If your New Year’s resolution was to take the weight off, the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District has a special program to help get you started and keep you motivated. “Jump Start Challenge” meets from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 11 through March 29, at the H-F Racquet & Fitness Club,[Read More…]
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Flossmoor house is ‘total loss’ in New Year’s Day blaze
A Flossmoor house was destroyed on New Year’s Day as firefighters from several communities battled flames and below-zero temperatures. The house, in the 1800 block of Oak Lane Road, was already in flames when firefighters arrived shortly after 10 a.m. on Jan. 1. “The building was fully involved prior to[Read More…]
H-F graduates meeting success on college campuses
Homewood-Flossmoor High School college counselor Kevin Coy gave the District 233 board members numbers they can use to show the success of H-F graduates. H-F’s 2017 graduation rate was 96.4 percent. During the Dec. 19 board meeting, Coy shared these statistics: Sixteen percent of students in the Class of 2017[Read More…]
Volunteers join two park district boards
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park Board of Commissioners welcomed six volunteers to serve on the Park District Advisory Committee and the Senior Advisory Committee. Nine persons serve on the Park District Advisory Committee, which meets each month to offer program suggestions and other information the park district commissioners and parks’ staff can[Read More…]
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Steve Anderson, as president of the District 233 school board, has made several committee changes. He notified board members May 31 of the new assignments. The changes, effective June 5, are having the biggest impact on Jody Scariano, the longest serving board member. She will no longer be the Finance[Read More…]
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Families peruse vendors’ booths during the 2017 Art & Garden Street Fair. The fair has been renamed this year to Artisan Street Fair. (Chronicle file photo) Homewood is reimagining its annual summer kick-off event with an eye on the arts. The Homewood Artisan Street Fair, formerly the Spring Art[Read More…]
House: 2017 in review
Flossmoor’s long-standing prohibition on pickup truck parking in residential neighborhoods will be back on the agenda at Monday’s board village board meeting. According to a media advisory released Friday, the village board “will discuss the consideration of a revision to the Village of Flossmoor Zoning Ordinance which regulates the[Read More…]
2017 in review
Visitors admire the vintage and contemporary vehicles parked in the St. Joseph Parish parking lot during the 2017 Drivin’ the Dixie event. The Homewood stop this year will be at St. Paul Community Church. (Chronicle file photo) An event locals have known as something special for the past 17[Read More…]
February 2017 e-edition
Veterans marching and riding in the Homewood Memorial Day on Monday, May 28, received applause and shouted expressions of gratitude for their service from the crowds lining Dixie Highway and Olive Road. The veterans of Wally Burns VFW Post 8077, the sponsoring organization of the annual event to honor those[Read More…]
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The Homewood-Flossmoor High School Foundation has announced the 2018 scholarship winners. The foundation manages these scholarship accounts and makes the awards to seniors at the end of the school year. This year, 21 students received awards. Elizabeth F. Barry Memorial Scholarship — Lauren Parker, $2,500. Elyse Bell Girls Golf Scholarship — LaMeah Brownlee,[Read More…]
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