“Seasons of Song” performers will include, from left, Rosalind Lee, Vince Wallace, Jennifer Kosharsky and Geoffrey Agpalo. (Provided photo) The connection between music and nature has always intrigued and inspired artists. Every genre has someone singing about the seasons, and that is the theme for the “Seasons of Song” program at 4[Read More…]

Story Launch, an event to introduce the community to a new storytelling program hosted by Homewood Public Library, has been cancelled due to the snowy weather forecast, according to organizer Greg Weiss. It was scheduled to take place from 3 to 5 p.m. today. Instead, Weiss plans to be available[Read More…]

Four months after an attempted carjacking in Homewood, a teenage defendant in the case is back in the Cook County Detention Center. The youth was released from custody twice since the incident and has been found to have violated the terms of his release both times, said Lisa Gordon, a[Read More…]

The Homewood-Flossmoor Park Board agreed to hire a human resources specialist in a reorganization plan presented by Executive Director Debbie Kopas. The park district, with more than 50 full-time employees and an estimated 600 part-time employees, should have an HR position because “the laws are changing frequently,” board president Bob[Read More…]

Bright Start Child Care & Preschool, Inc. of Homewood has been awarded the Silver Circle of Quality designation from ExceleRate Illinois.  “We are proud to receive the Silver Circle of Quality,” said Vanita Wells of Bright Start, 1800 Ridge Rd. “Providing quality in early learning and development will help our children in Homewood[Read More…]

(Photo by Tom Houlihan/HF Chronicle) Fees for a round of golf at the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District’s Coyote Run Golf Course will not see an increase in 2016. At Tuesday’s park board committee meeting Tom Denklau, course manager, gave breakout numbers showing an increase of more than 2,500 rounds played by[Read More…]

Girl Scouts make their cookie sales pitch at the March2015 session of the Homewood Winter IndoorFarmers Market. (HF Chronicle file photos) The Village of Homewood Winter Indoor Farmers Market will begin its second season in a new location and with the addition of hunt and gather vendors.  Bedding plants were[Read More…]

Representatives of the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) will hold a free presentation at from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, to help electric and natural gas customers in Homewood cut their costs by potentially hundreds of dollars a year, according to a news release from the organization. The presentation[Read More…]

A volunteer adds another tree to the pile of trees waiting to be mulched at Irons Oaks Environmental Learning Center on Saturday morning. (Photos by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) Hundreds of live Christmas trees that added a touch of pine forest to local homes are returning to the forest floor as mulch, thanks to[Read More…]

No matter how much you save, it seems you always come up short when calculating the cost of your child’s college expenses. Homewood-Flossmoor High School counselors share as much information as possible with families to help them estimate what a college education will cost and learn about the many ways[Read More…]