The Homewood-Flossmoor High School choir sings. Members of the choir audition to join the H-F Master Singers group, which will tour several cities in Europe during spring break. (Photo provided by H-F High School) The 55 members of the H-F Master Singers are holding an auction on Jan. 16 at 8 p.m. to raise money[Read More…]
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State Sen. Napoleon Harris announces run for US Senate
Do you have a beautiful child? Or maybe one who could use some pointers on how to use a cell phone without irritating anyone? Dilsie Smith Vogue 15 Modeling & Talent Company/Academy of Refining and Etiquette, opening this month in Homewood’s Cherry Creek shopping center, will offer the H-F area’s[Read More…]
Flossmoor’s Winterfest – Santa, holiday fun and now a photo booth
Like a lot of holiday events, it started with Santa. A few years ago, Winterfest was born when the crimson-costumed symbol of the season made an early stop in Flossmoor for the annual holiday tree-lighting ceremony. After the electrification of the fir tree, holiday reveling continued for nearly three hours.[Read More…]
District 153 board believes Millennium School closing will have positive revenue and learning outcomes
Closing Homewood’s Millennium School was a tough decision for District 153 school board members, but they are confident students will adjust well to the restructured schools next year. “We have to make a choice tonight, and as we have always done, we have to put the students first,” Board President[Read More…]
App competition will help Homewood residents discover more about their community
Elias Barbosa works Monday to string lightson the big evergreen tree in Irwin Park. David Becker manages thestring of lights on the ground. A Homewood Public Works crew decorated the big evergreen tree in Irwin Park on Monday, getting it ready for the holiday season and for the Holiday Lights in Homewood festival Friday[Read More…]
Homewood Police Reports: Oct. 29, 2015
Hands go up as Parker Junior High School students vy to provide the answer to a question from state Rep. Will Davis, who visited the school Monday. Parker Junior High School students raised their hands Monday and then took a stab at the size of the Illinois state budget. $250,000? $500,000? $3[Read More…]
Ron Wexler Team
Nora McGrory, middle, tries to think which coupon she wants — one for chili at Twisted Q BBQ or one for an egg roll from Eat Rice — for helping identify the unique snowflake decoration in downtown Homewood. With her at Homewood Village Hall Saturday were, from left, her brother, Mickey, her[Read More…]
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We are into a very family-oriented holiday season with Thanksgiving just past and Christmas just four weeks away. Yet for many facing domestic violence, the joy is overshadowed by extreme stress, says Vicki Meilach, community outreach coordinator of South Suburban Family Shelter (SSFS). Meilach offers these statistics: One in four[Read More…]
Homewood voters will have referendum question on March ballot
HF Chronicle editors Tom Houlihan and Marilyn Thomaspose at Park Press in South Holland on Tuesday with a plate from the first print edition of the newspaper. The first print edition of the H-F Chronicle will hit the streets on Dec. 2. The Homewood-Flossmoor community’s own newspaper, published online for well[Read More…]
Flossmoor student awarded library scholarship at WIU
Local artists will contribute to Union Street Gallery’s efforts to forge stronger community connections and bring affordable art to the area during the holiday season, according to a gallery news release. The gallery at 1527 Otto Boulevard in Chicago Heights has renamed its popular annual show from “Twelfth Month” to[Read More…]
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