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January 2022 was a long time ago. Here’s a refresher course on what was going on then, the page images from the Chronicle’s Jan. 1 print edition. The centerpiece featured the American Dance Center, celebrating its 50th anniversary. The edition also included stories about: To see the full-sized page, click[Read More…]
The Village of Flossmoor will not be accepting the donation of Gunnar Theel’s Sculpture #9, citing safety concerns among others for going against the Public Art Commission’s recommendation to bring the work of art to Leavitt Park. The village board voted unanimously the evening of Monday, Dec. 19, to deny a[Read More…]
Flossmoor has a new historical society, and it is moving quickly with plans for a history and arts center in a building with a significant past of its own, not far from downtown. Officially known as the Foundation for the Preservation of Flossmoor History, the society in December announced that it[Read More…]
Four months ago, Willie Partee welcomed his son, Deandre, into the world, but within weeks, that happy experience was followed by a succession of heartbreaking experiences, starting with the sudden death of Deandre’s mother, who suffered an aneurism. Almost at the same time, the Bellwood man’s car broke down and[Read More…]
The Village of Flossmoor is not to be deterred from its community celebration of Hanukkah. Despite wind chills in the negative double-digits, Jim and Patty Himmel, of Flossmoor, lit the community menorah on the sixth night of the Jewish holiday, Friday, Dec. 23. “We just know to get here at[Read More…]
Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller was named to the National Association of Counties’ County Officials advancing Racial Equity (CORE) in Justice Network. She was selected for her commitment to identifying and eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in the local criminal legal system. Miller has led Cook County in efforts to[Read More…]
A winter storm Thursday and Friday delivered much less snow than was earlier predicted, though it was enough to give the area a white blanket in time for Christmas. Homewood received 2.6 inches of snow as of 7 a.m. Friday, according to the National Weather Service. That’s enough snow to[Read More…]
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District has tentative plans for a grand reopening of the H-F Ice Arena, 777 Kedzie Ave. in Flossmoor, on Saturday, Feb. 11. Lyndsay Freeman, ice arena director, gave the park commissioners a glimpse of what she has in store to draw the community back to the ice[Read More…]
Homewood-Flossmoor High School saw another crop of future college athletes sign to move on to the next level with a ceremony in the school’s auditorium on the NCAA’s national signing day, Dec. 21. “What a great way to start the holiday season,” Athletic Director Matthew Lyke told the student athletes[Read More…]
Acting Flossmoor Police Chief Keith Taylor on Monday, Dec. 19, provided the village board with an update on Illinois’ Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act as a third trailer bill to the legislation was signed into law on Dec. 6. Among the changes to the SAFE-T Act legislation is a[Read More…]
