La Voute Chef Dominique Tougne with his wife andchildren at the grand opening of La Banque Hoteland La Voute Bar + Bistro in June 2015.(Photo by Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) So how does an esteemed French chef, who has cooked in some of the finest restaurants in France and Chicago, find[Read More…]

Members of Homewood and Flossmoor churches will be walking on April 24 in the annual CROP Hunger Walk to raise funds to feed the hungry. The walk will begin at 2 p.m. at Salem Lutheran Church, 18324 Ashland Ave. in Homewood. Walkers will have four-mile and two-mile options. Volunteers have[Read More…]

SmartLabs, a new approach for collaborative learning by middle school students, will be in place at the start of the 2016-17 school year at Hart School in Homewood. The District 153 School Board agreed March 21 to spend $348,000 on the program designed for sixth, seventh and eighth graders. “I’ve[Read More…]

You can have many different kinds of interactions with our current health care system. It may be a blood pressure check with a nurse practitioner to tweak the dose of a medication, a trip to the emergency room for an acute injury or an office visit with a doctor for[Read More…]

Nearly 6 billion people will experience back pain at some point in their lives.     Dr. Josh Zumstein You read that right. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 80 percent of the world population will experience back pain. The good news is that most back pain[Read More…]

Homewood’s budget remains stable and healthy, although expenses are expected to increase a bit more than revenue in the coming year, according to village officials. Finance Director Dennis Bubenik provided the Board of Trustees with an overview of the 2016-2017 budget on Tuesday, March 22.  Revenue is expected to increase[Read More…]

Homewood District 153 mourned the loss of teacher John Calabrese who died March 17 after an extended battle with cancer. Mr. Calabrese, 55, first came to the district as a substitute physical education teacher. He was hired full time 12 years as a reading teacher. He later taught social studies.[Read More…]

Flossmoor’s shopping list for the coming year includes two dump trucks, fire department air packs, a pair of squad cars, a heavy duty laser printer and new financial software. As village officials prepare the new municipal budget, it’s time to assess those items, big and small, that are used to[Read More…]

Vince Krydynski, a 1981 graduate of Marian Catholic High School, will become the school’s first lay president. He has served as vice president of institutional advancement since 2013.   Vince Krydynski He will take the position July 1 when the eight-year term of current president Sister Judine Hilbing ends. As[Read More…]