As attorney Tom Brabec remembers it, he first heard of a new local newspaper at church. Before he could get home for Sunday dinner, he already had plans to buy an ad from the H-F Chronicle. Brabec said he was the only advertiser on the Chronicle’s website initially. “The ad[Read More…]
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Student to master, Diane Wallander to open her own dojo
When 18-year-old Diane Wallander arrived on the campus of Northwestern University in 1982 to start her freshman year, she was looking forward to diving into advanced science classes, meeting peers from all over the country, and enjoying personal independence. The thought of having to defend herself against a physical[Read More…]
Local kids express their presidential preference in Flossmoor family’s mock election
The country voted for Donald Trump in the presidential election on Nov. 5, but in a mock election Sunday, Nov 3, in Flossmoor, local young people expressed a diametrically opposite preference. All the approximately 25 votes cast at the Hoereth family’s presidential election for kids were for Vice President Kamala[Read More…]
H-F grad receives national award honoring her research initiatives
Katherine Michelmore, a 2003 graduate of Homewood-Flossmoor High School, has won the 2024 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management David N. Kershaw Award for her research, including how the American Rescue Plan Act increase in the child income tax credit benefited families. Michelmore, an associate professor in public policy[Read More…]
The Weeks | Oct. 20: Flossmoor downtown revamp, Homewood Brewing, The Living Room, Homewood candle shops
THE WEEK > Your government Flossmoor Board of Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21, in village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. The agenda is available here. Watch the livestream of the meeting here. Meeting ID Passcode . Highlights: Homewood Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, in[Read More…]
Cancer Support Center walk raises awareness
It was an outpouring of love and support for Homewood’s Cancer Support Center by survivors, their families and friends at CSC’s Pink-A-Poo Walk Sunday, Oc. 13. More than 350 people registered for the walk, the CSC’s annual fundraiser. They met at the CSC parking lot and listened to words of[Read More…]
Compassionate trainer transforms dogs and cats one tail at a time
Sonia Fetherling has always loved dogs. When she was a child, she wasn’t allowed to have a dog of her own, so she improvised: She said she would go door to door in her Chichester, West Suffolk, England, neighborhood asking people if she could just walk their dogs — for[Read More…]
Emily Klehm, South Suburban Humane Society executive, stepping down after 17 years
Supporters of the South Suburban Humane Society will be honoring Emily Klehm on Tuesday, Oct. 15, as she says her good-byes after 17 years at the helm of the organization. “Leaving here was a very difficult decision because I have quite literally poured blood, sweat and tears into this organization[Read More…]
Pat Zamkin of Flossmoor runs Chicago Marathon to repay Mercy Home
There are a couple of special moments in every Chicago Marathon for Pat Zamkin. The marathon route on Sunday twice goes by Mercy Home for Boys and Girls, a charity and residence for abused, neglected and homeless children. It was where Zamkin was dropped off on his 15th birthday in[Read More…]
‘Got Your Back’: MABAS Division 24 open house puts technology and expertise on display
Mike Gilgenberg and Brian Hoogervorst were doing some flying without leaving the ground on Aug. 10.The two drone pilots were doing demonstrations as part of the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) Division 24 open house at its headquarters, 17555 Ashland Ave. in Homewood. Mutual aid still involves fire departments[Read More…]
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