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From street names to park names, clues to the village’s history are everywhere in town. Ayres Street is named after Anson Ayers (who later changed the spelling of his last name), who purchased 80 acres in Hinsdale that he knew would become residential property. Katherine Legge Memorial Park was a gift from Alexander Legge to memorialize his wife, who died unexpectedly before they had a chance to build their dream home on the 52 acres on County Line. Robbins Park pays homage t...
The Hinsdale Central Holiday Classic boys basketball tournament over winter break is also know as HC squared. The varsity Red Devils took it to another power last month, winning the title in the tourney, which dates back to 2015, for the first time in program history. Varsity head coach Nick Latorre said winning the championship was not a goal the team had set. "We just try to play our best and play unselfishly and play really hard and however it works out is what we live...
Progress not perfection. Perhaps you didn't achieve all of your New Year's resolutions in 2022 and aren't keen on setting any new ones this year. No worries. We talked to local experts in a variety of fields - from real estate to religion - who shared a few simple suggestions to get 2023 off to a great start. Here's what they had to say. "I think beginning a new year starts with authentic reflection. So that means taking an honest look at the previous year, reviewing your ups...
Hinsdale soon will have a new gated community off Monroe Street near Ogden Avenue. Julie Laux of J. Jordan Homes is purchasing the 2.2 acres on Kensington Court to build eight single-family homes. And the Hinsdale Village Board gave her permission Tuesday night to install a metal sliding gate at the entrance to the subdivision. Laux told trustees she has worked carefully to come up with a concept that will sell. “The people I talked to, the gate is very important and to me i...
I've learned over the past three years that change is inevitable - even when it comes to cherished holiday traditions. But there's one I plan to continue as long as I can. The final issue of the year also happens to be the issue before Ainsley's birthday, and I've used this space for more than a decade to pen her an annual letter. I typically make the same two points in my introduction each year and will do so again. I am grateful she has yet to object to the very public...
Brisk sales and happy customers marked the Christmas shopping season in Hinsdale this year, several merchants agreed. “It was fantastic, excellent, great,” said Jim Loufman, who owns King Keyser Ski and Bicycle with Rick Johnson. “A lot of people wanted to get out and recreate. It seemed there was generous gift giving.” The fact that King Keyser is one of only a handful of ski shops coupled with heavy snowfall in Colorado, Utah and Montana resorts has kept customers coming into the shop. “We were full throttle, starting...
Hinsdale voters will see only one contested race on the ballot when they head to the polls April 4. Five candidates will vie for three seats on the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board in the consolidated general election. Kay Gallo of Clarendon Hills, former D86 board member and board president, is seeking to return to office. Also running are Asma Akhras of Darien, Andrew Catton of Hinsdale, Cat Greenspon of Burr Ridge and Deborah Willoughby of Westmont. None of the three candidates whose terms are expiring — board P...
Sebastian Dufort Senior Clarendon Hills When did you first start playing hockey? Around the age of 2 I first stepped on the ice. My brothers played. It's like a family thing. My mom's dad was a coach, so it just kind of ran in the family. What do you enjoy most about the sport? Just the environment, team bonding, going to the rink every day, seeing the same faces. It's more of a team sport than any other sport I've ever played. What other sports have you played? I played...
The next few days will be filled with a frenzy of activity, from last-minute shopping and wrapping to meal planning and baking. After celebrating Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with family and friends, folks will wake up the morning of Dec. 26 wondering, “What now?” With kids on winter break and adults enjoying a few days off work, we’ve compiled a short list of destinations that will keep everyone entertained for an afternoon — or a couple of days, for those willing to travel a little farther. For other options closer...
After taking two years off following his 2020 graduation from Hinsdale Central High School, Guy Goss made the right decision to get back on the gridiron. He helped the College of DuPage beat North Dakota State 14-12 Dec. 3 in the Red Grange Bowl at COD's Bjarne Ullsvik Stadium to earn its second consecutive National Junior College Athletic Association Division III title. For Goss, this was the biggest stage on which he had played. "I think every player, you might have the...
More than a decade ago associate editor Ken Knutson and I covered one of my favorite Christmas stories of all time. Hinsdale's Wes Gibson and his elves - or rather, employees - from Gibson Consulting Inc. visited homes in this village, Burr Ridge and Willowbrook to bring Christmas to six families who were clients of HCS Family Services. They baked cookies, brought and decorated trees and left a host of gifts to be opened Christmas morning. One family received a new car,...
For the past 10 years, local taxing districts' levies have been capped at an average of 2 percent, ranging from a low of .7 percent in 2015 to a high of 2.3 percent in 2019. For the first time this year, the Illinois Property Tax Extension Limitation Law - more commonly known as the tax cap - will hit its 5 percent upper limit, as the CPI for 2021 is 7 percent. That means levies for Hinsdale's school districts will be higher this year than they have been in the past. Once the...
Michelle Fisher grew up the daughter of an auxiliary police officer and the granddaughter of a public works director. The two men passed along to her a strong work ethic and a commitment to service. "The way to give back, the way to help your neighborhood is to serve," she said. Her own service has come in the form of a two-year stint on the Hinsdale Plan Commission and a seat on the Hinsdale Village Board, to which she was elected in 2021. The 10-year village resident and hus...
