In February, an armed juvenile jumped into a car in the 17500 block of Dixie Highway, ordered the occupant to exit the vehicle, then he and an accomplice drove away. On May 16, a similar scenario played out across town in the 17900 block of Halsted St.In both cases, the[Read More…]
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Page 2: Community unites to oppose redevelopment project
The process of considering rezoning requests for the Calumet Country Club redevelopment project was one for the history books. Homewood Mayor Richard Hofeld, who has been involved in village government since the mid-1970s, said the community response to the proposed redevelopment of the country club in February and March was[Read More…]
Getting outside with the high-flyers, and nature, during a difficult year
The sandhill cranes are flying over our houses, heading south. On these cold, clear, late-fall days, their presence is unmistakable. They fly high in the sky and it’s sometimes hard to see the V-shaped flocks of birds that have chosen our towns for the route of their autumn migration. But[Read More…]
When it’s time to go, and a chance to fix Flossmoor’s lunar landscape
My first paying newspaper job was in the summer of 1970, when I was a reporter intern at the twice-weekly Southtown Economist. We worked on manual typewriters, writing stories on thin newsprint paper and correcting them with Black Beauty pencils. I reported to John Dienhart, who’d been in newspapers since[Read More…]
Our overhead canopy endures a freak storm, and waiting for backyard fruit to fall
It’s a tragedy whenever a tree is lost, and the aftermath of the August 10 derecho windstorm was grounds for mourning across our H-F towns. We were on a family visit and far from home on the day of the storm. Driving back to Flossmoor the next day, I started[Read More…]
Independence Day: Celebrating powerful voices for freedom and equality (free)
Happy Fourth of July! This weekend we are continuing the longstanding tradition of marking the founding of our nation, but with a different approach this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. To help mark this time of celebration, the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle and 23 Miles South Theatre are presenting the words[Read More…]
Performing arts center on the horizon for Homewood
Village officials have, for most of this young century, been pursuing the goal of making downtown Homewood an “18-hour” business district. The idea is to have sufficient population density and dining, business and entertainment options to entice people to spend more time — and money — there. The replacement of[Read More…]
With legal pot, the Really Big Story about cannabis may finally be on the way
Old fuddy-duddy that I am, the odds that I will be purchasing legal recreational marijuana anytime soon are right up there with the infinitesimally small chance that I will wake up tomorrow with a full head of bushy black hair. Nope, not gonna happen. As of this writing, Month One[Read More…]
Letter: Labor and transparency concerns about proposed casino
On Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, Homewood residents attended a public hearing on the Wind Creek Casino proposal hosted by the Homewood Village Board. What was clear by the end of the meeting is that the tension in the room revolved around common uncertainties that every democratic process results from: The[Read More…]
A local casino on the way, in a state already awash in gambling
Take your pick. Or perhaps I should say, place your bets. Where should the long-awaited south suburban casino be built? Homewood and East Hazel Crest, on Halsted Street just south of Interstate 80? Lynwood, on Glenwood Dyer Road just off I-394? Calumet City, adjacent to River Oaks Center? Matteson, on[Read More…]
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