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Voters will head to the polls Tuesday, April 6, to choose new board members for Community Consolidated District 181, Hinsdale High School District 86 and the Hinsdale Public Library. To help them make their decisions, The Hinsdalean reached out to current board members to ask them to describe what the job entails. District 181 Sarah Jakobsen said she didn’t have a true sense for the complexity of school district finances before her election to the District 181 Board in 2019. She does now. “I was not as engaged as a cit...
4 was not your average year. Take a month by month look at some of the highlights and revisit some events you'd like to remember and some that we are sure to want to forget. Click the link below to view the entire section: https://www.thehinsdalean.com/home/customer_files/specialpubs/year_in_review_2020.pdf...
While other restaurants are welcoming diners back indoors, Vistro will remain closed, offering only take out. When the doors do reopen - possibly at the end of this month - Vistro Prime will have a new name, a new menu and a new look. "The menu will feature a lot of traditional steakhouse fare along with the Vistro classics," chef/owner Paul Virant of Hinsdale said. "We're going to continue to do the wood oven pizzas, our two burgers, the pork sandwich, the fried kale and the...
Let it snow - By most estimates it seems Hinsdale received more than 12 inches of snow by the time the weekend ended. Whatever the count, residents took advantage of the weather and headed out to enjoy the snowfall. Murphy the dog - who didn't have the advantage of wearing snow shoes - led the Armstrong pack on Eighth Street. Mom Christine and kids Laura and Elliott had plenty of snow to make the adventure. Please turn to Page 3 for more photos. (Jim Slonoff...
Due to the global pandemic, our world is full of more unknowns than ever before. Everything feels different, and with the pace at which things are changing, we're all living outside of our comfort zones. This is causing anxiety for many, which is a normal reaction to dealing with the many life changes we're experiencing. For children and teenagers, certain components of this new world can be especially anxiety-producing. • Social distancing The impact of loss of leisure t...
MAZZOCHI NAMED TO LEADERSHIP TEAM State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-47, Elmhurst) was appointed to the position of assistant minority leader for the Illinois House Republican Caucus. Mazzochi has represented the 47th District in Springfield since July 2018. During her tenure, she has cosponsored multiple bills signed by the governor, including legislation on pension transparency and ethylene oxide pollution and has advocated for property tax relief for homeowners as co-chair of the Property Tax Relief Task Force. Mazzochi has...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Among other business Jan. 28, board members • voted 7-0 to approve a new five-year contract with SEIU, which represents 30 district employees who work in buildings and grounds, custodial and maintenance. The agreement provides an average salary adjustment of 15.5 percent the first year, to make salaries more competitive with the market, Josh Stephenson, chief financial officer, said. After that, employees will receive an annual 1.8 percent increase. The contract is retroactive to June 2020, w...
What's the status of the COVID-19 vaccine in DuPage? The COVID-19 vaccine is here. But exactly where is it? And when will it be widely available? Karen Ayala, executive director of the DuPage County Health Department, said the vaccine is in limited supply as residents 65 and older and frontline essential workers are inoculated under Phase 1b of the state's guidelines. Vaccinating the nearly 270,000 DuPage residents who meet Phase 1b criteria could take another 12 weeks based...
Teachers in Hinsdale High School District 86 have a new two-year contract that grants them an average annual increase — including benefits — of 1.89 percent a year. The school board approved the contract 7-0 at its Jan. 28 meeting. Members of the Hinsdale High School Teachers Association had ratified the agreement earlier that day. “The board of education, district administration and Hinsdale High School Teachers Association are pleased to announced that we have reached an agreement on a new teacher contract,” a joint stateme...
Chester “Casey” Marciszewski, 90, of La Grange Highlands, formerly of Hinsdale, passed away peacefully Jan. 29, 2021. He was best known as “Casey the Painter” in and around Hinsdale for decades. Casey was a veteran of the Korean War and a lifelong fan of the Chicago Blackhawks and White Sox. He drove around the country and Canada to attend Blackhawks games and cheer his team on. Attending one of the games of the 2005 World Series and watching the Sox become the champions was his dream come true. He was preceded in death b...
Connie Moses, 55, passed away Jan. 27, 2021, at Meadowbrook Manor in Naperville. The daughter of Gene and Mary Harvey, Connie was born in 1965 at Hinsdale Hospital which long-time locals fondly refer to as "The San" in Hinsdale. Connie grew up in Hinsdale with her three older sisters, Cherie, Cindy and Cathy. She attended the Hinsdale Junior (Adventist) Academy, where she would meet her lifetime very best friend, Elizabeth Leben (Palfi). Connie and Elizabeth became fast...
George Charles Dietrich, 59, of Hinsdale passed away unexpectedly Jan. 30, 2021, George will be missed by his loving family and friends and remembered for his generosity and big heart. He is survived by his wife, Pam Dietrich, nee Sawicki; his daughter, Grace Dietrich; his mother, Kitty; his sisters, Linda (Rick) Gross and Betsy Mersch; his sister-in-law, Tammy (Tom) Sawicki; his brother-in-law, Phil Sawicki; and his nephews, Rick, Matt, Chris, Mike, Nick, Jake and Chase. He was preceded in death by his father, George...
