Open Enrollment for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace began Monday, Nov. 1, and will continue through Jan. 15, 2022, according to state officials. There are eleven insurance carriers for plan year 2022, up from eight in plan year 2021, and five in plan year 2020. This year,[Read More…]
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3/8/2021 | What You Need to Know This Week
CALUMET COUNTRY CLUB REZONING – Homewood trustees will consider four measures Tuesday night that would enable an industrial redevelopment project on the golf course. The Planning and Zoning Commission sent the proposed rezoning requests to the board without an affirmative recommendation. More info at hfchronicle.com. CAUTION ON THE TRAILS – Izaak Walton[Read More…]
Homewood trustees to consider zoning changes that would allow Calumet Country Club redevelopment to proceed
The Homewood Board of Trustees will consider four ordinances at its regular meeting Tuesday that, if approved, would pave the way for the development of a warehouse fulfillment center to be built on the site of Calumet Country Club. On Thursday, March 4, the village Planning and Zoning Commission voted[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: March 7
This graph shows the state’s progress in receiving and administering COVID-19 vaccines. The scale on the right is the measure of vaccine doses received. The scale on the left is the measure of doses administered and the seven-day rolling average of administered doses. Region 10 (includes H-F) Positve test rate: 3.3%[Read More…]
Staying well together: Medical needs get special attention at Johnson’s
Deb Brady, who owns Johnson’s with her husband Timothy, helps a customer at the Homewood home medical supplies store. (Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle) Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories first published in the Chronicle’s annual Health and Wellness special section of the March 1 print edition,[Read More…]
Commissioners unimpressed with Calumet Country Club redevelopment plan
After five meetings and 20 hours of questioning by commissioners and the public, Homewood Planning and Zoning Commission members concluded that plans to develop an industrial distribution center on the site of Calumet Country Club do not rise to the standards set in the village zoning code. Commission members questioned[Read More…]
Family mourns, calls for justice at vigil for Homewood teen
Alexis Wilson’s family gathered on what would have been her 20th birthday, Oct. 8, at Baba’s Famous Steak and Lemonade in Dolton. Rather than a celebration, the event was a vigil to mourn the loss of the Homewood-Flossmoor High School graduate, who was killed by Dolton police at the fast[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: March 6
This graph shows the state’s progress in receiving and administering COVID-19 vaccines. The scale on the right is the measure of vaccine doses received. The scale on the left is the measure of doses administered and the seven-day rolling average of administered doses. Region 10 (includes H-F) Positve test rate: 3.4%[Read More…]
League of Women Voters hosts forums for Flossmoor mayor, District 233 candidates
The Homewood-Flossmoor League of Women Voters is hosting two virtual candidate forums for the April 6 election for the Homewood-Flossmoor High School board and the Flossmoor mayoral race. The forums will be accessible through the league’s Facebook page at facebook.com/LWVHFArea. The community is invited to submit questions in advance at[Read More…]
Homewood’s Zone Comics and the comic book industry find sales have improved during the pandemic
Alex Stritar, 30, owner of Zone Comics & Games, said that despite setbacks, business has been stable and in some major ways has even improved during the COVID-19 pandemic. At Zone, the wall is filled with new issues of Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Vampirella, Goosebumps and Archie. A local comic shop[Read More…]
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