The former Brunswick Zone bowling alley has been vacant since January 2015, but another section of the building is still occupied, so the property doesn’t count as vacant for the purposes of using redevelopment tools. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) Maggie Gosselin’s twin sons have identified a problem. Most entertainment options for[Read More…]
Opinion
Plodding along as the electoral roller coaster spins out of control
I come from a family of plodders. My father, Arthur Houlihan, was one of eight kids who grew up above a saloon on Chicago’s South Side. His father, an Irish immigrant, worked as a laborer for the street railway before marrying my grandmother, who inherited the saloon from her uncle.[Read More…]
Seeking the same level as a popular principal departs
Editor’s note: This column first appeared in the July 21, 2016, print edition of the Chronicle. I have one bit of advice for the Homewood-Flossmoor High School Board of Education. Next time you call a big town hall meeting on a controversial issue, don’t conduct it from the stage of[Read More…]
The Chronicle turns 1
Editor’s note: This is the first in a week-long series of stories focusing on who and what the HF Chronicle is. After publishing for a year, we thought it was about time we introduced ourselves. On Tuesday the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle will celebrate its first birthday. She loved that tree, she[Read More…]