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Staffing and course offerings continued to be a topic of discussion last week in Hinsdale High School District 86. At one point at the March 21 school board meeting, it looked like the board might postpone approving the 2024-25 staffing until its April 11 meeting. Board President Cat Greenspon made a motion to do so and was discouraged by administrators. “The logistical piece of finishing the scheduling process prior to the end of the year so we can get to that discussion about course confirmations and communicating that i...
Hinsdale residens can purchase vehicle sticker and animal tags online or at village hall. Applications were mailed to previously registered Hinsdale residents in early March. Stickers and tags must be displayed by May 1, or a $25 late fee will be imposed. All vehicles registered in the state of Illinois with a Hinsdale address must also be registered with the village through the purchase of a vehicle sticker. Residents have the option to purchase vehicle stickers online using the pre-filled mailed application. There is no add...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business at their March 21 meeting, board members: • learned the dates and times for incoming Superintendent Michael Lach’s “Listen and Learn’ sessions have been finalized and will take place on Wednesdays in April. He will be available to meet with Hinsdale Central parents and community members from 4 to 5 p.m. April 3 at Central. A virtual session will take place for all from noon to 1 p.m. April 24. • approved a consolidated registration fee of $485 for the 2024-25 s...
Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 3 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 2 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org...
Places from the past - Hinsdale's building services supervisor, Jim Piontkowski, took this photo in 1979. Lilyan's, a women's clothing store, was located at 104 S. Washington, which is now home to My Eye Dr. 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]....
Members of the Monroe School Kids Care Club volunteered at the Hinsdale Humane Society Saturday, March 16. Before tackling some chores, Yino Jin and Claire Yun introduced to Lady Bird, a cockatoo that has been adopted by Animal Care Manager Carla Wudi. Cate Blasko, Eleanor White and Alexandra Davison work on making snuffle mats for dogs and cats awaiting their forever homes. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
More details have emerged about what led to the temporary closure of Magnolia Dial Senior Living at the start of this month. In response to The Hinsdalean’s March 7 story on Magnolia suspending operations on March 1, relatives of Magnolia residents reached out to the paper detailing anxious months leading up to the shutdown and expressing frustration with parent Dial Senior Living over a lack of transparency throughout the process. Lynn Issleib’s 84-year-old mother moved into the facility about five years ago when it was Eve...
The co-ed BSA Troop 10 annual pancake breakfast was held at Union Church March 2. From mixing the batter to filing plates with pancakes and sausage to doing the dishes, troop members were busy with a full house several times throughout the morning. Money raised will be used to help replace a decades old trailer the scouts use to transport gear to their events. Charlotte Gragnolati takes a small bite out of her breakfast. More pictures available online at ww...
Caroline Hurley was listed with an incorrect first name in the article on Salt Creek Ballet’s production of “Don Quixote” in last week’s paper....
If the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago agrees, Grace Episcopal Church will sell the National Register home at 142 E. First St. that has served as its rectory since 1994. Church members voted 161-8 this month to sell the property. "We felt it was the right time to right-size our campus footprint," said Sarah Tims, junior warden at Grace, noting the needs of the congregation have changed over the past three decades. The customs of churches having multiple full-time clergy and...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 21 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the agenda: comprehensive registration fee, early bird PE course change, staffing recommendation for 2024-25, tuck pointing at Hinsdale Central and South, stair tread replacement at Central...
The driver of this pickup truck, which crashed into First Street side of BMO bank building at 53 S. Lincoln St., was apparently not seriously injured, as he was able to walk to a Hinsdale ambulance for an evaluation before refusing treatment. The car crashed into the building Monday morning at about 8:48 a.m. Last month another vehicle drove into the parking lot side of the Hinsdale Eye Care building on First Street, damaging the bricks as well as some of the office space...
HOSPITAL GROUP HAS NEW LEADER Dr. Monica Reed, a veteran health care leader with more than 30 years of experience, has been named president and chief executive officer for UChicago Medicine AdventHealth. As CEO, Reed will be responsible for overseeing the strategic development and growth of UChicago Medicine AdventHealth, which includes four hospitals in Hinsdale, Bolingbrook, Glendale Heights and La Grange and more than 50 sites of care. Reed started her career in leadership as an OB-GYN attending physician and associate...
