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Byron Walker and Erika Schafer took their seats on the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, May 20. They replaced Linda Ojode of Flossmoor, who served a six-year term, and Steve Johnson of Homewood, who was on the board for 18 years, serving three terms. Only Walker ran[Read More…]
Mariyah Robinson prefers to run when it’s a little warmer outside. Homewood-Flossmoor’s junior sprinter got her first chance of the season to race in the sun during the Class 3A Lockport sectional on May 14. The high temperature was 80 degrees, there weren’t many clouds in the sky and Robinson[Read More…]
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District approved a transfer of $1.5 million into its capital fund that will help underwrite improvements in three parks and cover the replacement costs for new air conditioning units at the H-F Racquet & Fitness Center. Residents’ input helped make the decisions on which playground equipment options[Read More…]
Flossmoor Community Relations Commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. in village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. The agenda is available here. Homewood Public Library Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. in the library, 17917 Dixie Highway. The agenda is available here. FSL House Walk. The Flossmoor Service League will be showcasing four beautiful homes[Read More…]
Homewood-Flossmoor School District 233 Board of Education Planning Committee will meet at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 20, in the Viking Room, South Building, 999 Kedzie Ave. The agenda is available here. Homewood-Flossmoor Park District Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, in the Goldberg Administration Center, 3301 Flossmoor Road.[Read More…]
U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) condemned the Trump Administration for permitting the sale of forced reset triggers, which enable semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns. Kelly represents Homewood and Flossmoor in Congress. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) settled a lawsuit with the National Association for Gun Rights, which[Read More…]
[Correction: This story incorrectly stated the show would take place on June 14 and June 15. There will be no show on June 15. The Chronicle apologizes for the error.] Every second Saturday through September, car buffs and car admirers will get a chance to see a variety of cars[Read More…]
Art students at Homewood-Flossmoor High School continue to earn recognition and awards. The South Shore Tri-County Exhibition May 4 at the South Shore Arts Center in Munster, Indiana, included works by students grades 6 through 12 from schools in Lake, Porter and LaPorte, Indiana, and Cook County’s South Suburbs. Three[Read More…]
GoodSpeed Cycles owner Graham Bolkema will celebrate his shop’s 15-year anniversary May 24 with family, friends, bike enthusiasts, and anyone who stops by the store at 2125 W. 183rd St. in Homewood that day. To mark the store’s opening in 2010, Graham and his operations manager, Steve Buchtel, are organizing[Read More…]
You don’t need be a beer aficionado to enjoy Peach Front Property, described as a big sweet, fruity, hoppy beer now being served at Homewood Brewing Co. and Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery. The Double West Coast IPA beer was produced jointly by Cam Horn, brewmaster at Homewood Brewing, and[Read More…]
