In March 2016, high winds toppled the community Christmas tree in Irwin Park.  Homewood-Flossmoor Park District officials determined the tree was not salvageable, so it was removed.  Within days, Homewood resident Carol Horeth offered her tree, a gift from Richard Irwin, to replace the holiday tree. At the Holiday Lights[Read More…]

Homewood trustees will consider measures Tuesday, March 22, intended to make local government a little more efficient.  If approved, the village will merge its Plan Commission and the Zoning Board of Appeals. The combined board would be known as the Planning and Zoning Commission, according to Tom Vander Woude, Homewood[Read More…]

The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District’s annual Easter Egg Hunt took place at Irwin Park on Saturday morning, March 19. Photos by Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle

The new mural at the entrance to Homewood Public Library. (Photos by Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle)   Local artist Katharine   Purvis works on the new   mural at HPL. Katharine Purvis is the first artist selected to create a temporary art installation at Homewood Public Library. The piece she created recently is a mural[Read More…]

Allie Ellis, center, writes the answer provided byfriends Sean Smith and Laura Forbes at the FandomTrivia event. (Photos by Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle) There were some groans, some laughs and a lot of enjoyment at the Homewood Public Library’s first Fandom Trivia event March 11. While many would immediately write the answer,[Read More…]

Flossmoor District 161 is looking for a new school bus company after its transportation provider, Positive Connections, opted out of the current three-year contract. Superintendent Craig Doster said he believes that District 161 will realize “substantial savings” by searching for a new bus company in a competitive bidding climate.  [Read More…]

HF DECA’s board making the DECA Diamond sign(DECA’s logo), are from left Sam Cutrara, Bernie Coderre,Allie Humphrey, Lonzo Lynn, Hannah Lichtenberg,Ryan Bergal, Kevin Steiner, and Michael Havighorst.(Provided photos)   Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s DECA program had 16 students advance to international competition after competing March 10, 11 and 12 in state competition. The 16[Read More…]

The Colorado spruce that served as Homewood’s festive holiday tree for years fell victim to high winds on Wednesday afternoon. (Photos by Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle) Irwin Park’s Colorado spruce near the intersection of Ridge Road and Gottschalk became the victim of extremely high winds on Wednesday. Residents stopped to take photos as news[Read More…]

U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) calls President Barack Obama’s United States Supreme Court nomination of U.S. Court of Appeals Chief Justice Merrick Garland an excellent choice. Because only senators can confirm the nomination, Kelly calls on members of the U.S. Senate to be open to the nomination and vote on[Read More…]