Priscilla Cordero, director of the GSU Small Business Development Center, center, talks with Rachael Shores, a Homewood businesswoman, at the 2014 SBDC Veterans Boot Camp. The day-long event helps veterans and others learn about entrepreneurship.(HF Chronicle file photo by Eric Crump) Military veterans with an interest in business are invited to explore the rewards[Read More…]
Author: HF Chronicle Staff
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Homewood Bat Company owner Todd Pals shows village trustees the new company’s logo while holding a bat once used by slugger Prince Fielder.(Photo by Quincy Crump/HF Chronicle) Famous baseball bat maker Louisville Slugger might not be looking over its shoulder — yet — but there’s a new baseball bat company gearing up[Read More…]
Dolphin Lake clubhouse on display at Sunday open house
Yin Ding is in her first year teaching Chinese at H-F High School. The new program also reaches District 153 and 161 eighth graders. (Provided photo) Yin Ding is helping bridge the cultural divide of East and West as the new Chinese language teacher at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. District 233 agreed to expand[Read More…]
‘Those Who Excel’ awards presented to nine from Homewood District 153
52 calls: Traffic Stop (26), Citizen Assist (1), Domestic Disturbance (1), Suspicious Subject (4), Retail Theft (2), Assist Fire Dept. (8), Burglar Alarm (3), Stray Animal (1), Lockout (2), Traffic Accident with Damage (3), Check Well Being (1) Traffic Stop (26) 12:37 a.m., 183rd St. & Halsted St. 1:46 a.m.,[Read More…]
H-F alumna adds ‘The Black Panthers’ to filmmaking resume
South Suburban Family Shelter announced this week its new holiday greeting card design. Sales of the card help the shelter services to victims of domestic violence. The card features an original photo image by Lenore Holt-Darcy, taken along Chicago’s lakeshore. The message inside reads “May the peace and joy of[Read More…]
It’s a good time to be a Cub fan in the South Suburbs
“Holiday Lights in Homewood” from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, will offer the community an opportunity to celebrate the season with an evening of lights, shopping, family activities and a poetic window display. Tivoli lights, a feature of the newly constructed Martin Square streetscape, are expected to be[Read More…]
As state withholds Motor Fuel Tax, village’s street repair fund could run dry
Douglas Chien, advocacy director of Friends of the Forest Preserves and co-steward of the Powderhorn Marsh and Prairie, will be the speakerat Homewood Science Pub at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27. Douglas Chien His talk is titled, “Ecological restoration is not rocket science — it’s harder.” Chien has a undergraduate and[Read More…]
Spring 2016 registration underway at PSC
Click on the image to get a PDF version of the flyer. Eating pizza can help send H-F High School singers to Europe over spring break. Aurelio’s Pizza at 18162 Harwood Ave. in Homewood will host a “cook’s night out” fundraiser from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27. Twenty[Read More…]
Junior Friends share creativity with library volunteers
This week students at St. Joseph School in Homewood are wearing red ribbons, a symbol encouraging them not to do drugs. The theme for the week at the school is “I (heart) My Drug Free Selfie.” The students took an anti-drug, smoking and drinking pledge. The week’s events are sponsored by the school’s[Read More…]
School board members say state actions could do additional harm to District 153
Homewood trustees will consider a measure Tuesday that would provide incentives for a new baseball bat manufacturer to establish a shop in town. Homewood Bat Company has applied for $100,000 from the village’s Business Incentive Program to help it acquire 17841 and 17845 Bretz Drive. Owner Todd Pals and his[Read More…]
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