District 153 will mark the last day of Millennium School on Tuesday, June 7. District officials estimate 3,000 children in fifth and sixth grades have passed through Millennium the past 13 years. The student council selected the school’s name. Millennium’s fifth graders will now be students at Churchill School and[Read More…]
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Flossmoor barber shop celebrates five years as community ‘hub’
Rose Farley loved the laughter and the hugs of children at St. Joseph School for 23 years. She officially retired June 7. Farley and her husband, Jesse, sent their three daughters to the school. When their youngest daughter, Jackie, entered first grade, she accepted a position as teacher aide to[Read More…]
Churchill School’s Cece Coffey recognized for outstanding efforts at her ‘favorite job’
Homewood District 153 is changing its math curriculum to give young students a better understanding of math concepts and ease older students into word and multi-step problems. Kathy Schaeflein, director of curriculum, said the district moved forward with the $149,600 purchase and teacher training package after the Illinois legislature approved[Read More…]
Masters Plus 2016
A coalition of domestic violence service providers – including South Suburban Family Shelter of Homewood – are looking for runners willing to race as part of the Run DV Out of Town team. Since 2013, the coalition of 10 providers has had a team of runners in the Bank of[Read More…]
MastersPlus June 2016
Alexandria Thomaston (left) and Noelle Holt workedtogether on a Hobo Jungle project.(Photos by Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle) Peter Cavalieri enjoys his time at Hobo Jungle. They get an idea, measure the wood, pick up a hammer and start nailing. It’s the annual summer tradition of Hobo Jungle. The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District[Read More…]
Homewood officials seek greater restaurant variety
Flossmoor Station in downtown Flossmoor is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a series of special events. (Chronicle 2015 file photo) When Carolyn and Dean Armstrong bought the old Illinois Central Railroad depot building in downtown Flossmoor and opened a brewpub 20 years ago, they hoped it would be successful. “It turned out to[Read More…]
Flossmoor to build new sewage system lift station equipped with ‘chopper’ pump
Swiffer mop pads – a common culprit clogging today’s wastewater disposal systems – may be meeting their match in Flossmoor. Village board members unanimously voted Tuesday to construct a new $350,000 sewage system lift station that includes a “chopper pump” capable of shredding just about anything that, rightly or wrongly,[Read More…]
James Hart alumni celebrate their days in junior high
Homewood police warned residents Wednesday, July 6, to be alert for scammers claiming to be Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials. The scam perpetrators not only claim to be from the IRS but sometimes threaten arrest, license revocation or other penalties, according to a neighborhood watch alert from the Homewood Police[Read More…]
Scenes from the Homewood Memorial Day parade
This diagram shows plans for rehabilitating a stagnant pond at Irons Oaks Environmental Learning Center. To see the full-size version, click on the image above. (Provided image) A stagnant pond at Irons Oaks Environmental Learning Center will one day be a wetland space surrounded by a host of plants that will help restore the[Read More…]
Former Homewood police chief appointed to Board of Trustees after Ray Robertson resigns
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District is putting a new twist on the game of golf with its “Fore & Pour” event Sept. 10. The park district hosted its first beer tasting party in January 2016 with “Explore the Pour” at The Clubhouse at Dolphin Lake. The event sold out and got[Read More…]
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