It’s a large purchase — $346, 537 — but textbooks at Homewood-Flossmoor High School will now come with electronic resources for students and faculty. At its Jan. 19 meeting, the school board agreed to purchase 14 new textbooks, two workbooks and one supplementary paperback for the Applied Academics, Math, Social Science, Physical[Read More…]

Community residents Thursday showed strong support for proposed apartments for developmentally disabled adults, filling the room with a show of hands before the Flossmoor Plan Commission recommended approval. Commission members unanimously voted in favor of the plan and proposed rezoning of two lots at 1032 and 1038 Leavitt Ave. Their[Read More…]

The generations met and came to a compromise on what music will be played at Homewood-Flossmoor High School dances. Shannon Dunne Students led a petition drive in December asking for greater leeway for disk jockeys selecting music for school dances, as well as permissible music for various school functions and[Read More…]

The H-F Park District Auditorium attracts chocolate-lovers of all ages for the annual Chocolate Fest. (HF Chronicle 2015 file photos) The Village of Homewood will be a chocoholic’s paradise 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 20 as it hosts the 14th annual Homewood Chocolate Fest. This year’s festival will feature[Read More…]

Guests explore the new Dolphin Lake Clubhouse during the facility’s open house in October 2015. (HF Chronicle file photo) The numbers speak for themselves. Interest in The Clubhouse at Dolphin Lake has been phenomenal: It’s January and already 108 parties in 2016 are booked. The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District Board followed staff’s recommendation[Read More…]

Aerial view of the project area. Click to open a PDF version. (Provided image) Flossmoor Village Board members Tuesday gave the green light to a flood control project along Cherry Creek at Homewood-Flossmoor High School and north along Governors Highway. Board members unanimously approved an intergovernmental agreement between the village, H-F School[Read More…]

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Members of the H-F Robotics Club Tech Ninja Teamshow the robot they used to competed Dec. 19 in the Highland Park FIRST Tech Challenge qualifier.(Provided photos) Students from Parker Junior High School recently successfully competed in a robotic competition, placing eleventh out of 27 teams, most of them made up of[Read More…]

Enjoying the HF Park District’s Explore the Pour event are,from left, these are Janine Mlynarcik of Flossmoor,and Brian Knetl and Amy Knetl, of Homewood.(Photos by Tom Houlihan/HF Chronicle) If there’s one thing craft beer fans love almost as much as good beer, it’s talking to the brewer and hearing how it’s[Read More…]

An artists’ rendering of the proposed homes for people with developmental disabilities in Flossmoor. (Provided image) Plans are underway in Flossmoor for the state’s first permanent supportive apartments for persons with developmental disabilities. New Hope Center, a south suburban not-for-profit agency providing services to persons with intellectual and age-related disabilities, is seeking[Read More…]