Fences have been installed at Dolphin Lake Park in anticipation the start of a $3.25 million construction project that will include a fully renovated clubhouse, walking paths and a playground area.  Excavation work is under wayWednesday, Dec. 17, at DolphinLake Park in Homewood. (Photoby Eric Crump/The Chronicle) Earth work began[Read More…]

Richie Ambuehl Friends, family and fellow firefighters filled Flossmoor Village Hall Monday night to honor Richie Ambuehl, a 43-year fire service veteran. Ambuehl, who is retiring after decades of service on the Flossmoor Fire Department, was recognized for the many duties he performed — as a firefighter, driver-operator, public educator,[Read More…]

In spite of an increase in options in recent years, we all still depend on the U.S. Postal Service, local service especially.  We’re interested in collecting stories about postal service in Homewood and Flossmoor. Do you have stories of adventure or misadventure with mail and package delivery? Do you have stories to[Read More…]

James Hart School has released its first trimester honor roll for the 2014-15 school year. This trimester, 253 Panthers, or about 55 percent of the school’s student body, have earned honors. Students on the high honor roll have earned grade point averages between 3.75 and 4.00.  Students on the honor roll[Read More…]

Annie Reilly Annie Reilly, a junior at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, wants to be a teacher who will give her students a love of music. “Everyone won’t have the same love of music that I have, but I hope they will at some point remember something I taught them, or a[Read More…]

As I began my tenure as PMA president, and as a librarian, I wanted to research the benefits of music education for children. I wished to see scientific evidence of what I could plainly see anecdotally in my own children, that music provides something more than a pleasant atmosphere and[Read More…]

Fr. James Sayers The Parish of St. Joseph will conduct funeral services for Pastor Emeritus Rev. James Sayers at a 7 p.m. Mass on Monday, Dec. 15. The community is invited to pay their respects to Sayers from 2 to 7 p.m. on Monday when his body will lie in state[Read More…]

43 calls: Traffic Stop (21), Burglar Alarm (5), Check Well Being (5), Medical Alert Alarm (1), Traffic Accident with Damage (1), Stray Animal (2), Citizen Assist (2), Hit & Run (1), Assist Fire Dept. (1), Assist Other Agency (2), Suspicious Subject (1), Domestic Disturbance (1) Traffic Stop (21) 12:09 a.m.,[Read More…]

42 calls: Traffic Stop (26), Suspicious Subject (1), Assist Fire Dept. (2), Burglar Alarm (4), Traffic Accident with Damage (3), Check Well Being (1), Citizen Assist (1), Solicitor Complaint (1), Hit & Run (1), Lockout (2) Traffic Stop (26) 12:05 a.m., 2131 183rd St. 12:07 a.m., Halsted St. & Maple[Read More…]