Avery Anderson senior Hinsdale How long have you been on the bowling team? Since freshman year. I did it for fun and then I found out that I actually had some talent at it, so I kept going with it. My dad also did bowling in high school. What do you enjoy most about the sport? I like the fact that it's an individual sport, but we can also work as a team and we motivate each other. That makes it more fun - and we learn from each other. Do you have any pre-match rituals? I'm ver...
When the Rev. Burke Masters leads Christmas worship at St. Isaac Jogues later this month, his preaching will be informed by his visits to the Holy Land. "I knew this was real, but there's a depth to the reality after going," he said. "I knew there was a Bethlehem, but when you go to Bethlehem, it was like, 'Oooh, it was here.' Whenever I read (the story of Jesus' birth), it sends chills down my spine." He made his sixth trip to the Holy Land - and his second this year - in...
Stronger than expected revenues in 2022 have created an opportunity for the village to bolster its capital improvement and master infrastructure work in 2023. “The revenues are coming in really well,” village manager Kathleen Gargano told trustees at a Nov. 30 committee of the whole meeting, which also was attended by members of the village’s finance commission. “The CIP could use a little bit of a boost of funds based on the projects that we have slated for next year and moving forward.” Staff is recommending a $2 million tr...
I feel like Sally Field at the 1985 Oscars. You like us. You really like us. Field unfortunately was misquoted and that's not exactly what she said (read more about it online, if you wish). And we didn't just win an Oscar - or even a newspaper award. But we have been looking through responses to our request for voluntary contributions to the paper, which we solicited in a recent letter to all Hinsdaleans and in ads in the paper (one appears today on Page 15). And they are...
The Hinsdale Public Library Board approved a new strategic plan Tuesday that will guide its efforts over the next three years. “We’re not like the village, which is looking at 30-year projections for capital projects,” said Karen Keefe, the library’s executive director. “A lot of what we’re doing is more operational. We don’t want to be implementing ideas that are five years old.” The board began working on the plan in the spring, hiring The Ivy Group for $60,000 to facilitate. As part of the process, the consultants provided...
The Hinsdale Central athletes who compete in these winter sports will spend the next few months tumbling, stroking and grappling to the best of their ability, hoping to make it into post-season competition. This is the second in a three-part series. Boys and girls bowling and hockey were featured Nov. 24, and the boys and girls basketball previews will run Dec. 8. Girls gymnastics First meet: Nov. 23 @ Hornet Tournament (V placed 3rd) Last year: 2nd in conference, 2nd in...
Ainsley enjoyed a piece of chocolate with her breakfast this morning. Chocolate (unless it's in the Nutella on her waffles) typically isn't on the morning menu at our house, but it will be for the next 24 days as Ainsley opens the numbered squares on her Advent calendar. She'll also take one of the characters from a numbered pocket and Velcro it in the manger scene on a large fabric Advent calendar hanging on the fridge. It was a gift her first Christmas from my friend (and...
Before Anna Fiascone was a real estate agent, she was a real estate attorney. The knowledge she gained in law school and four years in practice serves her well as a member of the Hinsdale Plan Commission. "It kind of keeps that part of my brain working," said Fiascone, who has lived here since 2008. Christmas for the Fiascones will involve attending one of the live nativity services at Hinsdale Covenant Church followed by dinner at the Hinsdale Golf Club on Christmas Eve and...
The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board awarded more than $5 million in bids last week for the final phase of the $140 million renovation project voters approved in an April 2019 referendum. The bids include most of the work to renovate and upgrade 89 classrooms at Hinsdale Central next summer. The nine bids awarded at the Nov. 17 meeting are for • electrical work, $2.8 million • flooring, $519,000 • general trades, $396,500 • demolition, $355,225 • acoustical ceiling, $306,475 • drywall and rough carpentry, $264,000 ...
Pizza is pizza. It's not nearly as complicated as the chocolate mousse cake chef Mick Weisz had to make for the final of his baking class in culinary school. Or many of the other dishes on the menu at Giuliano's, which Weisz owns with his wife, Cathy. But it is delicious - especially when topped with roasted garlic paste, homemade tomato sauce, mozzarella, sliced tomatoes, goat cheese crumbles and basil, Weisz' version of a pizza margherita. It's my favorite pizza on...
My cell phone rang at 4:50 p.m. Saturday. It was Slonoff. “It’s a little early,” I thought to myself. “But this has gotta be a call about Thanksgiving.” I was right. Jim was searching for frozen cranberry juice cocktail to make his cranberry sauce — which is actually my cranberry sauce — for Thanksgiving dinner. Then on Monday I heard this snippet of conversation: “I make a sauce of brown sugar, vanilla and butter and then I pour that over the sweet potatoes,” Jim...
Hinsdale’s 150th anniversary is coming up and a group of village staffers and community members have some big ideas on how to celebrate it. The village was incorporated on April 1, 1873, and members of the 150th Anniversary Committee hope to commemorate the event in a variety of ways. One option is to create a new patio on the south side of the Memorial Building, facing Chicago Avenue and Burlington Park. “We want to reconstruct the plaza, rededicate the plaza as something memorable for the community and also provide opp...
