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  • Once upon a time

    Updated Nov 6, 2024

    School days - Dick Burridge of Florida sends us this class picture from his days at Oak School. Dick is the cousin of Dick Burridge, who was a longtime Hinsdale resident. Do you have a Hinsdale photo that is at least 25 years old? We'd love to share it with our readers. Stop by our office at 7 W. First St. or email it to [email protected]....

  • On the cover - One small step ...

    Updated Nov 6, 2024

    ... for pumpkin-kind. Hunter Baute, 18 months, along with parents Ron Baute and Kelly Vicchiollo, step carefully along Lincoln Street on his inaugural trick-or-treating adventure. Shortly after school let out on Halloween and trick-or-treating was underway, streets across the village were filled with pumpkins and all sorts of characters racing from house to house to collect their treats. Please turn to Page 58 to see more pictures. (Jim Slonoff photo)...

  • Real estate sales

    Updated Nov 6, 2024

    Deeds for the following properties in Hinsdale and Golfview Hills were recorded in DuPage County between Sept. 23 and Oct. 25. 1. 439 N. Garfield Ave., Matthew and Wendy Fumagalli to Marc and Allison Poulos, Sept. 23, $1,375,000 2. 212 Grant Village, Matthew and Wendy Fumagalli to Kira Bolton, Sept. 24, $685,000 3. 36 Center St., Elizabeth and Seamus Laird to John and Mary Lawton, Sept. 27, $875,000 4. 710 S. County Line Road, John and Lisa Murphy to Brian R. Crumbaugh Revocable Trust, Oct. 3, $4,180,000 5. 5701 Astony...

  • Police hope to put brakes on violations

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Nov 6, 2024

    Police want to remind parents that certain e-bikes are prohibited in Hinsdale. The Hinsdale Village Board passed an ordinance earlier this year prohibiting bikes powered by more than 750 watts and regulating the use of low-powered bikes, scooters and other devices in the village. Since that time, police have issued more than 60 warnings and citations to riders who have violated state law and village regulations. Deputy Chief Tom Lillie said that number doesn't surprise him....

  • Report cards give districts top grades

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Nov 6, 2024

    The 2024 Illinois Report Cards were released last week, and administrators already are examining the data and considering how to use it to help students. Community Consolidated Ele-mentary District 181 and Hinsdale High School District 86 continue to perform well, according to standards set by the Illinois State Board of Education, which issues the report cards. Six District 181 schools and Hinsdale Central were ranked as exemplary for performing in the top 10 percent of...

  • Lessons learned in military apply on football field

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Nov 6, 2024

    When Aaron Myall enlisted in the service after graduating from high school, he knew he didn't want to spend another four years in classrooms. What he didn't know was that he would spend the next 20 years in the service and become a member of the elite Green Beret special forces unit. "I knew that I wasn't ready to go straight to college and I wouldn't have been successful, so I joined the Army as an infantryman," he said. After completing basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., i...

  • Car chase ends in two arrests, one gun charge

    Updated Nov 6, 2024

    Two Georgia men are in custody, one on a gun charge, after leading Hinsdale police on a chase last month. According to the police department, at 8:30 p.m. Oct. 23 a Hinsdale detective unit observed two subjects acting suspiciously near the Chase Bank ATM at 400 E. Ogden Ave. After the pair left in a vehicle with Georgia plates, officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop. The suspects then allegedly led police on a pursuit that eventually ended in the parking garage of the Fashion Outlets of Chicago in Rosemont. The two...

  • Meeting roundup

    Updated Nov 6, 2024

    Hinsdale High School District 86 Among other business Oct. 24, board members: • removed from the consent agenda a $131,770.97 bill for legal services from law firm Robbins Schwartz. Several board members expressed dismay at the large amount, and the board directed administrators to review the accuracy of billed items within their departments prior to board approval of the payment. Robbins Schwartz no longer represents the board, which is in the process of hiring a new law firm. ​• learned that the district received nine...

  • Hinsdale police report on fall enforcement campaign

    Updated Nov 6, 2024

    The Hinsdale Police Department partnered with the Illinois Department of Transportation and law enforcement across the state for the fall traffic safety enforcement campaign. From Oct. 18 through Nov. 1, the department issued one citation for driving without a license, one citation for distracted driving, 37 citations for speeding and five citations for other violations of the Illinois Vehicle Code. This statewide effort was designed to save lives by removing impaired drivers from the roads and ensuring more drivers and...

  • Weekly agenda

    Updated Nov 6, 2024

    Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Commission 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: sign permit review for 11 Salt Creek Lane (UChicago Medicine), schedule public hearing on special-use permit for 777. N. York Road (KBarre Hinsdale Inc.), continue public hearing on lighting standard text amendment to Dec. 11 Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave....

  • Home preservation is no simple formula

    Ken Knutson|Updated Nov 6, 2024

    Sometimes a classic English cottage can have too much of a wood thing. The dark-paneled walls work in the masculine-leaning library at 100-year-old 4 E. Fifth St. In the dining room, however, they projected "austere castle" more than "inviting gathering space." Endeavoring to revitalize yet preserve the home's core character, Mimi Collins turned to interior designer Amelia Canham Eaton for a solution. Once found - an antiqued wallpaper with a green leafy motif - Eaton tried...

  • While moms are away ...