Places from the past - Hinsdale's building services supervisor, Jim Piontkowski, took this photo in 1979. The Squire Shop was located at 120 S. Washington St. Today the Steinway Piano Gallery is in business at that location. 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]....
Madison School's third-grade boys brought a new light to the school's variety show this year. When the lights went out, their LED glow stick figures captivated the packed auditorium at Hinsdale Central. The boys act was fittingly called "Glo Boyz." The dance set included the songs "Eye of the Tiger," "Gangnam Style" and "Thriller." Please turn to Page 16 for more pictures from the show. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, March 18 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: approve science resource, e-rate for internet and Wan services and iPad device refresh; five-year forecasting; full-day kindergarten update; winter MAP and SIP update Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 21 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday,...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, March 18 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: approve science resource, e-rate for internet and Wan services and iPad device refresh; five-year forecasting; full-day kindergarten update; winter MAP and SIP update Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 21 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday,...
LOCALS HOST ‘VOTE’ GALA DuPage County Board member Kari Galassi and former board member Greg Hart, both of Hinsdale, teamed up to host the first annual Bank Your Vote Gala Feb. 9 in Rosemont. The event brought together 750 Illinoisans and raised almost $500,000 that will be used to encourage residents to vote early or by mail in the 2024 elections. “We brought residents from around the state together for one of the largest gatherings of the Illinois Republican Party in recent memory,” Galassi said Kari. “Hundreds of attendees...
The former homes of an acclaimed opera singer, a 19th-century local dance instructor and the visionary behind the village’s pioneering ice plant are among the latest candidates for Hinsdale’s Historically Significant Structures Property List. At the March 6 historic preservation commission meeting, commissioners voted to recommend seven homes for the list. Inclusion on the list is required to be eligible for incentives to help with historically sensitive home improvements, including matching grant funds, a property tax reb...
On March 19, voting will conclude in primary contests for hundreds of seats in the Illinois legislature and in the state’s court system. But most of those contests are uncompetitive. Statewide, 88 percent of judicial and state legislative primaries feature either a single candidate or no one running at all. This is the highest number of uncompetitive primaries for those seats in at least 20 years, according to a Capitol News Illinois analysis of data going back to 2004. The number of primaries with no candidates running at a...
Places from the past - Hinsdale's building services supervisor, Jim Piontkowski, took this photo in 1979. Hearthstone Realtors was located at 116 S. Washington St. Today School of Rock occupies the entire building. 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 could offer a class for only three students next year at Hinsdale South High School. The school board reiterated its commitment last week to offering a biology-chemistry-physics sequence at Hinsdale South, which prior to three years ago offered only a physics first sequence. Only three incoming South freshmen chose to enroll in a biology class, biology honors, administrators reported during the preliminary staffing discussion at the March 7 meeting. Board President Cat Greenspon suggested...
Dr. Willie Wilson brought his free gas across the county line Saturday morning. Wilson, who has given away millions of dollars in groceries and gas across Chicago and Cook County over the past few years, hosted the giveaway at the Shell station in Hinsdale at York Road and Ogden Avenue. Hinsdale police reported the first person in line arrived at 3:30 a.m.. With station owners Robin Gabriel and John Archer directing and pumping the gas, it took just over an hour to give away...
Hinsdale Central hosted its annual variety show Feb. 21 and 22. With 17 acts and more than 30 performers, the show was a big hit with the audiences. Lea Ayson performed "Venetian Boat Song No. 2" by Mendelssohn and "Capriccio" by Hassler. Please turn to Page 34 for more photos. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Hinsdale trustees Tuesday night signaled their support for a plan to run the Montessori Gifted Prep Preschool out of Hinsdale United Methodist Church beginning in the fall. In a first reading of the application for a special-use permit to operate the program, village board members were apprised of the proposal for the Monday-to-Friday preschool with hours from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The preschool would serve up to 77 children ages 6 weeks to 5 years and have a maximum staff of 17 at the church located at 945 S. Garfield Ave. The...
