Rabid Brewing seeks liquor license amendment

By Chronicle staff on June 10, 2018 - 11:12am

Homewood trustees will consider a liquor license request from Rabid Brewing and a number of purchases, including police and public works equipment.

Rabid Brewing is asking for a license that would allow the establishment to serve alcohol outdoors. The request would require an ordinance amending the class 16 liquor license to allow outdoor sales.

In other business, the board will consider
  • A bid for crushed limestone.

District 161 students accomplish reading goal

By Marilyn Thomas on June 9, 2018 - 11:42pm
It wasn't hard to read a million pages when the more than 2,300 students in District 161 joined forces. The district’s students started a goal for the month of May as the Million Reading Challenge Partnership and kept on reading through the end of the school year on June 7.

Cummings retires after 27 years in Army Reserves

By Eric Crump on June 9, 2018 - 11:20pm

People serving in the military still need legal services, and one Homewood attorney was there for them for 27 years. Homewood Village Attorney Chris Cummings retired in December 2017 as a colonel from the Judge Advocate General Corps of the United States Army Reserve. 

D153 reading specialist collecting books for African visit

By Marilyn Thomas on June 9, 2018 - 9:59pm
District 153 reading specialist Maureen Daley is taking her love of books to Africa this summer. Daley will be one of 25 people traveling to Ghana for 10 days through Literacy Empowerment Action Program (LEAP) for Ghana.

The birds head north. ‘Zugunruhe’ and an oriole peeking in the window

By Tom Houlihan on June 9, 2018 - 9:53pm

Viewpoint: 

The commentary below represents the ideas, observations and opinions of the author.

Around our house, May 9 is considered Baltimore oriole day. For the third straight year, we had orioles at the feeder on May 9. At exactly 9:30 a.m., a male oriole turned up and began pecking at the orange halves that Patty had put out to attract that brand of bird.

Scenes from the first day of the Artisan Street Fair

By Eric Crump on June 8, 2018 - 11:44pm
  • Alyssa Bobb, left, dances with her dad, Ian Bobb, while listening to MG Bailey perform.
  • MG Bailey performs blues/rock covers and original songs during the first set at the Artisan Street Fair.
  • The kids came to dance.
  • Youngsters form a dancing circle during The Hemispheres evening set.
  • Friends.
  • Dinner time at the Artisan Street Fair food court.
  • Courtney Yasmineh gestures while introducing her next song.
  • Peyton Butler, left, and Alyssa Bobb, take a break from dancing to pose for a photo.
  • Marc Alan Fishman, illustrator for the comic-based Think Homewood marketing materials discusses a poster version he created to be sold at the street fair.
  • Sarah Meeker, assistant events coordinator for the village, shows a poster version of the Think Homewood comic strips.
  • The Hemispheres perform during the street fair.
  • There were lots of kids activities at the fair, but young Mason Fletcher came up with his own, methodically piling dirt and leaves under his mother's chair. She thought perhaps he was creating an ant farm.

For more information about the Artisan Street Fair's Saturday activities, visit Art & Garden becomes Artisan Street Fair with new focus, features.

D153 SMART lab drawing teachers from across the country

By Marilyn Thomas on June 8, 2018 - 10:42pm

The two-year-old SMART lab at James Hart School in Homewood has given District 153 teachers Katie Nigro and Cheri Pesina an opportunity to show off the lab to teachers from across the United States.

Village board approves ordinance banning sweepstakes machines in Flossmoor

By Tom Houlihan on June 7, 2018 - 9:21pm
Some people know them as promotional kiosks. Others refer to them as sweepstakes machines. Whatever their name, they are now illegal in Flossmoor.

H-F High’s Joy Woods selected a top high school performer in Illinois

By Marilyn Thomas on June 7, 2018 - 9:12pm

Joy Woods, a June graduate of Homewood-Flossmoor High School, performed as one of 24 outstanding Illinois high school students at the Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards on June 4.

H-F board approves teachers’ contract

By Marilyn Thomas on June 6, 2018 - 9:44pm
The District 233 school board approved a new three-year contract with the Homewood-Flossmoor Education Organization, giving HFEO members an average annual increase in total compensation of 3.94 percent.
 
The agreement covers 199 teachers and 37 instructional staff at Homewood-Flossmoor High School.

The package was approved on Sunday, June 3, at a special board meeting. The vote was 6-0. Member Beth Larocca was absent.
 

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