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The holiday season begins early for Janet Gustafson of Flossmoor. You’re more likely to see Easter merchandise and summer gear in the store than Christmas trees and stockings and twinkling lights when she starts getting into Christmas mode each spring. In April, she started planning out her massive, gingerbread house[Read More…]
South Suburban College (SSC) is hosting a virtual open house on Zoom for the Work Equity Initiative (WEI) sponsored programs at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14. The open house will allow the public to gain more information on the WEI-sponsored programs, including community health worker, barbering, basic nursing assistant,[Read More…]
The parish of St. John Neumann is hosting a food donation drive on Saturday, Dec. 17, for the “Neighbors in Need” program sponsored by Catholic Charities. Donations of food will be accepted from 9 to 11 a.m. in the church’s north parking lot at 17951 Dixie Highway in Homewood. This[Read More…]
ENVIRONMENT WATCH There’s a new way for H-F residents to get involved and make a difference for environmental sustainability and justice. The Southland Committee of the Nordson Green Earth Foundation met Saturday, Dec. 10, at Wiley’s Grill in Flossmoor. The foundation is fairly new. It was founded last year[Read More…]
Members of the Homewood and Flossmoor business associations provided examples of products and services they are featuring this holiday season.
Editor’s note: This story was updated for clarity at 7:30 a.m. on Dec. 15. Karyn’s Kitchen, a vegan restaurant that specializes in raw food, opened in Flossmoor Commons on Dec. 1. It’s next door to Karyn’s Inner Beauty, a spa and wellness shop owned by the same lifestyle guru, wellness author[Read More…]
Special to the Chronicle The fall semester at Governors State University is nearing its end, but negotiations between the administration and the union representing faculty and staff seem to be far from conclusion. GSU’s members of University Professionals of Illinois (GSU-UPI), Local 4100, have been bargaining for a new contract[Read More…]
Though I have appreciated the Chronicle’s past coverage of the proposed destruction of greenspace at Calumet Country Club, I have been very troubled by the recent coverage that uses the property owner’s framing of both the development and the parties involved. Although context and fact-checking were sorely missing in Carole[Read More…]
The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced that Illinois will receive up to $354.6 million to administer four programs as part of the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI). The expanded program offering through SSBCI will enable Illinois to support small businesses across the state – helping them attract[Read More…]
Hundreds of bags of fresh food were given away to Advocate South Suburban Hospital patients at All Nations Community Church in Homewood on the afternoon of Thursday, Dec. 8. The bags were prepared by 35 Old National Bank employees. The food drive was part of Advocate’s ongoing Living Food Farmacy[Read More…]
