Articles from the June 3, 2021 edition


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  • Increase in COVID-19 cases relatively small

    Updated Jun 2, 2021

    Twelve Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported seven new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported five new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 1,814 up from 1,802 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had one confirmed COVID-19 patients and no patients awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokesman said. Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 has not reported any new cases since May 20....

  • Next week

    Updated Jun 2, 2021

    Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, June 7 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. https://www.d181.org On the draft agenda: math pilot and school improvement plan updates, spring MAP results, staffing report Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 9 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org...

  • Meeting roundup

    Updated Jun 2, 2021

    Hinsdale High School District 86 Among other business May 26, board members: • held a public hearing on and unanimously approved an amended budget for fiscal year 2020-21. The amended budget includes property tax and corporate replacement tax revenue increases to reflect actual amounts, tranfers from the operations fund to the capital projects fund to pay for summer construction and filling in the pool at Central and salary adjustments required by new contracts approved with two district unions, among other items. • lis...

  • Revised plan for Fullersburg site a 'non-starter'

    Ken Knutson|Updated Jun 2, 2021

    Another attempt to develop land bisected by flood plain in Hinsdale's Fullersburg community has again sunk under opposition from neighbors and village officials. At a special village board meeting May 26, trustees were united in their concerns that McNaughton Development's vision to build 24 single-family homes on 25.6 acres straddling Hinsdale and Oak Brook north of Ogden Avenue between Madison and Adams streets was too dense and out of character for the area. Trustee Laurel...

  • Escape to Driftless Area was just what we needed

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Jun 2, 2021

    Spending a few days in a small guest house on Knapp Creek Farm in Wisconsin provided just the break we needed a couple of weeks ago. We headed out on a Wednesday night after the paper was done, a little later than we had hoped, given the four-hour drive. We were heading toward Viroqua, Wis., a town my husband, Dan, had visited on a fly fishing trip with Joseph Meyer (who opened a shop called One More Cast in Countryside after spending years at Luv It! in Gateway Square). Dan...

  • Get out in the open - and open a book or two

    Updated Jun 2, 2021

    Can you think of a summer activity that doesn’t require a mask or a vaccine to participate and can be done anywhere? Reading. The Summer Reading Program kicks off June 7 and runs through July 31 at the Hinsdale Public Library, which is reopening its in-person services just in time for the annual event. The library also has scheduled several programs to promote leaning in to literacy, with more information available at https://www.hinsdalelibrary.info. Check out a few of the offerings: • Teens can use an online log ava...

  • Wizards ready to work their magic

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Jun 2, 2021

    Three years ago, members of the Wizard Football Club girls soccer team were in the finals of a tough North Shore tournament. At halftime, the score was 3-0. Coach Dean Harding gave the girls a pep talk, encouraging them to have fun, and sent them back out on the field. They scored three goals and won the game in a shoot-out. "That's when I knew, at that point, that I was head coach of something really special," Harding said. Now the 14 members of the U11 Diamonds team are...

  • Instant replay

    Updated Jun 2, 2021

    Hinsdale Central's starting pitcher Quinten Lane delivers a pitch Saturday during a game against visiting Glenbard West. Central shortstop Ben Oosterbaan tags a baserunner during a rundown between second and third bases for an out en route to the Red Devils' 5-4 victory over the Hilltoppers. (Jim Slonoff photos)...