A Homewood-Flossmoor High School robotics team won one of the division trophies in the first SouthWorks Engineering and Robotics Olympics on Saturday, April 8, hosted by the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association (SSMMA).
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Homewood Police searching for missing person
Homewood Police were searching the evening of Tuesday, April 11, for a missing person who was last seen near 175th Street and Halsted. Police announced Thursday morning that the man has been found and was unharmed.
Diversity Dinners to mark 20th anniversary with April 22 meal
Supporters from throughout the South Suburbs will come together April 22 to mark the 20th anniversary of the Diversity Dinner, a yearly event that brings residents together for conversations on race in a friendly environment. “We say it’s one of the secrets of the South Suburbs,” said Ruby Marsh[Read More…]
McDermott Law Group spring 2017
South Suburban College, 15800 S. State St. in South Holland, is offering a substitute teacher class in the fall semester. Participants will learn techniques that will help in the classroom, including how to create a learning environment, teaching strategies for working with multiple learning styles and creating a lesson plan[Read More…]
H-F High students working on obelisk sculpture
The District 233 school board gave its blessing to an outdoor mirrored obelisk sculpture for the Homewood-Flossmoor High School campus. Students and art teacher Greg Petecki explained the concept for the project at the April 4 board meeting.
Scenes from the 2017 Lucky Egg Hunt
What are the inner workings of a microwave oven? How about a cash register? A computer printer? Shawn Needham of Computer Doctor got down to five-year-old Kamryn Bullock’s level to explain the workings of a power drive. (Photos by Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle) Kids from age 5 through 15 got to experience first hand how simple machines[Read More…]
Homewood trustees consider new two-year budget plan on Tuesday
Homewood officials cited a rebounding local economy and years of frugality as factors in a sound village budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year starting May 1. Homewood Finance Director Dennis Bubenik gave village trustees a look at the $35.5 million budget at the March 28 board meeting. The board[Read More…]
Japanese guitarist performs April 23
Hiroya Tsukamoto performs in Flossmoor at 3 p.m. April 23. (Provided photo) Hiroya Tsukamoto, a singer-songwriter and guitarist from Kyoto, Japan, will perform at 3 p.m. April 23 in a private home in Flossmoor. Tsukamoto first studied banjo and then learned guitar. His talents were recognized when he won a scholarship[Read More…]
‘The Secret Garden’ musical performed April 28, 29, 30
The Tony Award-winning musical “The Secret Garden” will be performed by members of The Drama Group April 28, 29 and 30 at the Bloom Township High School auditorium. The enchanting musical follows an orphan girl, Mary Lennox, who is forced to leave India when her parents die. She is[Read More…]
Village of Homewood help wanted May 2017
Nearly a dozen entertainers will be featured at the Southland Acoustic Music Festival on Saturday, Aug. 26, in Park Forest. The 1 to 7 p.m. program will be on the grounds of the Unitarian Universalist Community Church, 70 Sycamore Drive. The music performances are set for outdoors, but will move[Read More…]
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