The weather is supposed to be beautiful this weekend, and it’s going to be a busy one. Here are some of the events happening in Homewood. Homewood Rail Fest A youngster watches a model train during the 2015 Rail Fest in Homewood. (H-F Chronicle file photo) 9 a.m. to 3[Read More…]
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Longer Pony Field basepaths a sign of change in Flossmoor Baseball & Softball
H-F High School art teacher Greg Petecki, in the red jacket, directs assembly of “Kinetic Vision,” a project designed and built by H-F art students. (Provided photo) “Kinetic Vision,” the newest addition to downtown Flossmoor’s growing public art scene, is seven feet tall. It is aqua-colored and has four arms, of varying lengths, that[Read More…]
Outstanding career ending for South Suburban Family Shelter’s Diane Bedrosian
Teachers Lionel Cesar (left) and Wendy Stiglic (right)congratulate the national winners of the Frenchlanguage competition (from second left) MichaelGislason, Lucy Sloan, Kathryn Donermeyer andAllie Mangel. Winner Joseph Humphreyis not pictured. (Phot by Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle) Five French language students at Homewood-Flossmoor High School have won national honors through the Le[Read More…]
Homewood police rise to the occasion
Sometimes to get attention, it helps to rise above the crowd. Homewood police officers will be rising to roof level to get attention from 6 a.m. to noon Friday at Dunkin Donuts, 17579 Halsted St., Homewood. The annual Cop on a Rooftop program is an effort to raise money for[Read More…]
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The District 233 school board agreed Tuesday, May 17, to transfer more than $12.4 million within its budget to take advantage of a state rule that will expire July 1. The Illinois School Code gives school districts three years to transfer money from the transportation fund. That window closes in[Read More…]
H-F Park District honors staff for actions that save a life
School psychologist Stephanie Hess proudly displaysthe Jerry Morin Educational Excellence Award shereceived from District 153. Hess was nominated byWillow School Principal Mary Ann Savage (left) andis congratulated by Superintendent DaleMitchell and Shelly Marks (right), board president.(Photo by Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle) Homewood District 153 presented the Jerry Morin Educational Excellence Award[Read More…]
H-F students meeting academic challenges through AP courses
A second robbery at the Southgate Minimart in Homewood ended Thursday with a car crash and the arrest of a suspect. Homewood police said an employee at the store, located at 18747 Dixie Highway, followed the suspect after the robbery and contacted the police. The male suspect, pursued by police,[Read More…]
Professional athletes, H-F grads, to compete at McLegends game April 23
When Linda Barry started teaching in Homewood District 153, she wouldn’t have dreamed she’d close out her 20-year career teaching Technology Integration.Times change and Barry wasn’t afraid to change with them. “If you’re going to teach, you have to stay ahead of the curve so we (teachers) can help our[Read More…]
Noisy give and take along our train building zone
Crashing. Banging. Clanging. At all hours of the day and night. Especially at night, when noise from the trains in our midst jars us from a good night’s sleep.Welcome to warm weather nights in Homewood and Flossmoor. Last fall, after a group of Flossmoor residents protested to the village board[Read More…]
Willow School students offer comments on children’s book
After 45 years in the classroom, Diane Comandella has seen numerous changes in education. But she believes that the basics of teaching are still much the same. “The way you teach a child is to work with him or her,” said Comandella, who is retiring this year – she has[Read More…]
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