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The 2023 Hinsdale Central Homecoming parade wound through the village Saturday morning. With the marching band in the lead, followed by cheerleaders, pommers and various members of... — Updated 9/27/2023

Longtime residents might remember a time when the skies over downtown Hinsdale were filled with melody and when the clock that sits atop the Memorial Building rang out to signal... — Updated 9/27/2023

Students at The Lane and Madison schools are enjoying new playgrounds, while Elm and Monroe schools are taking advantage of new media resource centers as part of almost $3.1... — Updated 9/27/2023

Hidden creek - Hinsdale's Sean Chaudhry came across a box of old photos tucked in a corner of his store's basement. Workers built a culvert, which runs under the post office area,... — Updated 9/27/2023

At the Homecoming pep rally Friday at Hinsdale Central High School, the four classes - seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen - compete in several games. The seniors tend to win... — Updated 9/27/2023

Like many who grew up surrounded by books, Angelique Burrell dreamed of writing her own one day. "I wanted to, but it seemed so far out of reach of anything," she said. "It took a... — Updated 9/27/2023

What is the Adult Inter-Faith Fellowship? Ron Hilt felt unwelcome as a boy when his pursuit of childhood pleasures clashed with church dogma. Experiencing ostracism following a... — Updated 9/27/2023

Diane Christine Ronning Halbrook, 76, died peacefully under hospice care at Wesley Acres on Sept. 15, 2023. Diane was born in 1947 in Chicago, the first child of John A. and Leila... — Updated 9/27/2023

Griff Edward Schrade, 80, passed away Sept. 16, 2023, in Tempe, Ariz., after a battle with Stage 4 colon cancer. He was born in 1943 at St. Anne's Hospital in Chicago, the first... — Updated 9/27/2023

Mary Elizabeth Platts, 96, passed away Sept. 18, 2023. Known as Betty, she was born in 1926 in Toronto, Canada, and moved to Hinsdale in 1964 with her husband, James Platts, and... — Updated 9/27/2023

Sophie Paro, née DiMassa, passed away Sept. 18, 2023, in Burr Ridge. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., the middle child of three, Sophie moved to southern California as a teenager, just in... — Updated 9/27/2023

Edward Allen Treichel, 80, passed away peacefully Sept. 17, 2023. Born in Melrose Park in 1943, Edward was a longterm resident of Chicago and then Hinsdale for the past 34 years.... — Updated 9/27/2023

Whew! When we sent the 120-page special section commemorating the village's 150th anniversary to our printer Tuesday morning, I felt a sigh of relief. The section has consumed a... — Updated 9/27/2023

Ahh ... that's better. The good old prefrontal cortex. Where would we be without it? Pretty much brain dead; that's where we'd be. The prefrontal cortex is the region of the brain... — Updated 9/27/2023

Finding and building community can be a challenge when you are somewhere new - or even somewhere you've lived for some time. As life changes, the communities you need shift, too.... — Updated 9/27/2023

Nina is a gorgeous 10-year-old pit mix with a sweet and gentle disposition. She is housebroken, has excellent leash manners and is fine with other dogs. Because she is deaf, she... — Updated 9/27/2023

Most fans of Brookfield Zoo know about the upcoming fun promised at the annual Boo at the Zoo! event (see Page 26 for details). But they might not know a visit to the zoo also... — Updated 9/27/2023

Devin Swoyer Hinsdale How did you get interested in golf? I first got interested in golf when my brother, he plays hockey, he was playing in Sioux Falls, S.D. He came back one... — Updated 9/27/2023

John Naisbitt didn't learn that his name was among the coaches and contributors on the 100 Years of the West Suburban Conference Honor Roll until someone told him to look online.... — Updated 9/27/2023

Hinsdale Central cross country runner Ally Furey leads the pack Sept. 21 during a meet against conference rivals LT and York at KLM Park. She was followed to the finish line by... — Updated 9/27/2023

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