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Places from the past - Hinsdale's building services supervisor, Jim Piontkowski, took this photo in 1979. This picture is of Baskin Robbins located at 14 E. Hinsdale Ave. and Delat Friendship Imports & Boutique at 12 E. Hinsdale Ave. The locations are currently home of Hinsdale Cleaners and Hinsdale Wine Shop. 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...
Students at Monroe School had a chance to browse through hundreds - maybe thousands - of titles this week during the spring book fair. With clip boards in hand, the students filled out their wish lists. The book fair introduces new award books, Battle of the Books titles and summer reading for all grade levels. Please turn to Page 16 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
In addition to dialing or browsing for help, DuPage County residents seeking health and human services can now find assistance by texting the county’s free 211 information and referral line. Residents can text their ZIP code to 898211 to connect with a county operator, who can provide referrals to assistance available near them. Texting service will be available from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. In addition to the texting option, residents seeking help can still dial 211 or visit www.211dupage.gov to find s...
The effort to preserve a portion of Sixth Street as a vintage all-brick road continues, but questions remain over the path to success. Sixth Street between Garfield Avenue and County Line Road is scheduled to be resurfaced next year, and residents along that stretch were told in January that the village would pay only the cost of using asphalt on most of the road. To keep it brick, a special service area would need to be established through a vote of included homeowners to cover the significantly higher price tag. At the...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, April 25 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the agenda: award elevator maintenance, staircase abatement and upgraded sound system bids; approve IGA with Hinsdale for reciprocal facility use; approve accelerated capital expenditures; administrator and non-union staff salaries; South off-campus lunch pilot discussion...
"Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle." - Benjamin Franklin In honor of National Volunteer Month, The Hinsdalean reached out to four Hinsdale residents who have spent years, even decades, volunteering to ask them why the work is important and what they enjoy most about it. Peggy Bremner has spent Monday mornings for the past 4 1/2 years volunteering at the front desk of Wellness House. "I was looking for local nonprofits that I could get involved with, and Wellness...
Samrah Syed, Shreemann Patel, Cameron Prasse, Zaara Singh and Sameea Patel were all in on the Hindu celebration of Holi held recently in front of Hinsdale Central. Central students and staff were invited to join the Hindu festival, which celebrates the onset of spring and the harvest of crops. Colorful powders are thrown to represent the colors of flowers blooming. The event was sponsored by the South Asian Student Union club at Central. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Hoping to optimize parking use in Hinsdale’s central business district, the village has enlisted a consultant to evaluate various facets of the complex issue over the next few weeks. “We’re just trying to figure out if we’re using the spaces as best as we possibly can,” Hinsdale Deputy Police Chief Tom Lillie said. Visitors to the downtown know well the challenge of finding a parking spot at peak times. Even after the addition of the parking deck and its nearly 200 spaces (and more than 300 when the middle school’s...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday, trustees: • approved outdoor dining for Casa Margarita effective immediately. The restaurant operates in the Brush Hill Train Station at 25 E. Hinsdale Ave. and is subject to a lease agreement with the village as well as a contract agreement between the village and BNSF, rather than the newly adopted regulations for outdoor dining in the village code. The outdoor dining permission runs through Oct. 31. • approved the addition of six properties to the Historically Significan...
The Hinsdale Police Department is partnering with the Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and more than 200 local law enforcement agencies to step up enforcement efforts across the state in recognition of Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Throughout April, motorists can expect increased patrols looking for texting and driving as well as other traffic violations with the “U Drive. U Text. U Pay.” campaign. “Distracted driving is one of the leading causes of motor vehicle crashes on our roads today...
Places from the past - Hinsdale's building services supervisor, Jim Piontkowski, took this photo in 1979. This picture is of the Century 21 Real Estate office at 28 E. Hinsdale Ave., currently home to Marabella Home. 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 Redeemer Church, Union Church and the Unitarian Church of Hinsdale hosed a community wide recycle and shred event Saturday morning. Members of SCARCE - School & Community Assistance for Recycling and Composting Education - were on hand to help volunteers collect items ranging from books to bicycles, and cars lined up well before the event started. Gerry Lee gets help from Tony Oborn unloading several bicycles he donated. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Hinsdale Central will join the ranks of the state’s newest interscholastic sport next fall: girls flag football. Hinsdale High School District 86 Board members voted April 11 to field a team at Central to be part of the Illinois High School Association’s inaugural 2024-25 season this fall. “It’s a new opportunity for our female athletes,” Central athletic director Mike Jezioro said Monday. “It provides another avenue for female students to be involved with the school.” The IHSA announced in February that girls flag football...
