A proposal to reduce the village amusement tax from 5 percent to 2 percent met with a mixed response from the board of trustees Tuesday, Aug. 26. The measure was tabled until a local business requesting the reduction, Brunswick Zone XL, can provide more information. At issue was whether the[Read More…]

Storytelling is hot. In Homewood, you can feel the heat at Grady’s Grill the third Tuesday of each month, as a growing audience of story lovers gather to hear ordinary experiences come to life in an extraordinary way. In the Chicago area, there are about 50 storytelling shows every month,[Read More…]

Homewood is thinking outside the Big Box this holiday season with the installation of a large shipping container in its downtown area, according to a news release from the village. The “Big Box” on Martin Avenue just north of Ridge Road will open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Small Business[Read More…]

Homewood last week re-upped its bid to bring a casino to the south suburbs, but time may be running out on the village’s two-year-old gaming proposal. The Village Board last Tuesday approved an extension of Homewood’s agreement with East Hazel Crest to make 26 acres near Interstate 80/294 and Halsted[Read More…]

Holiday shopping season officially begins at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, when every unused nook and cranny will temporarily be filled with businesses. The Pop-Up Shops program started in the 2013 holiday shopping season. This year, 32 shops feature arts, crafts, food, clothing and home decor will be open in[Read More…]

A Homewood man faces attempted first-degree murder and hate crime charges after he allegedly stabbed a 79-year-old woman Friday morning, Oct. 10, in Walt’s Food Center on 183rd Street in Homewood. Pol Danilov, of the 18400 block of Harwood Avenue, is accused of attacking the woman, according to information released[Read More…]

Seventy years is a long time to remember, and for World War II veteran Walter Ross of Homewood, many of the details of his service have faded and finally disappeared. Fortunately, he and his wife of almost 69 years, Betty, together can piece together some of the memories of that[Read More…]

If a medical cannabis dispensary wishes to begin operation in Homewood, it will need to find a home in the M (industrial) zone. By a 4 to 2 vote Tuesday, Aug. 12, the village board of trustees approved medical cannabis dispensaries as a permitted use in the M zone, which[Read More…]

Homewood veterans were treated Saturday, June 14, to a picnic lunch at Marie Irwin Center, news about two veterans programs, music and a good old fashioned game, a cake walk.  As Char Dyer, chairwoman of the Homewood Veterans Committee, observed, Saturday was a convergence of patriotic events. In addition to[Read More…]

Among the reasons Sarah Austin chose to live at the corner of Loomis Street and Olive Road in Homewood: She loves her bungalow, she loves the neighborhood and she loved the seven beautiful ash trees that shaded the property. Notice the past tense. All ash trees are gone, victims of[Read More…]