The perfect word to describe the weather for summer season opening of Homewood Farmers Market? Perfect.  Bloomberg Farms of Homewood offers bedding plants during the early farmers market season. (Photo by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) After a spring that kept fluctuating between warm days and cold rain, the turn for the better came right on time[Read More…]

Traffic was slow Thursday afternoon on 183rd Street at the viaduct because of a public works project. (Photo by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) Traffic was slow at the 183rd Street viaduct Thursday afternoon and is likely to be slow Friday morning, too, as Homewood Public Works crews implement a plan to combat nuisance[Read More…]

The Homewood-Flossmoor High School Foundation presented 14 scholarships at the May 20 honors convocation. The awards will help underwrite college expenses. The foundation manages and distributes the scholarship awards funded by families and friends or through special donations. Most winners were chosen by a selection committee established by the Guidance[Read More…]

Crews are making finishing touches to the Thornton Composite Reservoir, which is expected to be ready to collect water this summer. (Photo by Tom Houlihan/HF Chronicle) Tony Gaudry is a miner who works 300 feet underground – and a mile from Homewood. Since 2011, he has shored up a 30-foot-high tunnel with steel,[Read More…]

An armed robbery occurred just before midnight Saturday, May 16, in the parking lot of a restaurant in the 18800 block of Dixie Highway, according to Homewood police. The robber approached as the victim opened a car door, police said.   “The male offender was wearing dark clothing and displayed[Read More…]

Satisfactory work led the Homewood-Flossmoor Board of Education to renew several contracts for the coming school year. At their May 19 meeting, board members agreed to extend the $1.3 million contract with Chartwells food service for the 2015-16 year. The company runs and manages the food service at both the North and South[Read More…]

A Hazel Crest man was charged with possession of a stolen vehicle after a Homewood police officer observed the vehicle parked near a store on the east side of the village. Anthony Fields Jr., 18, of the 17500 block of Oakwood, was arrested after the vehicle was spotted shortly after[Read More…]

The Memorial Day parade in Homewood Monday was a damp one, accompanied by rain showers, but soon after it arrived at the Veterans Memorial on Harwood Avenue, the clouds began to break up and the sun came through. Wally Burns VFW Post 8077 Commander John Beele served as master of ceremonies.[Read More…]

H-F school board member Jody Scariano with teacherGreg Petecki, left, prepare to cut the ribbon dedicatingKarve, the newest public sculpture by H-F students.(Photo by Marilyn Thomas/HF Chronicle) Karve reflects as a star on theH-F bio pond. (Photo by Marilyn Thomas/HF Chronicle) The karve, the latest student-created sculpture at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, is[Read More…]

Rain? No problem. Local residents brought umbrellas and lined the Dixie Highway-Olive Road-Harwood Avenue route in spite of a moderate rain shower minutes before the parade was set to begin. Veterans, Boy Scouts, public safety vehicles, local officials and three school bands led by a color guard and bagpiper helped[Read More…]