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  • Homewood-Flossmoor, IL

I grew up on the North West side of Chicago. Somewhere along the way high school and college happened, which brought me, for the first time, to Chicago’s Southland. For this, I’m eternally grateful, as serving H-F as editor for over two years has undoubtedly been the most intense and valuable learning experience of my life. In early 2013, I transitioned from H-F editor to Community Editor and I now cover social media, news aggregation and real-time news for the south suburban Chicago Patch network.

I used to play in a punk rock band and still play music today. I also make short comedy films under the moniker Ratt Bros. Studios. Cooking and eating are also strong passions of mine. As the old Journey song goes, “(I) like a lot of things.”

Feel free to drop me a line at ryan.fitzpatrick@patch.com or call at 708.657.7048.

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Basement Battle Royal; Wooden Computer: Patch Talk

Welcome to the third edition of the local radio-style show you won't find anywhere else, hosted by your H-F and Chicago Heights Patch editors.

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Hair Salon Squeaks By At Homewood Board Meeting

Homewood trustees found themselves between a new business and a hard place—welcome a 35th salon to town, or turn down a new addition to the business community?

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Power Outages Hit H-F

Severe storms have left portions of Homewood and Flossmoor without power, including the Homewood Library, throughout the afternoon.

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I Dream of Genie: Adopt Me!

This week's featured pet is Genie, a small Jack Russell and Welsh Corgi mix.

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Now Presenting: The Homewood Project

Flossmoor residents Colin and Angela Thomas of Thomas' Photographic Services in Homewood formally presented their book of contemporary Homewood history on July 20.

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