When life gives you lemons, the saying goes, make lemonade. One Homewood woman recently took the sour taste of an anonymous scolding and decided to go another direction. From lemons, she made a flock of flamingos. Leslie Bolser, center, and friends celebrate after planting a flock of plastic flamingos in[Read More…]
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Flossmoor Station celebrates 20 years of leading the craft beer revolution
Residents brought concerns over last week’s administrative shakeup at Parker Junior High School to Monday’s Flossmoor District 161 Board of Education committee meeting. Nearly 50 people attended the sometimes heated meeting, during which a number of residents peppered board members and administrators with questions and criticism on issues ranging from[Read More…]
Flossmoor OKs lift station rehab, eyes solution to Swiffer disposal problem
Nathalie Goich is closing her shop after 17 years in downtown Homewood. (Photo by Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) Her shop’s new location never quite worked out, so Nathalie Goich is hanging up her retail hat after 17 years running Nathalie’s Interiors in downtown Homewood. Goich is conducting a liquidation sale at 2045 Ridge[Read More…]
Police warn of scam involving IRS impersonators
Did you know the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays can damage your skin in as little as 15 minutes? Dr. Michael Romberg Although the sun is necessary for life, too much sun exposure can lead to adverse health effects, including skin cancer. In fact, more than one million Americans are diagnosed[Read More…]
Designs lay out wetlands, native prairie at Irons Oaks
Homewood trustees approved a budget amendment Tuesday, Aug. 23, that will enable the police department to add two patrol officer positions. Police Chief Bill Alcott said the request for new positions is in anticipation of greater demand on the department as a result of business expansion on Halsted Street. “With[Read More…]
Beer tasting party at Coyote Run planned for Sept. 10
Liam Nelson, 11, blows his trumpet during a jazz comboperformance Saturday, Aug. 13, at the Homewood FarmersMarket. Nelson, who has been playing trumpet for about ayear, was the featured soloist for the group, which consistedof current and former students of Chris Denman, bandinstructor at Chicago Christian High School. Nelson[Read More…]
Homewood Science Center to host volunteer meeting July 7
Course leader Myras Osman of Flossmoor holds his classon World War II in rapt attention. (Photo by Margaret Brady) Something remarkable has been happening for the past 23 years in the South Suburbs. The Knowledge Exchange (TKE), often referred to as a “hidden gem,” starts its 24th year of learning when[Read More…]
School board members say releasing Pitcock was a tough decision
A local teen who started You Matter 2, a nonprofit organization that helps fight hunger, will be featured on national television on Sunday, Aug. 28. Caption Destiny Watson, a 2016 Homewood-Flossmoor High School graduate, is one of 10 Chicago area students selected for the special show at 6 p.m. on[Read More…]
Interns broaden local news coverage, gain experience
Police are searching for the killer of 20-year-old Flossmoor man who was shot a block from his home Tuesday night. Damarcus Roberts died at about 10 a.m. Wednesday at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Flossmoor Deputy Police Chief Tod Kamleiter said. The case is being considered a homicide[Read More…]
Historic Gold home begins third era as science center
On Friday, Aug. 19, a motorcyclist was injured in a traffic accident near 183rd Street and Gottschalk Avenue. It was the most recent accident at or near the intersection that has been the scene of a number of injury accidents in recent years, and it prompted a Homewood woman to[Read More…]