Public works crews and members of the Homewood Beautification Committee were at work Monday, Nov. 20, getting the village ready for the holidays.   Craig JaBaay with Homewood Public Works   lifts a large wreath into position Monday on   the west side of the 183rd Street viaduct.  (Photos by Eric Crump/H-F[Read More…]

Flossmoor District 161 Board of Education members made no decision on whether to endorse a proposal for home rule status in the Village of Homewood. At the board’s Nov. 13 meeting there was no indication of what action, if any, the board will take on a possible home rule referendum.[Read More…]

The last of the LED lights in Homewood are expected to be installed by the end of the year thanks to a grant from Commonwealth Edison that provided funds to purchase new bulbs.  The village board, at its Nov. 14 meeting, approved the purchase of the last 145 LED lights[Read More…]

The Chatham Choral Ensemble will present a concert at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 18850 Riegel Road in Homewood, on Saturday, Dec. 16, as part of a dinner and concert program.   The ensemble of 25 professional singers will perform their program “Christmas Through the Ages.” The ensemble, under the[Read More…]

  Dress-up time in Native American elk skin clothing for  Willow School students, from left, Trey Bernal, Kylan  Hook and Clara Starkenburg.  Second graders at Willow School in Homewood learned 40 million buffalo roamed America at one time, and Native Americans used the buffalo’s horn as a ladle.    Justin Abercrombie, a  second grader at[Read More…]

The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District is proposing a 2017 tax levy of $4,970,440.   The board of commissioners will approve the levy at its 7 p.m. Dec. 5 meeting. The public is invited to offer comment. The meeting is at park district offices at 3301 Flossmoor Road in Flossmoor.  If the[Read More…]

The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District has named Steve Ojode its new treasurer. The Flossmoor resident was appointed to the voluntary position at the Oct. 17 board meeting.    Steve Ojode has been  appointed treasurer for  the Homewood-Flossmoor  Park District. (Photo by   Marilyn Thomas/H-F   Chronicle)  Ojode has lived in the district for six years.  He serves[Read More…]

The Homewood-Flossmoor High School theatre program will present the musical comedy “Sister Act” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10 and 11, in the Mall Auditorium.  “Sister Act” is based on the 1992 hit movie by the same name. It features original music by Alan Menken including gospel music[Read More…]

  The winning Homewood-Flossmoor High School  4×100 track team, from left, Josh Bridges, Jesuseun  Adeyiga, Matt Lewis-Banks and Marcell Ellis brought  home the first place trophy from the IHSA track  and field meet in May. The team members are  returning for this year’s track season starting  in January. (Provided photos)  The Homewood-Flossmoor track team won applause from[Read More…]

The James Hart School Bands will present their annual Fall Concert on Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. at the school, 18820 Morgan Ave. in Homewood.  The performance will feature a varied repertoire for the sixth-grade varsity band and the seventh- and eighth-grade combined symphonic band.   “Students and we band[Read More…]