If you do an online search for “Thornton Quarry tour,” here’s what comes up: “The Village of Thornton, in conjunction with the quarry owner, offers two tours a year, on the first Saturday of the month in June and October. There is a $20 charge. Participants must be at least[Read More…]
Opinion
Era of great beer arrives and it’s good to be alive
It was beer heaven, or maybe the closest we’ll get to that exalted state. Along the walls of the spanking new Dolphin Lake Clubhouse, 10 craft brewers were handing out their product – hoppy ales, crisp lagers and porters that could make a grown man cry. Holding their pint glasses,[Read More…]
Spellbinding storyteller Beth Horner returns to Homewood Stories Sept. 15
[Editor’s Note: Host Karen O’Donnell announced Tuesday, Sept. 8, that the room is full and no additional reservations can be accepted for the Sept. 15 show.] Master storytellers are spellbinding. There. I’ve stated the obvious. Even though that’s common knowledge, it is still sometimes surprising to be caught in the[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…]
New Thornton reservoir ‘like no place else’ in the world
Tony Gaudry is a miner who works 300 feet underground – and a mile from Homewood. Since 2011, hehas shored up a 30-foot-high tunnel with steel, rebar and concrete, preparing four slots for steel doorsthat will slide open one morning in August, letting billions of gallons of storm water and[Read More…]
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