The Homewood train station entrance building on Harwood Avenue in downtown Homewood was reduced to rubble early Wednesday, March 29, as crews begin the second phase of a major renovation project.
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3.30.23 | What You Need to Know Today
COMMUNITY CLEAN UP DAY – Volunteer to pick up litter in Flossmoor during the annual Chicago Southland Green Committee Community Clean Up Day, 9 a.m. to noon on April 8. Volunteers will work in the vacant lot behind Meijer, 3800 Flossmoor Road. Those younger than 15 should be accompanied by[Read More…]
Flossmoor trustees welcome new police chief Jerel Jones
Flossmoor has its first Black police chief. It’s not the first time Jerel Jones has broken new ground. He was the first Black police chief in Macomb, his previous position. But his race was not the focus of comments from trustees at the board meeting Monday, March 27. They lauded Jones’s[Read More…]
3.29.23 | What You Need to Know Today
MEET THE CANDIDATES – Know your options when you vote on April 4. At hfchronicle.com/meet-the-candidates-2023 you’ll find candidate-provided profiles plus video interviews conducted by Chronicle editors. It’s like attending a candidate forum from the comfort of your phone or computer. VOTE FOR FLOSSMOOR – Voting has started in the second[Read More…]
Meet the Candidates in the April 4 election
Candidates for local government boards can’t meet with every voter, but talking with candidates and hearing their views about the challenges facing villages, schools, parks or libraries is an important part of making a decision about who to entrust with leadership positions. That’s why the Chronicle started the Meet the[Read More…]
H-F senior wins college scholarship from the Blackhawks
Makenzie Russell, a senior at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, was awarded the Keith Magnuson Blackhawk Alumni High School Hockey Scholarship Award. The award will give Makenzie $30,000 over her four years in college. She plans to attend Western Michigan University majoring in aviation flight science. Makenzie was selected based on her[Read More…]
Food drive set for April 1 in Homewood
The parish of St. John Neumann is hosting a food donation drive on Saturday, April 1, for the “Neighbors in Need” program sponsored by Catholic Charities. Donations of food will be accepted from 9 to 11 a.m. in the church’s north parking lot at 17951 Dixie Highway in Homewood. This[Read More…]
3.28.23 | What You Need to Know Today
HOMEWOOD POLLING PLACE MOVE – Due to planned power outages, voters whose polling place is Churchill School will instead vote at James Hart School on Election Day, April 4. JOB FIAR & CAREER EXPO – See more than 30 top employers, learn about free training in a number of fields[Read More…]
Faculty and staff authorize strike against GSU
Governors State University’s faculty and staff union (GSU UPI) voted overwhelmingly last week to authorize a strike if a new contract agreement cannot be reached. The vote comes after nine months of negotiations, mediation and little progress at the bargaining table. Many GSU UPI members have continued working to serve[Read More…]
Construction of House of Goshen, an in-patient hospice, has begun
The ground was broken on Friday, March 24, for House of Goshen, a 14-bed in-patient hospice in Flossmoor. Wearing hard hats, House of Goshen’s owners, Sade Bello and Hakeem Bello, stuck shovels into the ground, marking the beginning of the facility to be built on Governors Highway. House of Goshen,[Read More…]
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