Charlotte R. Lillquist, née Hacker, 81, passed away peacefully on December 5, 2020. Charlotte was born in 1939 to Arthur and Rosemary Hacker in Evanston. She grew up in Glenview, attended Glenbrook North High School and went on to become a proud graduate of Northwestern University in 1961. Charlotte was blessed to have had many fulfilling careers in her lifetime, beginning as an English, speech and drama teacher and eventually teaching sixth grade. She would go on to find a...
With Valentine's Day just around the corner, I have started paying extra close attention to the way the definition of love has changed over the last few decades. Over dinner the other night, my mom told me about the love story of her parents. My grandpa lived in Panama and kept a long distance relationship with my Grandma, who lived in Switzerland. He would call her every night after he got off work. But with the time difference, this would be around 3 a.m. in Switzerland. My...
3 for '21. Gretchen Rubin's suggestion seemed pretty simple. "If you don't want to make a New Year's resolution, consider writing your '21 for 2021' list," the author of "The Happiness Project" wrote Dec. 15 in her blog. I liked the sound of it - a list of 21 concrete things to accomplish. (I also appreciated the photo of a typewriter that ran with the post!) She listed really helpful suggestions, too, like using the number 21 within this list (read 21 books, visit 21 diners)...
Four times last year we criticized leaders in Hinsdale High School District 86 for the way they handled residents who wanted to express their opinion at a board meeting. Today, we congratulate them. For the first time in four months, the “public comment” section of the agenda was back where it belonged last week, near the beginning of the meeting. Two audience members who attended in person stepped up to the microphone, and comments were read from four residents who submitted them via email. Right now the hot topic is get...
With a full-time job, three children, a husband, a house and a dog, Walker Rediehs was busy enough already. In the weeks following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, she and fellow moms everywhere found out just how much busier life could get. With kids learning from home, parents working from home and the stress of the whole situation, Rediehs decided her fellow moms were deserving of an award. "It was a made-up award for my girlfriends. The Homeschooling Mom of the Day...
The Hinsdale Public Library has re-opened for limited services. The library board voted at a special meeting Tuesday to re-open the building today, Feb. 4. The library will be open for “Grab and Go” service from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Curbside service will continue to be offered from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday to Saturday. Visitors will need to wear a mask over their nose and mouth for their entire visit and limit their time in the library to 30 minutes per day. Seating, study rooms, and...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8 District office 115 W. 55th St., Clarendon Hills https://www.d181.org On the draft agenda: COVID-19 update, five-year forecasting, property tax relief grant decision, math camp proposal, math and ELA/ACE placement appeals process Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10 Memorial Building 19...
Thirty Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 24 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported six new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 1,261, up from 1,231 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital was treating 12 confirmed COVID-19 patients and had four patients awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported 10 new cases from Jan. 25 to Feb. 2,...
Hinsdale police are reminding football fans that designated drivers are the best defense against the dangers of impaired driving on SuperBowl Sunday. “If you’ll be watching the game away from home this year, we urge you to answer a simple question: ‘Are you drinking or are you driving?’ Never do both,” Deputy Chief Thomas Lillie said. Before kickoff, make a game plan for a safe evening: • Designate a sober driver or plan to use public transportation or a ride service to get home safely. • If you see an impaired driver on the...
Hinsdale police distributed the following reports Feb. 2. DUI arrests • Jose I. Esteban, 56, 5236 N. Oakview St., 2W, Chicago, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, disobeying a traffic control device and failing to signal when required at 2:53 a.m. Jan. 24 at Ogden Avenue and York Road. He was charged and released to appear in court. • Deepak Malhotra, 61, 1923 Flagstaff Lane, Glendale Heights, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with a blood-alcohol level higher than .08 and...
Early Hinsdaleans - Ralph Homann sends in this family photo that was taken on the 700 block of Grant Street. The woman circled on the left is his great-grandmother, Sophie Klusmann Biermann, who was born in Germany in 1865. Her daughter Minnie, his grandmother to be, was born in Hinsdale in 1890. She went on to marry Henry Homann after the two in Germany and he moved to the U.S. in 1910. Do you have a Hinsdale photo that is at least 25 years old? We'd love to share it with...
From shoveling to sledding, Hinsdaleans took to the streets Sunday after a season record 12 plus inches of snow fell in the area. Henry and Hailey Wiseman and their mom took a trek from their Burns area neighborhood down to the Madison sledding hill. Ryan Pitts was quick to point out a day off of work on Sunday was going to be fun for him and his sons Will, Tate and Ben. They first shoveled their front sidewalk and then went in to fort building mode. Village crews began their...
By Pamela Lannom [email protected] Hinsdale Central teachers who want to receive a COVID-19 vaccination can do so today through Saturday, right on campus. “I’m happy to announce tonight that we have formed a partnership with Osco to vaccinate all our 1b employees in District 86 plus all our feeder districts plus our LADSE cooperative,” Hinsdale High School District 86 Superintendent Tammy Prentiss told board members at their Jan. 28 board meeting. The district has secured 1,800 doses, a number expected to cover teach...
