Reservations are being accepted for the “Hike the Freedom Trail” tour from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19. Guests learn about the role abolitionists who lived along the Little Calumet River played in helping former slaves get to freedom in Canada. Volunteers with the Little Calumet River Underground[Read More…]
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Trail Mix concert to feature Nashville singer-songwriter Tommy Womack
The Wexler Group’s Trail Mix Concert Series will be returning to Izaak Walton Nature Preserve on Friday, Nov. 4, with a show featuring a performance from Nashville based acoustic singer-songwriter Tommy Womack. “It is part of a new concert series we’re doing quarterly. Two outdoors and two indoors – that’s[Read More…]
Scenes from Halloween 2022
The weather was creepy for Halloween 2022 in Homewood, foggy in the morning, misty and damp during trick or treating in the afternoon. Chronicle editor Marilyn Thomas captured the Halloween parade at Willow School. Eric Crump visited famed Page Avenue in the afternoon to capture the scene.
Walk Walton 2022 catches a break with the weather, takes advantage with outdoor activities
As Halloween fanatics across the Midwest well know, an outdoor event in late October can always be a bit of a gamble. Autumn can provide a beautiful backdrop of color and pleasant temperatures — or demand winter coats, hats and gloves in a battle against the elements. On Sunday, Oct.[Read More…]
Forest Preserves District: Calumet Country Club not currently an acquisition priority
When Diversified Partners of Arizona first proposed replacing Calumet Country Club golf course with a warehousing facility in 2019, opponents of the development turned to the Forest Preserve District of Cook County in hopes the agency would acquire the property and develop it as greenspace. Carl Vogel, FPDCC director of[Read More…]
Homewood centenarian was pioneer in her profession
When someone turns 100, you might not expect that they’d have much of a social calendar. But that’s not the case for Marjorie Wright of Homewood, who hit the century mark on Oct. 10. There had been several weeks of celebrations leading up to the big day, a family wedding[Read More…]
Bands bring joy of music to Willow School
There was a bright sound inside and outside Willow School on Friday, Oct. 21, when the bands started playing. Homewood-Flossmoor High School Marching Band director Sarah Witlock and 14 band members carried the tune, and the 18 members of the Willow Band had the beat for their first joint performance[Read More…]
Pink-a-Boo Walk of Hope sees tribute to longtime volunteer
Pink wigs, boas, hats, boots and tutus were all on display at the Pink-a-Boo Walk of Hope on Sunday, Oct. 16. The festively dressed walkers at Cancer Support Center’s fall fundraiser took off from the parking lot around 9:30 a.m. to complete either a 1K or 5K walk around Homewood.[Read More…]
Clash of cardboard weapons, armor helps ring in Rabid Brewing’s fifth anniversary in Homewood
On Saturday, Oct. 15, Addie and Jon Kempe strolled out onto the beer field outside of Rabid Brewery ready to do battle. They were not unique in that fact on this particular weekend, as the Homewood business celebrated its fifth anniversary, or Rabidaversary, with its inaugural Box Battle Basho. But[Read More…]
Michelle Chen’s curiosity helps lead to new discoveries — including bopping an asteroid
Curiosity is something Michelle Chen has always thrived on. As an engineer at the Applied Physics Lab (APL) at Johns Hopkins University, Chen has worked on a host of interesting research projects. Most recently, she was on the team that developed the autonomous navigation techniques for NASA’s DART Mission that[Read More…]
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