Kim Rowe first started making and selling homemade, scented candles online with her 14-year-old adopted daughter Terriaanna Rowe in March 2020. In December, Rowe opened a brick-and-mortar store called Blue Pearl selling candles and wax melts at 17538 Dixie Highway in Homewood. To make the candles, Rowe and her daughter heat soy[Read More…]
Author: Nick Ulanowski
Comic Book 101 classes from Unshaven Comics are set to return in the Spring of 2022
Marc Alan Fishman, Matt Wright and Kyle Gnepper create comics for their publishing imprint Unshaven Comics. Additionally, they teach how to make comics in a class sponsored by the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District. Their Comic Book 101 class is set to return in the spring, they said. The program is kid-friendly,[Read More…]
Groundbreaking marks start to construction of Hartford Building
From left, Homewood Mayor Rich Hofeld, restauranteur Jim Burke, developer Bob Hansen and developer Tim Flanagan take the first shovels of dirt to mark the official start of construction of the Hartford Building. The groundbreaking ceremony took place Thursday, Dec. 16, at the building site on the corner of Ridge[Read More…]
UChicago officially opens food assistance sites in Flossmoor, two other South Suburbs
Paul Dickerson, a licensed social worker at UChicago Ingalls Memorial, cut the ribbon to mark the official grand opening of Ingalls’ Complimentary Nutrition Station in Flossmoor on Thursday, Nov. 4. The Nutrition Station is focused on helping Ingalls patients, especially cancer patients, but officials stress that no person will be[Read More…]
Izaak Walton appreciation dinner honored all volunteers and memorialized member Robert Vankus
Izaak Walton Nature Preserve hosted a volunteer appreciation dinner on Sunday, Oct. 3, honoring all who have helped out at the preserve. In a speech, 86-year old Izaak Walton member and financial contributor Jerry Vankus memorialized his brother Robert Vankus who was an Izaak Walton member and died of COVID-19[Read More…]
Homewood library board adopts $3.29 million budget
The Homewood Public library board held down costs and was able to approve its $3.29 million budget for 2021-22 at the board meeting on Sept. 15. The budget is the identical amount as its previous budget. Library Director Colleen Waltman said only two line items changed. Liability insurance increased by[Read More…]
Andrew Robert Palmer releases new album as a love letter to the South Suburbs
Andrew Robert Palmer, a 36-year-old folk-rock musician with strong pop-punk influences who will be performing at Homewood’s Trail Mix Fest on Oct. 1., has released an album he calls a love letter to the Southern Suburbs. Titled “South Suburban,” the album has a photo of Pearson’s Bakery on the cover,[Read More…]
Local artists show jewelry, pastel portraits at Park Forest Art Fair
Jean Lewis with her pastel paintings behind her. She said she usually doesn’t get to see them all at once like this because they’re usually “in the corner somewhere” at her art studio. (Nick Ulanowski/H-F Chronicle) Dozens of artists attended the Park Forest Art Fair to sell their artwork on[Read More…]
Home Slice, a pizza-by-the slice restaurant, opens in Cherry Creek Shopping Center
Home Slice, a pizza-by-the-slice and chili restaurant, opened in Homewood’s Cherry Creek Shopping Center on Tuesday, Sept. 14. Home Slice, at 18322 Governors Highway, is in the location that previously was home to Gloria Jean’s Coffees. Home Slice is not a chain restaurant, according to owner Vincent Cryns of Frankfort.[Read More…]
Rep. Kelly and local deli owner hail Restaurant Revitalization Fund as a lifesaver
Alice Davis, owner of Bergstein’s Deli, with her daughter, Rachel, talks about the impact federal assistance had on the business during the pandemic. From left, behind her, is Chicago Heights Mayor David Gonzalez, U.S. Rep Robin Kelly and Chicago Heights Alderman George Brassea. (Nick Ulanowski/H-F Chronicle) Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Il,[Read More…]
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