These days, it’s only natural to dial 9-1-1 for emergency assistance. A fire department ambulance will be at the scene within minutes with trained paramedics giving immediate care in any emergency. Think back 50 years to a time when there were no paramedics. Homewood didn’t have even one ambulance. Note:[Read More…]
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Friendly battle raises money to help autistic kids
When the two teams opened their ingredient bags to start the fourth annual Battle of the Chefs on July 27, they were faced with creating a dish in 45 minutes using animal crackers, pork, kimchi, Mongolian sweet barbecue sauce, fresh corn, canned fried apples and a rutabaga. Both teams apparently[Read More…]
Flossmoor Park celebrates 100 years with party, history
The Flossmoor Park neighborhood centennial celebration on Aug. 11 included written history on display in the FCC Community House and history written in architecture on the surrounding landscape. The story of the neighborhood was told by collaborating local historians, Jeff Hamrick, who lives on Gardner Lane, and David Martin, who[Read More…]
Pamela Haney – Thriving as college president, wife and mother
Homewood resident Pamela J. Haney makes multi-tasking look easy. As president of Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, she’s the chief executive with responsibilities that include making sure the campus is a welcoming and inclusive place for faculty, students, and the community, providing a vision for the college’s operations[Read More…]
Flossmoor celebrates 100 years with baseball, cars, music, food, drones and community
Flossmoor was incorporated on June 20, 1924, and the community celebrated its 100th birthday on Thursday, June 20, with a party that featured the most timeless of American traditions, baseball and cars. Visitors strolled along Brassie Avenue from near Flossmoor Road to Vardon Place to admire cars and trucks ranging[Read More…]
Harris’s presidential campaign draws enthusiasm from local Black sorority sisters
Black south suburban women who are fellow Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. sisters with Vice President Kamala Harris say their enthusiasm is off the charts for Harris’s presidential run. Words like ecstatic, hopeful, excited, enthusiastic, beyond words, are being uttered by Harris supporters. The women say the Black sororities will[Read More…]
Wrestling with the weird at the fifth annual Feast of the Goat Queen!
The Feast of the Goat Queen, organized by Rabid Brewing, proved once again to be a delightful spectacle of costumes, new beers, live goats, live wrestling and music, exotic entertainment and more. On July 27, attendees of all sorts reveled in the whimsical atmosphere outside Rabid Brewing on Bretz Drive[Read More…]
A Life Well-Lived: Anita N. Lebowitz
Anita Novick Lebowitz never did anything halfway. Whether it was running a business, organizing charity events, or falling in love – once Anita made a commitment of any kind, she was all-in. When she met David Lebowitz on a blind date in the fall of 1953, she was a junior[Read More…]
St. Andrew Church holds final service
The service at St. Andrew United Methodist Church in Homewood on Sunday, June 23, was one filled with gratitude, memories and a few parting tears as the congregation marked its final meeting. Lake South District Superintendent Audrea Nanabray of the United Methodist Church Northern Illinois Conference performed the rite of[Read More…]
Vietnam veteran embarks on a life changing Honor Flight
Honor Flight 115 took off from Chicago’s Midway Airport around 4 a.m. on June 19 with 109 Vietnam War veterans, including Homewood resident James Claydon. Since 2008, Honor Flight Chicago has been offering veterans a chance to reflect on their time of service and share memories with others who also[Read More…]
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