The Village of Flossmoor announced Wednesday that a groundbreaking ceremony for the long-awaited Meijer superstore will take place next Tuesday, April 28. The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. at the Meijer site, 3800 Vollmer Road. Contractors for Meijer did substantial site work last year and will be working on[Read More…]

Michael Jones, center, assistant dean at Marian High School in Chicago Heights, works with his daughters Emma, left, and Nina, right, on the tinkering project at the community science center meeting Monday. (Photo by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) More than 60 area residents got a chance Monday night to hear about, discuss and try out[Read More…]

With Monday’s approval of the 2016 municipal budget, Flossmoor officials are looking ahead to a number of projects taking place in the village this year. First and foremost is the construction of the Meijer superstore at Flossmoor’s southwest corner. Contractors working for Meijer are expected to start work on the[Read More…]

St. Joseph School third graders (from left) Dylan White,Caron Rice, Kaleb Blumenberg and Matthew Lively helpdisplay some of the decorated Walt’s Foods shoppingbags.  (Photo by Marilyn Thomas/HF Chronicle) For Earth Day, students at St. JosephSchool in Homewood decoratedWalt’s Foods bags with colorfuldisplays of the planet. (Photo by Marilyn Thomas/HF Chronicle) As[Read More…]

Thanking District 153 outgoing board member Tom Brabec(third from left) for his service are (from left) past memberJerry Morin, board president Shelly Marks and pastmember Tom Dockweiler. (Photo by Marilyn Thomas/Hf Chronicle) Supporters gave Homewood District 153 board member Tom Brabec numerous well wishes, rounds of applause and thanks as he[Read More…]

Art contest first runner-up Emma Novak, left, with U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly. (Provided photo) Emma Novak of Homewood was first runner-up and Lucy Sloan of Flossmoor was second runner-up in the 2015 Congressional Art Competition hosted by U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) Both artists are students at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. “I was amazed[Read More…]

Greg Weiss tells a story at Homewood Stories, a monthly storytelling show founded by local dentist Karen O’Donnell. (Photo by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) When renowned storytellers Andy Offutt Irwin and Bil Lepp come to Homewood April 20 their appearances at Homewood Public Library and James Hart School will be a kind of punctuation for[Read More…]

Village Board members Monday are expected to approve the municipal budget for the 2016 fiscal year. Prior to its budget vote, the board will conduct a public hearing in which residents and other interested parties can weigh in on village spending for the upcoming year. The village board meeting and[Read More…]

Baseball is big in Homewood, and so it gets a big welcome for the beginning of each new season. Opening day Saturday, April 18, began with the annual parade, in which hundreds of team members, coaches, assistants and parents marched along Ridge Road from Irwin Park to the ballfields at[Read More…]