The Vote No Home Rule Homewood committee is organizing a 2 p.m. March 4 forum on home rule at St. Paul Community Church, 18200 Dixie Highway in Homewood. Organizers say speakers will outline the negative impact of home rule. Addressing the audience will be Thomas Joseph, government affairs director for[Read More…]
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Kuumba Singers performing at All Nations Church on March 11
The Kuumba Singers of Harvard College will present a free concert in Homewood on March 11 as part of its spring tour. The Kuumba Singers, founded in 1970, is the oldest black undergraduate organization at Harvard University. Raven Fisher, an alumna of both Homewood-Flossmoor High School and Harvard, is a[Read More…]
Chick-fil-A, Panera coming to Halsted location in Homewood
Homewood Mayor Richard Hofeld announced on Saturday the names of two restaurants that will be developed on the northwest corner of 175th and Halsted streets. Chick-fil-A and Panera have signed leases for restaurants that will replace the former bank building that is currently on the site. Both restaurants will have[Read More…]
Fratello’s Deli granted second sign variance
Homewood trustees approved a second sign variance Tuesday for Fratello’s Deli at 17929 S. Halsted St. The deli’s second location in Homewood will be allowed to post signs in south-facing windows. The company had hoped to include signs in its east windows, too, but village staff expressed concerns about safety[Read More…]
Scenes from the 16th annual Homewood Chocolate Fest
Coming soon to Flossmoor? (Stock photo by MarkHatfield) I have no idea if the citizens of Flossmoor, in an advisory referendum later this year, will vote to overturn the village’s longtime ban on parking pickup trucks in residential neighborhoods. But I do have a few suggestions. Tom[Read More…]
Flossmoor residents speaking out in favor of tax proposal
A group of Flossmoor residents has come together in support of the village’s sales tax referendum set to appear on the March 20 ballot. According to the group’s spokesperson, Don Grasse, about a dozen community members have gathered twice to discuss promoting the referendum, which would create a 1 percent[Read More…]
Flossmoor resident supports Homewood home rule
Local history dominates 16th annual Homewood Chocolate Fest
Homewood’s 2018 Chocolate Fest took on an historic flavor in honor of the village’s 125th anniversary. The Homewood Historical Society (HHS) took top honors in the annual chocolate bake-off at the festival on Saturday in the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District Auditorium. The organization’s team entered a variation on a treat that was[Read More…]
H-F administrators report student had gun on campus recently
Homewood-Flossmoor High School administrators notified parents and guardians that a student was taken into custody on Friday, Feb. 16, for having brought a weapon on campus. The incident occurred several weeks ago, but the letter signed by Superintendent Von Mansfield and Principal Jerry Lee Anderson states they first learned about[Read More…]
The rise of fencing
Forget Zorro. He wasn’t a fencer. The masked man’s swashbuckling movie scenes that capture the clatter from dueling rapiers as opponents fight on isn’t what today’s fencing is about. Today’s fencing requires one-on-one strategy, physical agility and intensity and it’s drawing the attention of students at Homewood-Flossmoor and Marian Catholic High[Read More…]
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