In the past 10 years, Ravisloe Country Club has undergone a series of impressive transformations and advancements. Our golf operations have flourished, drawing in more customers and enhancing the overall experience with improved facilities and programs. Similarly, our banquet operations have expanded significantly, hosting over 50 weddings per year along[Read More…]
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Chronicle partner: Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery
The business of Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery has evolved over the past decade from starting out over 28 years ago as one of the first brewpubs in the Chicagoland area, and being selected as “The Best Small Brewpub in America” at the prestigious Great American Beer Festival held in[Read More…]
Homewood resident makes her artistic debut after 50-year delay
On Nov. 9, a lifelong dream became a reality for a longtime Homewood resident when her artistic creations were showcased in a one-woman exhibition at the Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce headquarters in East Hazel Crest. The event had been a lifetime in the making for Josie Rodriguez, who began[Read More…]
Veterans honored by students, staff at James Hart School
The program for the annual Veterans Day event at James Hart School on Monday, Nov. 11, continued the tradition of giving students a chance to thank and honor veterans for their service. District 153 Superintendent Scott McAlister served as host for the event. He reminded the gathered veterans why the[Read More…]
Chronicle partners: Kluger Furs
Kluger Furs has been in business for 66 years, and Larry Kluger has been managing it for 50 of those years, so he has a longer perspective than most, and for him and his wife and business partner, Sue Kluger, the past decade had some big challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic,[Read More…]
Chronicle partners: Tom Brabec
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…]
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…]
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