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Fast breaks, flips mark the season
The 2023-24 Hinsdale Central winter sports season preview series concludes with a look at boys and girls basketball and girls gymnastics. Boys cagers and the gymnasts are counting... — Updated 12/6/2023
New businesses find footing in Hinsdale
In a follow-up to story that ran in the Nov. 9 issue, here are three more businesses that have opened their doors in Hinsdale recently. Step back into a subterranean gallery of... — Updated 12/6/2023
Ask an expert - UMESH BHATIA, MEDITATION PRACTITIONER
How can meditation ease stress? A calm lake is able to mirror its surroundings in serene tribute. But toss in some pebbles, and the scene is suddenly roiled by the ripples.... — Updated 12/6/2023
All the bells and whistles
When Hinsdale's Memorial Building was constructed in 1929 as a tribute to the village's war heroes, its clock tower housed a bell. The bell was replaced by a carillon system in 1973... — Updated 11/29/2023
Singer relishes last high school holiday season
Hinsdale Central senior Lauren Doppke will give her vocal chords a workout over the next couple weeks. A member of the school's Chamber Choir, she and her fellow vocalists are... — Updated 11/29/2023
Shopper takes trip down memory lane
In this year of embracing Hinsdale's heritage, Scott Moore has plenty of his own fond recollections of the town generations ago. The product of Oak School, Hinsdale Middle School... — Updated 11/29/2023
Devils fire up play in the alleys, rinks
Winter sports have blown in like snow off Lake Michigan, and the competition is heating up as we deliver part one of our Hinsdale Central season preview. The boys and girls bowling... — Updated 11/21/2023
Ask an expert - JULIA BACHRACH, HISTORIAN
Who was former Hinsdalean Grace Bagley? Researching the lives of prominent personages from the past comes naturally to historian Julia Bachrach. But when the starting point is... — Updated 11/21/2023
En garde, Mouse King!
It's not the holidays without "The Nutcracker," and several local ballet troupes are performing the classic story over the next several weeks. Hinsdale Dance Academy this weekend... — Updated 11/15/2023
Resident finds his voice through Hinsdale Chorale
JR Tomkinson was a new Hinsdale homeowner in 2020 when he noticed a window poster for the Hinsdale Chorale while visiting neighboring Western Springs. "I had sung with choirs... — Updated 11/15/2023
Meal giveaway shows appetite for sharing
HCS Family Services doesn't date back to Hinsdale's 1873 incorporation, but the organization's history of meeting needs in the community runs deeps. One of its biggest annual... — Updated 11/15/2023
December time for fa-la-la-la-la-levies
Hinsdale taxing bodies are poised to approve their levies — or annual requests for property tax revenue — at meetings next month. These levy requests will then be submitted to the clerks in DuPage and Cook counties, who will... — Updated 11/15/2023
Bandukwala repeats state triumph
By Ken Knutson [email protected] Last year as a junior, Hinsdale Central's Aden Bandukwala became the first individual state champion in the history of the school's cross... — Updated 11/8/2023
Ask an expert - HANNAH BROWN, ACTOR
What should we know about 'Puffs'? Hinsdale Central senior Hannah Brown suggests the power of the Force animated her interest in theater. "I really liked 'Star Wars' when I was... — Updated 11/8/2023
Soldiers shared stories from the front
Eight decades ago, America was at war in the largest, most deadly conflict the world has ever seen. Hinsdale residents, like those of every other town across the country, waited on... — Updated 11/8/2023
Trustees consider Fuller's safety wall
Safety bollards installed at Fuller’s Car Wash in the wake of a fatal accident this summer will be concealed under a proposal from the business. At Tuesday’s Hinsdale Village Board meeting, trustees held a first read on... — Updated 11/8/2023
Troop 10 reaches milestone
Hinsdale's Scout Troop 10 has come a long way in its 100 years, its appellation being no exception. "We were established as Troop 3," said Shreeman Patel, Troop historian and a... — Updated 11/1/2023
Artist returns to hometown to showcase work
Don't try to pigeonhole Hinsdale native Stephanie Lenchard-Warren into one creative category. She believes an interdisciplinary portfolio that incorporates visuals, words and sound... — Updated 11/1/2023
D86 board nixes social studies courses
The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board has rejected a set of proposed course changes to the district’s social studies offerings for 2024-23 school year, with three of the four recommendations not even garnering votes. Board... — Updated 11/1/2023
Dist. 181, teachers reach new deal
The Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 Board and Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Teachers’ Association have locked in a new four-year contract. At their meeting Monday, board members voted to approve the agreement that provi... — Updated 11/1/2023
Ask an expert - BRANDON TODD, THE LANE PRINCIPAL
What does it mean to be a Model PLC at Work School? Before becoming The Lane School's top administrator in 2017, Brandon Todd worked in the northwest suburbs at a "PLC" district.... — Updated 10/25/2023
Girls tennis places fifth at state
The two-time defending state champion Hinsdale Central girls tennis team went into the IHSA state meet last weekend having qualified in just three of four possible spots and with... — Updated 10/25/2023
Public weighs in on Vine Street Station
The Vine Street Station lifestyle housing proposal was the subject of plan commission public hearing earlier this month, the latest stop in a 2 1/2-year effort to convert the old Zion Lutheran School to condos. Last year Hinsdale... — Updated 10/25/2023
Park chateau endures like work of art
In 1923, fire destroyed the Queen Anne-style home at 420 S. Park St. Owner Kathleen Healy Besly was away on a trip to England and learned the terrible news upon her return. Her... — Updated 10/18/2023
Trustees give proposal for larger HMS signs a read
Nearly five years after opening, Hinsdale Middle School needs to bring some of its external signage up to code. At a rescheduled village board meeting Monday night, Hinsdale trustees listened to requests by Community Consolidated E... — Updated 10/18/2023
