Greg Loudon, a Homewood resident and co-owner of the Homewood paint studio Bottle & Bottega, has been hired by many clients, such as Marvel Entertainment and the villages of Homewood and Flossmoor, for many different kinds of different art projects, including logo design, photography and painting. Since turning 60 years[Read More…]
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Homewood mayor weighs in on Calumet Country Club annexation issue
This story is the fourth and last in a series. Homewood Mayor Rich Hofeld sent a letter to Hazel Crest Mayor Vernard Alsberry on Tuesday, Feb. 14, urging him to reject a request to annex the land of the former Calumet Country Club into the village. He briefly recounted the[Read More…]
Hazel Crest residents oppose country club redevelopment, express frustration with village officials
This story is the second in a series. A number of Hazel Crest residents spoke during the public comment section of the Hazel Crest village board meeting Tuesday, Feb. 14, shortly after the board voted to annex Calumet Country Club into Hazel Crest. No one spoke in favor of annexation[Read More…]
Grady’s Snack ‘N Dine adds a robot to assist its serving staff
A robot is helping servers deliver plates to customers at Grady’s Snack ‘N Dine in Homewood. The robot, called Servi, started delivering meals in November. The robot has three trays for plates. After servers put the food-filled plates on the trays, they use a touchscreen to select the table number where[Read More…]
Bicycle safety, community concern discussed at a GoodSpeed Happy Hour event
Bicycle advocates Jane Healy and Elizabeth Adamczyk spoke at GoodSpeed Bicycles to community cyclists Feb. 15 about bicycle safety, raising kids as cyclists and how parents can ride bicycles to school with their kids. Angela Thomas, co-owner of Thomas’ Photogenic Services and the mother of a preschooler at Willow School, raised her[Read More…]
Local talent taking the lead in Drama Group’s ‘Steel Magnolias’
Two professionals from Homewood and a novice from Flossmoor have major roles in the Drama Group’s presentation of “Steel Magnolias” opening Friday, Feb. 17. Director Suzanne Ashlock of Homewood will be working with Betty Wigell of Homewood and Laila London of Flossmoor, two talented lead actresses. In addition, Ashlock got[Read More…]
PSC hosts speaker Feb. 23 addressing pre-Civil War quilts stories
Connie Martin will present her lecture “Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad” at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, in the atrium on the main Prairie State College campus, 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. Martin will speak about the secret codes and hidden messages[Read More…]
H-F teacher scholarship winner joins the H-F faculty
Amanda Fieramosca is a 2018 Homewood-Flossmoor High School alumna, an H-F teachers’ union scholarship winner and now a full-time H-F faculty member. “Teaching is a hard profession, and I know there are a lot of teachers who are leaving the field,” the first-year teacher said. “Some people are very hesitant to[Read More…]
H-F alumnus wins Grammy Award
Christopher McBride, a 2002 graduate of Homewood-Flossmoor High School, won a Grammy Award as the saxophonist on the album by Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra selected in the Best Large Ensemble Jazz category. Steve Feifke and Bijon Watson, co-leaders of Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra, invited McBride to perform on the album.[Read More…]
H-F Racquet & Fitness Club member’s life saved by quick action of staff member
The quick thinking of Christopher Demski, a staff member at the H-F Racquet & Fitness Club in Homewood, saved the life of a patron on Jan. 4. Demski was honored Feb. 7 by the Homewood-Flossmoor Park Board for his immediate and heroic efforts in assisting the man and using[Read More…]
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