(Photo by Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle) Homewood schools supporter Patti Pohrte, center, and her son, John, share District 153 referendum information with JoAnn Duntz. Supporters were out over the weekend canvassing Homewood neighborhoods. Voters are being asked to approve a $9 million seven-year bond issue on March 15 that will help cover the[Read More…]
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Three H-F High students competing at state speech tourney
An undated photo of the Butterfield family withBenjamin Butterfield in the front row on the right side.(Photos provided by the Homewood Historical Society) There aren’t many people in the Homewood-Flossmoor area who haven’t passed over Butterfield Creek while driving down Dixie Highway. Flossmoor also has a Butterfield Road and[Read More…]
H-F hosts conference Tuesday focused on genetics
Dr. Richard Mantoan is out to change lives on March 19 by offering free smiles to anyone who needs dental work as he hosts Dentistry From The Heart, his fifth charity event at his office, Southland Smiles, 19815 Governors Highway in Flossmoor. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and Mantoan and[Read More…]
Community rallies around Homewood business after misfortunes push it to the brink
Irish tenor Gavin Coyle will perform Celtic songs and Irish ballads at a special early St. Patrick’s Day program on March 15 at St. Joseph Church, 17951 Dixie Highway in Homewood. Coyle will begin his program at 7 p.m. with Irish favorites and include selections from stage and screen. A[Read More…]
Deadlines approaching for 19th annual Diversity Dinners
Homewood-Flossmoor High School seniors MargaretColton, left, and Heather Culbertson have been namedNational Merit Scholarship finalists. Both plan careersin the sciences. (Provided photo) Margaret Colton and Heather Culbertson, seniors at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, have been named finalists in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship competition. They are two of nearly 15,000 students across[Read More…]
Era of great beer arrives and it’s good to be alive
It was beer heaven, or maybe the closest we’ll get to that exalted state. Along the walls of the spanking new Dolphin Lake Clubhouse, 10 craft brewers were handing out their product – hoppy ales, crisp lagers and porters that could make a grown man cry. Holding their pint glasses,[Read More…]
PSC President Terri Winfree receives national ‘Giving Back Award’
It is no secret that the issue of property taxes in Illinois is a sensitive subject. Currently pending before the Illinois Legislature are a number of bills that attempt to stop any increase in property taxes; that legislation aims for what is commonly referred to as a property tax freeze. [Read More…]
Juvenile Court – a peek at justice behind locked doors
Flossmoor’s crime rate in 2015 declined for the third straight year. Police Chief Michael Pulec said Thursday that the overall number of so-called Part 1 crimes – which include murder, criminal sexual assault, robbery, aggravated battery, burglary, theft, auto theft and arson — dropped from 123 in 2014 to 106 in 2015.[Read More…]
Churchill School technology teacher accepts Morin Award
Teacher Kathy Call, left, and teacher aide TerryHammonds, center, have seen remarkable progressfrom Quinn McNellis since he’s started communicatingwith the help of an iPad. (Photos by Marilyn Thomas/HF Chronicle) Topics of conversation on Quinn McNellis’ iPad mini include school, class jobs, teachers, school people and weather. For nearly a[Read More…]
Getting ready for the worst-case scenario is a job that never ends
Minor injuries were reported Thursday afternoon following a school bus accident at Birch Road and Center Avenue in Homewood. A bus carrying 35 Homewood-Flossmoor High School students was involved in the crash, said Jodi Bryant, the high school’s director of human resources and public relations. Fire departments from Homewood, Flossmoor,[Read More…]
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