    Updated Oct 30, 2024

    ... grandmas play! Hinsdale's Karen Roche enjoyed taking her granddaughter, Lilly, to the Hinsdale Public Library's Boo Bash Monday afternoon. Lilly was very patient while getting a temporary face tattoo at the Halloween party. The library's entire youth department was transformed into a Halloween destination with dozens of stations for the children - and their grandmas - to enjoy. Please turn to Page 28 to see another picture from the event. (Jim Slonoff p...

  • This little light of mine

    Updated Oct 30, 2024

    Armed with mini flashlight projectors, Annie and Madeline Lauzen and Nora O'Malley found the perfect spot in the Hinsdale Public Library to view Halloween images. The girls were visiting the Boo Bash at the library Monday afternoon. (Jim Slonoff photo)...

  • Updated Oct 30, 2024

  • Hinsdalean looking into alleged sexual harassment complaint

    Updated Oct 30, 2024

    The Hinsdalean has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with Hinsdale High School District 86 to obtain more information about a complaint reportedly filed last month regarding a special education driver who had inappropriate interactions with a student. Attempts to obtain the complaint from attorney Roy McCampbell, who is reportedly representing the family, were unsuccessful. McCampbell, in an email, suggested that the recent loss of his family member was a complicating factor. “I would appreciate not mentioning the a...

  • Change batteries when setting the clocks back

    Updated Oct 30, 2024

    Residents are reminded to turn their clocks back one hour when daylight-saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 3. The Hinsdale Fire Department urges residents to change their smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector batteries when changing their clocks before going to bed Saturday night. These alarms should be installed in all sleeping room, hallways that lead to sleeping areas, basements and each additional level of the home. Smoke alarms should be mounted on the ceiling 4 inches from the wall. Wall mounts should be 4-12...

  • Weekly agenda

    Updated Oct 30, 2024

    Hinsdale Firefighters Pension Board 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: public hearing on properties for inclusion on the Historically Significant Structures Property List, sign permit reviews for 9 E. First St. (Celestial Art Curation) and 19 W. First St. (Gone Grazy), Memorial Building plaques, Sixth Street improvement project, sign code update Hinsdale Village Board 7...

  • Updated Oct 30, 2024

  • Once upon a time

    Updated Oct 30, 2024

    From the archives - This group of youngsters from Hinsdale are dressed in their homemade Halloween costumes in a photo taken in 1929. Halloween used to be a night of mischief and a bit of mayhem in Hinsdale - but tradition remains to dress up in costumes, albeit ones that are usually less spooky than those pictured here. This image comes from many of the glass slide negatives the Hinsdale Historical Society has in its collections....

  • Three-way split

    Updated Oct 30, 2024

    Several thunder storms moved through Hinsdale in the early hours of Friday morning, Oct.25. The storms swept across the village with flashes of light and loud crashes - and only one lightening strike reported at a home in the 700 block of South Stough. The tree split three ways, with one large branch falling on the home, one branch falling across the street and the third branch falling in front of a neighbor's home. The main water line into the home was damaged as well,...

  • D86 apology, defense over FOIA log

    Ken Knutson|Updated Oct 30, 2024

    ​Hinsdale High School District 86 Board President Cat Greenspon apologized last week for confusion over the removal of responses to old Freedom of Information Act requests from the online public log. While speaking at the Oct. 24 board meeting, Greenspon said the move to limit responses available in the log to just those from the current year and the prior two years was not well disseminated to the public. “The board could have supported administrative decisions more by communicating better. We didn’t. For that I apologize, W...

  • What do your property taxes pay for?

    Ken Knutson|Updated Oct 24, 2024

    Just a cursory survey of a Hinsdale tax bill reveals where the largest chunk of those proceeds go: Community Consolidated Elementary District 181. Mindy Bradford, assistant superintendent of business and operations, said that’s because they are by far the district’s single largest source of funding. “If I look at our overall revenue stream, about 95 percent comes from local revenue sources. Of that, 90 percent is from property taxes,” Bradford said. “It’s vitally important.” The district is projected to take in $77.7 million...

  • Work on new D181 office to start Oct. 28

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Oct 24, 2024

    Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 administrators expect to be working out of their new $4.7 million headquarters at 133 E. Ogden Ave. next summer. The school board Monday approved a $3.75 million bid from Construction Inc. of Lombard. “We had 19 different contractors pick up packets, which is great interest in our project,” said Mindy Bradford, assistant superintendent of business and operations. Thirteen of those companies submitted bids, ranging from Construction Inc.’s low bid to a high of almost $5.4 milli...

  • Once upon a time

    Updated Oct 23, 2024

    From the archives - Two Hinsdale boys proudly display their catch of the day along the banks of Salt Creek, with fishing poles in hand and two large fish. This photograph was taken by Dr. John Hench around 1905. This image comes from many of the glass slide negatives the Hinsdale Historical Society has in its collections....

  • Fall fest family fun

    Updated Oct 23, 2024

    Burlington Park came alive with the sounds, smells and sights of the season Oct. 12. Clare Butler and her children, Robert and Elizabeth, pose for a photo at the pumpkin cut out. Gianna Manzella was more interested in her friend Lincoln Nicklaus' firefighter helmet. The Vlahos family took their turn at The Hinsdalean's photo booth and brought our favorite newspaper for the picture. (Jim Slonoff photos)...

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