developmentally disabled would be first in Illinois
Because there’s no point in plowing a pond, village snow plows have spent more time parked this year than they have in recent winters. Precipitation this year has mostly been in the form of rain, with only a few exceptions.(Photos by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) What a difference a year makes. Last February started with[Read More…]
Outpatient spine surgery now available at Ingalls Same Day Surgery
Joseph F. Casella, who served on the Homewood Village Board from June 2008 to April 2011, died Thursday, Feb. 4. He was 60. Joseph Casella A wake for Mr. Casella will be from 1 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 7, at Tews-Ryan Funeral Home, 18230 Dixie Highway. Funeral services[Read More…]
Homewood schools supporters meeting Jan. 27 to begin plans for referendum informational campaign
A relative small number of new water meters in Homewood will be replaced soon. Public Works officials recently discovered the meters were not reading water flow properly in some situations. Public Works Director John Schaefer reported at the Village Board meeting Tuesday, Jan. 26, that the problem affects a small[Read More…]
Cherry Creek flood control project likely to begin this year
Representatives of the Homewood-Flossmoor Park Districtproudly display the Illinois Distinguished AccreditedAgency award the district received for its outstandingefforts. At the awards ceremony Jan. 30 were, fromleft, Pam Melnyk, administrative assistant; SteveJohnson, board member; Debbie Kopas,executive director; and Bob Haderlein,Dallas Collins and Debbie Dennison,board members. (Provided photo) The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District was honored on Jan. 30 for its[Read More…]
H-F grad Jason Benetti gets to call the games for the White Sox
Jason Benetti, a 2001 graduate of Homewood-Flossmoor High School, announced alot of baseball games as a student broadcaster for WHFH-FM radio. It turns out itwas good practice for his new role as TV announcer for the Chicago White Sox. “It’s awesome, really awesome,” Benetti said Wednesday when the White Soxannounced[Read More…]
SUV sets Flossmoor garage on fire, but house is safe
Jennifer Bialobok watches as daughter Grace Bialobok signs a letter of intent to play volleyball at Augustana College. Grace is a 6-feet-1-inch tall middle blocker for the Homewood-Flossmoor High girls volleyball team. (Provided photo)
Homewood police seize car after driver fails to use turn signal
Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s outstanding athletes were part of the traditional “signing day” on Wednesday. Football coach Craig Buzea, standing fourth from left, offered his congratulations to his players who took H-F High to the state championships in 2014, and to the quarter-finals in 2015. Graduating seniors are, front row from[Read More…]
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