Are your spelling talents on par with Spell Check? The Homewood Public Library offers the opportunity for you and your teammates to test your brainpower at its Spell Check: Adult Spelling Bee on Oct. 1.
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Sept. 10 Flossmoor Fest offers full day of family fun
Flossmoor Fest returns Sept. 10 with a full day of activities for all ages. This year’s festival — located on Sterling Avenue in downtown Flossmoor and at Flossmoor Park — again features food, music, games for the kids and a great chance for friends and neighbors to get together.
What a concept – tropical fruit growing in Homewood, Flossmoor
All hail the Homewood Banana! I am happy to report that pawpaws – an elusive, largely unknown native American fruit – are real. Also, that they are unlike any other fruit you’ve ever had, including bananas, and taste very good. On Sept. 1, a day I will long remember, Rachael[Read More…]
Improvements at racquet club will keep building cool and dry
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District is making certain the H-F Racquet & Fitness Club will be cool and dry for guests. Park commissioners approved two contracts for major improvements at the 44-year-old racquet club, 2920 W. 183rd St. in Homewood, that will improve the heating and air conditioning system and the[Read More…]
Homewood Science Center launches STEM Network to foster collaboration
A number of hands go up after speaker Barry Aprison asks how many teachers are attending the launch of the Homewood Science Center’s STEM Network on Tuesday, Aug. 30. (Photos by Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) The Homewood Science Center (HSC) might technically be located in the historic Gold home at 18022 Dixie Highway, but[Read More…]
Downtown Flossmoor shooting leads to charges against Indiana man
An Indiana man is facing two felony charges following a late night shooting in downtown Flossmoor on Aug. 22, police said. Bryan Oedzes, 44, of the 1200 block of Killarney Drive in Dyer, Ind., was charged Monday with aggravated discharge of a weapon and a hate crime, Deputy Chief Tod[Read More…]
Ford Model A cars on display Saturday at Van Drunen Ford
What’s it like to own a car that’s nearly 100 years old? You’ll get your chance to see the venerable Ford Model A and ask questions of the owners when members of the Calumet Region of the Model A Restorers Club put their Model As on display from 10 a.m.[Read More…]
Homewood baker brings home more blue ribbons from the state fair
Paige Dague of Homewood started a baking business earlier this year after earning blue ribbons two years in a row at the Illinois State Fair. She came home from this year’s fair with two more blue ribbons and two red.
Making a favorite dish at Fresh Starts
On Sept. 9, Fresh Starts Restaurant will celebrate 30 years of making dishes like the popular NNO (New New Orleans) Pasta. Read about the anniversary and watch as Chef Concepcion Medrano shows the H-F Chronicle how it’s done.
Owner of Homewood telemarketing company convicted of taking illegal kickbacks
A federal jury has convicted the head of a Homewood telemarketing company of pocketing illegal kickbacks in exchange for referring patients to home health care agencies, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s office in Chicago. Sundae Williams, 47, of South Holland, owner of Serenity Marketing Inc., used[Read More…]
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