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Angela Lavelli had been at work for several hours before she embarked on a 10 a.m. shopping excursion Friday. As owner of Café la Fortuna in Hinsdale, she gets an early start - and her coffee shop is the first stop of the day for many of her customers. She warmly greets them by name as they walk through her doors. Two of her co-workers will celebrate the holidays with her. Daughter Alejandra and son-in-law Miguel also work at her shop. The celebration will begin with a big...
DuPage County and the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning are holding a virtual open house for the DuPage County Safety Action Plan from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5. Residents can share their experiences and help shape the future of traffic safety in the region. Register at bit.ly/dupagesapwebinar to receive a link to participate. For more details, visit the project website at engage.cmap.illinois.gov/dupage....
The Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 Board intends to hire a new top superintendent in late 2025 or early 2026 to replace Hector Garcia, who will retire at the end of the 2025-26 school year. At their Nov. 18 regular meeting, board members unanimously approved a succession timeline for the superintendent’s post, which calls for the search process to begin next fall and the new superintendent to start work July of 2026. The decision came after a discussion of two succession plan options in collaboration with B...
Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: public hearings on 326 E. Sixth (home demolition and new construction) and properties for inclusion on Significant Structures Property List; sign permit reviews for 9 E. First (Celestial Art Curation), 19 W. First (Gone Grazy), 49 S. Washington (Kelsey Resale Boutique) and 12 E. Hinsdale Ave. (Hinsdale Wine Shop); discussion of Memorial Building plaques...
Pictures from the past - Hinsdale's building services supervisor, Jim Piontkowski, took this photo in 1979. Four Seas Chop Suey was located at 43 S. Washington St., which is now home to Jade Dragon. 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]....
Hinsdale High School District 86 and Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 would feel much less financial impact from a proposed tax increment financing district along 55th Street in Clarendon Hills under a new deal put forward. At the Clarendon Hills Village Board meeting Monday night, trustees approved by a 6-1 vote an intergovernmental agreement with the districts that significantly scales back the scope of the TIF by removing the Jewel-Osco and PNC properties and...
Hinsdale officials, donors and residents celebrated the completion of the Memorial Building Plaza Tuesday on a remarkably mild November night. "This is the first time I've seen this done and I'm very impressed with the way it turned out," Village President Tom Cauley said in his remarks. "This project was a good example of cooperation between the village of Hinsdale board and the Hinsdale Library and the generosity of members of the Hinsdale community." Cauley noted that the...
Eleanor Beutler belts out a song along with fellow members of the BAM Theatre after school enrichment class at Madison School last week. The program featured half a dozen numbers from the play "High School Musical." At the program, Melanie Lamoureux, artistic director and owner of BAM Theatre, announced that she was in the process of acquiring a building and building out a performance space and theater in Westmont, with hopes of opening next year. Lamoureux started BAM as a...
Hinsdale residents who are 60 and older or individuals with disabilities are invited to register for the village’s snow shoveling program. People can fill out the online request form at www.villageofhinsdale.org/snowshovelprogram or print, complete and mail a paper request. Once registered for the program, participants will receive contact information for participating volunteers. The resident is responsible for contacting the volunteer and scheduling a time for shoveling. Those interested in volunteering for the 2024-25 w...
Trustees Tuesday passed the village property tax levy, which is expected to bring in an additional $370,000 this year. They also had their first board-level discussion about the draft 2025 budget, which shows an increase in fire and pension fund costs of $464,000. Those costs are funded by property taxes. “You end up with a $94,000 shortage, essentially,” Carrie Dittman, the village’s chief financial officer, said at the meeting. “What that means is that fewer of our property tax dollars are going toward operations as more of...
Village, library and school boards in Hinsdale are in the midst of approving tentative levies — or annual requests for property tax revenue — before the final levy is adopted in December. The levy requests will be submitted to the clerks in DuPage and Cook counties, who will translate them into tax rates that will appear on homeowners’ bills in 2024. Charts breaking down each of the levies, with an explanation of the taxing cycle and a glossary, are on Page 5. Village of Hinsdale Hinsdale trustees will request about $9.1...
Charlotte Ruby Quinn, a member of the Monroe School Student Council, broke ranks and gave her grandpa, Jonathan Siedlecki, a hug before he and other veterans were served lunch. Siedlecki served in the Army during the Vietnam years. The vets were guests at Monroe School's Veterans Day Program Nov. 11, during which students from each grade sang songs honoring the veterans and the day. A "thank you to our veterans" slideshow was presented as well. (Jim Slonoff...
UCHICAGO MEDICINE honors its mission UChicago Medicine AdventHealth hosted A Night of Wholeness and Thanksgiving at the Hinsdale Seventh-day Adventist Church Nov. 1. More than 120 employees, church members and community members gathered to celebrate the mission and purpose that drives the organization. Through stories, music and inspiring testimonials, the evening highlighted the profound impact UChicago Medicine AdventHealth has on the lives of patients and families. “Gratitude can reshape how you speak and what makes you f...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: tax levy presentation and resolution, fall MAP and school report card presentation, disposition of surplus property, math/ELA/ACE placement approval, superintendent succession plan, fund balance strategy Hinsdale Economic Development Commission 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6...
Hinsdale's only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home is poised to get a financial boost from taxpayers to defray costs of renovating the historic residence. At the Hinsdale Village Board meeting Nov. 7, trustees signaled their approval for a property tax rebate and a $10,000 matching grant to offset the cost of restoring and updating 121 S. County Line Road, the 1894-built Dutch Colonial known as the Bagley House. During a first read of a resolution to enter into a preservation in...
U.S. Navy Lt. William Garvy Jr. was inadvertently omitted from the veterans special section in the Nov. 7 issue. A former Hinsdale resident, he served in France and Great Britain during World War II. He is the late father of Becky Campbell, grandfather of Brent (Emily) Campbell and great-grandfather of Matthew and Daniel, all of Hinsdale....
The property tax is largest single tax in Illinois and is the major source of revenue for Community Consolidated District 181 and Hinsdale High School District 86. The village of Hinsdale also relies on property taxes as a significant source of funding, as does the Hinsdale Public Library, although the village has several other revenue streams to support operations. Taxing bodies are required each year to file a levy, or a request for property tax revenue. Setting the levy...
From the archives - Dr. John Hench of Hinsdale captured this image while canoing on Salt Creek near Fullersburg, circa 1903-1910. Boating and fishing on Salt Creek have long been cherished pastimes for generations of Hinsdaleans. This photograph, preserved from a delicate glass-plate negative in the Hinsdale Historical Society's archive, represents not only a glimpse into leisure activities of the era but also the remarkable feat of early outdoor photography - requiring bulky...
Members of Hinsdale Central's choirs performed their annual concert last month. The Hinsdale Central Singers, Treble Choir, Bass Choir, Chorale and Chamber Choir each performed a few songs and finished off the concert singing the final number together. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
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]....
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
