Sue Bertram of Flossmoor, a member of the Homewood-Flossmoor Park Districtboard of trustees for 23 years, said good-bye at the Jan. 19 park board meeting. She was first elected to the board in May 1993. She served two consecutive six-yearterms, and then a two-year term. In 2007, Bertram was elected[Read More…]
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H-F students, staff reach a compromise on music selection
The Parker Junior High School seventh-grade basketball team will be competing in the state tournament Thursday. (Provided photo) Flossmoor School District 161, facing a statewide teacher shortage, is traveling to two job fairs this month in search of new faculty members. At Monday’s school board meeting, Superintendent Craig Doster said district personnel will[Read More…]
Homewood Chocolate Fest offers sweet alternative to winter blahs
Every vote counts! That is the message District 153 supporters are stressing as they share information about the March 15 referendum. The Homewood schools district got more than 80 percent approval for the 2011 referendum, but supporters say they aren’t taking anything for granted this year. “We don’t want people[Read More…]
H-F Park District’s clubhouse rental rates going up
The award-winning documentary, “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,” produced by Homewood native Laurens Grant, will be airing this month on WTTW – Channel 11. The Chicago Public Television network will air the film at 3 p.m. on Feb. 17, 10 p.m. on Feb. 18 and 1 a.m. on[Read More…]
Flossmoor OKs intergovernmental plan to halt Cherry Creek flooding
Parker Junior High’s Tech Ninjas robotics team.(Provided photo) Parker Junior High Tech Ninjas won the Judges Control Award recently at the Chicago Math and Science Academy FIRST Tech Challenge qualifier. It was the team’s second time competing in FTC, an international program that brings science, problem solving and programming to[Read More…]
Parker Junior High ‘Tech Ninjas’ take robot to competition
The District 153 PTA will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, to take a position on the upcoming March 15 referendum question. The meeting is at James Hart School, 183rd and Morgan in Homewood. The school board approved a referendum asking voters to extend the current tax levy another[Read More…]
Getting a taste of craft beer made close to home
“Memory: An exhibition of portraiture evoking memory,” is the newest show in the Christopher Art Gallery at Prairie State College (PSC), 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. Artists Ellen Holtzblatt, Judith Roth, John P. Smolko, Joseph Taylor and Julian Williams will be welcomed at a[Read More…]
Proposed apartments for developmentally disabled would be first in Illinois
Because there’s no point in plowing a pond, village snow plows have spent more time parked this year than they have in recent winters. Precipitation this year has mostly been in the form of rain, with only a few exceptions.(Photos by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) What a difference a year makes. Last February started with[Read More…]
Outpatient spine surgery now available at Ingalls Same Day Surgery
Joseph F. Casella, who served on the Homewood Village Board from June 2008 to April 2011, died Thursday, Feb. 4. He was 60. Joseph Casella A wake for Mr. Casella will be from 1 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 7, at Tews-Ryan Funeral Home, 18230 Dixie Highway. Funeral services[Read More…]
Homewood schools supporters meeting Jan. 27 to begin plans for referendum informational campaign
A relative small number of new water meters in Homewood will be replaced soon. Public Works officials recently discovered the meters were not reading water flow properly in some situations. Public Works Director John Schaefer reported at the Village Board meeting Tuesday, Jan. 26, that the problem affects a small[Read More…]