St. Joseph School third graders (from left) Dylan White,Caron Rice, Kaleb Blumenberg and Matthew Lively helpdisplay some of the decorated Walt’s Foods shoppingbags.  (Photo by Marilyn Thomas/HF Chronicle) For Earth Day, students at St. JosephSchool in Homewood decoratedWalt’s Foods bags with colorfuldisplays of the planet. (Photo by Marilyn Thomas/HF Chronicle) As[Read More…]

Thanking District 153 outgoing board member Tom Brabec(third from left) for his service are (from left) past memberJerry Morin, board president Shelly Marks and pastmember Tom Dockweiler. (Photo by Marilyn Thomas/Hf Chronicle) Supporters gave Homewood District 153 board member Tom Brabec numerous well wishes, rounds of applause and thanks as he[Read More…]

Art contest first runner-up Emma Novak, left, with U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly. (Provided photo) Emma Novak of Homewood was first runner-up and Lucy Sloan of Flossmoor was second runner-up in the 2015 Congressional Art Competition hosted by U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) Both artists are students at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. “I was amazed[Read More…]

Greg Weiss tells a story at Homewood Stories, a monthly storytelling show founded by local dentist Karen O’Donnell. (Photo by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) When renowned storytellers Andy Offutt Irwin and Bil Lepp come to Homewood April 20 their appearances at Homewood Public Library and James Hart School will be a kind of punctuation for[Read More…]

Village Board members Monday are expected to approve the municipal budget for the 2016 fiscal year. Prior to its budget vote, the board will conduct a public hearing in which residents and other interested parties can weigh in on village spending for the upcoming year. The village board meeting and[Read More…]

Baseball is big in Homewood, and so it gets a big welcome for the beginning of each new season. Opening day Saturday, April 18, began with the annual parade, in which hundreds of team members, coaches, assistants and parents marched along Ridge Road from Irwin Park to the ballfields at[Read More…]

We at the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle are introducing our new logo.  It’s distinctive, easy to read and helps us reach out to our readers. Since the Chronicle started in July 2014, we’ve gone through a name change.  This logo is helping us get an identity for both the Homewood and Flossmoor communities. We’re doing[Read More…]

One more time. J.R. Rose The run of Broadway musical “First Date,” under the direction of Homewood-Flossmoor High School theater teacher J.R. Rose, has been extended a second time at the Royal George Cabaret in Chicago.  “First Date” will now keep audiences laughing through May 17. It’s a riotous, occasionally[Read More…]

Shirley Watkins says her job in education is a “heart” job. Shirley Watkins “I tell my parents it’s a heart job, because it really is that,” says the principal of Millennium School in Homewood of her love and enthusiasm for her work with children that comes from the heart.  Soon Watkins will[Read More…]

Students in Janet Burke’s classroom reach for the sunduring shooting of a video demonstrating Burke’steaching style. (Still image from provided video) Onscreen, the children are singing, dancing, smiling, laughing. They high-five one another while reciting the “whole-brain rules” in Janet Burke’s third grade class: Raise your hand for permission to speak. Raise[Read More…]