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The Homewood Village Board approved a budget amendment to reallocate $396,000 to cover costs for 2025-26 capital projects, several of which involve public safety support. At the Dec. 9 meeting, Homewood Finance Director Amy Zukowski told trustees the money became available after the village reassessed its 2025–26 capital budget[Read More…]
Santa’s Senior Helpers. Homewood-Flossmoor High School seniors will partner with H-F Park District Senior VIPs at Wiley’s Grill, 800 Kedzie Ave. from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to help Santa respond to all the letters he receives. Co-sponsored by the park district and the villages of Homewood and Flossmoor. H-F Winter[Read More…]
Wrestling is fun when you win. Madelynn McClements was having fun during a dual meet with Bolingbrook Dec. 11. The Homewood-Flossmoor junior looked up at her teammates during her match with Maelyn Chromcak Dec. 11. and laughed. They laughed back at her. It was just a brief moment in a[Read More…]
The village received six responses to their request for proposals for redevelopment of 2066 Ridge Road and 2024 Chestnut Road, which were presented to the Homewood Village Board at the Dec. 10 meeting. The window for proposal submissions was eight weeks, from Sept. 25 to Nov. 21. Proposals were open[Read More…]
The Flossmoor village board continued the discussion of e-bike and e-scooter policy for the village at the Dec. 1 board meeting, developing a more specific consensus prior to considering formal regulations. Assistant Village Manager Jonathan Bogue gave an updated presentation, including statistics on injuries in the state, results of a[Read More…]
Friday, Dec. 12 Senior Social Hour. Stop by Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway, from 1 to 2 p.m. for an hour of pleasant conversation and light refreshments. Tween Time. Register here for Tween Time, designed for 4th-6th graders. Come to Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. to[Read More…]
To address financial challenges at Prairie State College, administrators announced an organizational restructuring with position eliminations using a multi-phase turnaround plan focused on reducing expenses, protecting essential operations and keeping student needs at the forefront. Crystal Alston, senior director of external affairs and marketing, said, “The impacted employees have been[Read More…]
Homewood police arrested three area men Wednesday, Dec. 10, on a variety of charges after finding loaded firearms and suspected illegal drugs in the vehicle they were in. The vehicle was stopped about 4 p.m. in the 18600 block of Halsted Street. One unusual aspect of the incident, police said,[Read More…]
Dear Editor, I am writing to you about the article “Homewood board updates off-leash pet violation fines” published on page 31 of the Dec. 1 edition of the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle. While I am thankful that your staff covered the story and provided notice to those reading the Chronicle that fines would[Read More…]
Homewood Planning and Zoning Commission will meet at 7 p.m. in village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. The agenda is available here. The livestream will be available here. Meeting ID 991 8481 1606, passcode 573812. Highlights: Baby Bloomers. Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway, will host story time for children age 0 to 2.5 years[Read More…]
