He looked like he knew exactly where he was going, trotting along with determination – but in dangerous proximity to – Halsted Street, north of Ridge Road in Homewood. Margarget Brady Out on Saturday morning errands, my husband, Alan, and I turned into the Home Depot parking lot and began to shadow[Read More…]

Flossmoor residents are likely to see a miniscule increase in the village’s portion of the property tax bill that comes out late next year. Village officials are preparing to approve Flossmoor’s annual tax levy request later this month and the likely amount — $7,454,037 – is just 2.25 percent higher[Read More…]

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Homewood’s annual winter festival gave area residents a chance to enjoy shopping, dancing, music, ice sculpting. And kids had a chance to visit with Santa Claus. Good weather for a winter festival — dry and crisp but not too cold — encouraged crowds of people to gather in downtown Homewood and at[Read More…]

On Monday, the Homewood District 153 School Board will decide the amount of a tax levy it will ask voters to approve in the March 15 referendum. The board meets at 7 p.m. at James Hart School, 182nd and Morgan Ave. The board is looking at two options: ask voters[Read More…]

The story “New Thornton Quarry reservoir ‘like no place else in the world’” published in the Chronicle on June 16 took a look at the H-F area’s most notable geological feature and how it is being adapted to help prevent flooding in Chicago and the South Suburbs. Since then, the[Read More…]

Respond Now board President Sue Perkins is shown withthe organization’s executive director, Carl Wolf, amid a store of donated goods. (Photo by Tom Houlihan/HF Chronicle) For lots of people, getting into the holiday spirit means heading out to shop, whether it’s buying groceries for a special dish or the latest toy to[Read More…]

(Provided photo) The Flossmoor Public Library used to be a place people went for something someone else had created — a book, a musical recording, a movie. Now it also has a “makerspace” where people can create something of their own, from an oil painting to an animated movie. At[Read More…]

41 calls: Traffic Stop (15), Domestic Disturbance (4), Lockout (1), Suspicious Circumstances (2), Burglar Alarm (3), Animal Complaint (1), Assist Fire Dept. (1), Suspicious Auto (1), Unwanted Subject (2), Lost Property (1), Disturbance (2), Traffic Accident with Damage (2), Drug Activity (2), Check Well Being (1), Criminal Mischief (1), Open[Read More…]

Students in Homewood District 153 will be volunteering to help the homeless and children in hospitals on Monday, Dec. 7, the first Tom Brabec Day in Homewood schools. When Tom Brabec retired from the Homewood District 153 School Board in May after 18 years of service, the board decided it[Read More…]