Hinsdale officials have not done enough to improve safety outside Fuller’s Car Wash following the tragic death of 14-year-old village resident Sean Richards last summer, according to his parents, Kristi and Brian Richards. During public comment at Tuesday night’s village board meeting, an emotional Kristi Richards criticized trustees’ approval of protective bollards at the site following the accident as an inadequate measure that gives pedestrians “the false sense that they are protected” when walking past the car wash exit...
With Earth Day coming up next week and spring cleaning on many to-do lists, residents might be wondering what to do with unwanted items — and whether they can be recycled. Many items can be recycled, even if they can’t be placed in a curbside recycling bin, according to DuPage County’s website. As a reminder, curbside recycling in Hinsdale is limited to the following items: aluminum cans and clean foil; plastics (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5 and #7); glass bottles and jars; tin cans and empty aerosol cans; cardboard (cereal boxes, beve...
Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 has taken several steps to keep staff and students safe while still welcoming community members who visit the schools. And the work is not done, said Jeffrey Alstadt, communications director. “We’re constantly looking for ways to continue to enhance the safety efforts at the district,” he said Tuesday. Alstadt highlighted past, current and future initiatives for board members at their meeting Monday night. Previous facilities projects created safety vestibules at the schoo...
CEO SELECTED TO ATTEND SUMMIT David Pequet, CEO and senior portfolio manager at MPI Wealth Management in Hinsdale, attended the 2024 Barron's Top Independent Advisors Summit, March 13-15 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The invitation-only conference is hosted by Barron's Magazine. The Barron's Summit is a gathering of self-made leaders who have earned a distinct place within the financial services industry. The event offers the top independent practitioners a unique opportunity to...
John Giannelli wanted his final shift with the Hinsdale Fire Department to feel like his first. "I found my old pillow and blanket," said the 33-year veteran of the force, who retired as chief on Friday. "I cooked dinner and stayed the night. Went on my last call. I made (the crew) breakfast. It brought back memories of how I started." It was a poignant conclusion to a career spent in the fire service. "It's all I've done since I was 18 years old," remarked Giannelli, who...
Warmer spring weather provides the perfect time for outdoor projects. As a part of National Safe Digging Month, Nicor Gas is reminding everyone to contact 811 before they begin any digging project. This includes jobs such as fence installation, planting trees, putting in a pool or paving. There is no cost to have underground utility lines marked. It’s also a law designed to help to protect communities and ensure underground utilities stay safe and connected. Nicor offers the following safe digging guidelines: • Contact 811...
For 100 years, the Hinsdale Chamber of Commerce has been working to grow and galvanize the village's economic enterprises for the benefit of merchants, residents and all who visit town. "The chamber helps bolster Hinsdale's reputation as one of the most desirable suburbs in the Chicago area. It's here to see that the reputation continues, by providing services for the demands of our residents, and the organizational network on which the business community thrives," declares...
Hinsdale residents can purchase vehicle sticker and animal tags online or at village hall. Applications were mailed to previously registered Hinsdale residents last month. 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...
• In an April 4 story, the following quote from the March 21 District 86 school board meeting regarding a staffing matter should have been attributed to Interim Superintendent Becky Nelson: “That wouldn’t impact it in any way. These are just people who will not be invited back. So if the positions still exist then we would fill the positions.” Cheryl Moore, assistant superintendent for human resources, was incorrectly attributed. • Memorials for Maureen Walsh can be made online to Bernie’s Book Bank at https://sec...
Hinsdale Central got the chance to show off its career and technical education programs - and other areas of the high school - when state Superintendent Tony Sanders came for a visit Friday. School visits are a regular part of the job for Sanders, who works for the Illinois State Board of Education and splits his time between its Springfield and Chicago offices. "I try to spend one day a week in schools," he said. "Being in schools is the best part of my job." The first stop...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, April 15 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: officer selection; 2024-25 board meeting calendar; assessment calendar; CSCI results; IDEA needs assessment; updates on safety, full-day kindergarten financing and five-year projections, investments, district office building and Satchel Pulse Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, April 11 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien...
Places from the past - Hinsdale's building services supervisor, Jim Piontkowski, took this photo in 1979. This photo shows Page's Restaurant and Salon de Venus at 26 E. Hinsdale Ave. Page's is still in place, and James Joseph Experience occupies the other spot. 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]....
