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Elizabeth Hubbell, 87, passed away June 29, 2024, in Downers Grove. Elizabeth worked for almost 20 years in the Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 school system, where she was a dedicated and valued member. She loved traveling the world, sailing with her husband and cooking for her friends and family. Elizabeth’s kindness and love will be deeply missed by all who knew her. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Daniel V. Hubbell. She is survived by her five children, David Hubbell, Elizabeth (...
The second floor of Madison School offers a great perspective on work taking place on a three-story, two-classroom addition that is part of a $19.2 million construction project to allow District 181 to offer full-day kindergarten in the fall of 2025. Playground improvements also are taking place at Madison as part of the district's summer improvement projects. The Oak School main office (shown) and classrooms also are undergoing renovations and four new classrooms will be...
Runners get faster with conditioning and sprints and musicians perfect their skills with scales and breathing exercises. Rishikar Gandham hones his skills with speaking drills. The Hinsdale Central junior is one of five Central students to compete in the 2024 National Speech & Debate Tournament in Des Moines June 16-21. The five students competed among 6,700 students representing 1,500 schools from across the country. The competition ultimately crowned 41 champions in events...
n Summer Day Camp Through Aug. 9 The Community House 415 W. Eighth St. www.thecommunityhouse.org (630) 323-7500 Kids entering first through eighth grade will create memories and safely enjoy time with their peers. The camp offers a variety of creative learning experiences including sports, drama and environmental awareness to name a few. The camp is broken up into weekly themes, with the field trip, activities and projects for the week related to the theme. Before (7 to 9 a.m.) and after (3 to 6 p.m.) care is offered at an...
Residents can apply now to be part of the 2024 Hinsdale Citizen Police Academy, which starts Sept. 4. Classes meet for 11 weeks at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, each lasting from two to three hours. The free program is designed to give residents and citizens working in Hinsdale a better understanding of law enforcement and the Hinsdale Police Department. Each week provides an in-depth view of different topics, including specialties and departments within the department. This course also provides citizens with an understanding of...
Hinsdale’s Whole Foods store was the target of a phoned-in bomb threat Tuesday, according to village police, with indications that the call originated outside the country. The threat was determined to be unfounded. Police Chief Brian King reported that a call came in to the 500 E. Ogden Ave. store at 11:56 a.m. Tuesday. “The caller, who spoke with an accent, purported to be from India, threatened to blow up the store. The initial indications are that the call originated outside the United States,” King told The Hinsd...
Hinsdale police distributed the following report July 3. Hit and run reported A car parked on the lower level of the parking garage at 100 S. Garfield Ave. sustained damage to its rear driver side between 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. June 25. Police identified a suspect in the incident via surveillance video. Arrests do not constitute conviction of a crime, and individuals listed here should be presumed innocent until proven guilty. If charges are dismissed or reduced or the accused is found not guilty, he or she can contact The...
The Hinsdalean once again is looking for volunteer writers to contribute columns once every seven or eight weeks during the school year for a two-year term. To apply, send a sample 450-word column to editor Pamela Lannom at [email protected]. Please provide ideas for three additional columns. The ideas don’t need to be extremely detailed, but they are a factor in the selection process. Applicants should include a name, address and cell number and a few sentences about why they are interesting in writing a column. S...
By mid-afternoon Tuesday, it was hard to believe rainy, gloomy weather had caused the Hinsdale Community Pool to close earlier that day. The sun was shining from a brilliant blue sky adorned with fluffy white clouds. The crowd might have been smaller than usual, but there are still plenty of patrons - adults swimming laps, playing with their kids in the water or reading a book in the shade of one of the large umbrellas. Two-year-old Millie Jane Muskievicz was participating...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, July 11 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 10 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: public hearing on landscaping and screening standards of the Hinsdale Zoning Ordinance; findings and recommendations on 5891-5911 S. County Line Road (Hinsdale Paddle Tennis Association) special-use permit and 120 N. Oak...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business June 27, board members: • listened to Interim Superintendent Rebecca Nelson report that boys gymnastics programs will go ahead at both Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South tentatively for four years. The viability of the program will be evaluated in two years based on participation, availability of competition and finances to determine if the programs should be continued. • approved the tentative FY 2025 budget. The proposed spending plan of $136.8 million for the...
Oak School wrapped up the school year recently with its annual talent show, "A Night Under the Stars." Dozens of students performed in the 34 acts that took the stage that evening. Among some of the kindergarten boys and girls who did the "Kindergarten Eras Dance" were Mattie Karstens, John Kourafas and Mason Weck. For more pictures of the performances, please go to our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/thehinsdalean. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Pictures from the past - Hinsdale's building services supervisor, Jim Piontkowski, took this photo in 1979. Littlest Offspring was a children's clothing store located at 9 E. First St. at the time. Today Karat Jewelry Group calls the space 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]....
The wording of a new discrimination policy was the subject of a protracted discussion at last week’s Hinsdale High School District 86 Board meeting. Policy 2:270 prohibiting discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color and national origin was on the board’s consent agenda for approval at the June 27 meeting. The provision is in response to the Racism-Free Schools Law passed by the Illinois General Assembly last year, explained board member and policy committee Chair Peggy James, who said districts must enact suc...
Little Link has been with Hinsdale Humane Society for a while. He is the last of his siblings still waiting to be adopted. He is a little on the shy side but once he warms up to you, you will be delighted by his goofy personality. He gets along with other dogs his size and is also nice to cats. Link is the perfect size at 14 pounds. He is 1 year old, neutered, vaccinated and microchipped. His adoption fee is $350. If you are interested in meeting Link, please call (630)...
What's cool about the Stars & Stripes exhibit? The Fourth of July became a federal holiday in 1870, just a few years before Hinsdale's incorporation. Soon residents of the nascent village were staging their own festivities, like the 1875 celebration that "started at 5 a.m. with the booming of a cannon, no one tells who owned it or where it was located, and it was fired intermittently until 9 a.m. that morning," according to preserved records. "Can you imagine right after the...
HINSDALE STUDENTS GRADUATE COLLEGE The following Hinsdale students earned a degree at the conclusion of the spring 2024 term at their respective colleges and universities. • Mitchell Anderson, bachelor’s in finance, University of Iowa • Benjamin Cosentino, bachelor’s in finance, University of Iowa • Hailey Donovan, bachelor’s, Northern Illinois University • Fiona Fitzsimons, bachelor’s in marketing, University of Iowa • Juliana Gee, bachelor’s in communication studies, University of Iowa • Elizabeth Klink, bachelor’s in...
When it comes to complaining about getting old, I'd like to think I have a corner on the market. No one bemoans the fact that he's not a teenager more than me. I don't need to say it out loud. I'm reminded of it every morning when it takes me 10 minutes to get out of bed. But I have to tell you, I think I'll take those aches and pains over being a youngster in today's world. I'm not sure I could handle being a kid in 2024. The schedules are packed from morning until night. If...
Neighbors of Southeast Hinsdale — thank you all so much for your kindness and for taking the time to locate and secure our Bernese mountain dog, Zoe, who left our property (with her shock collar on!) last Friday night, June 21. We were attending a local event and were completely unaware that she had left our house and was walking the streets alone. When we finally looked at our phones, we had texts and messages from various friends and neighbors with her photo and description and were able to quickly piece together where s...
Katherine Lee Bates, an English literature professor at Wellesley College, was inspired to write a poem she titled "Pikes Peak" after making a trip to Colorado in 1893. The stanzas describe the stunning landscape she saw both on her train trip west and from the 14,000-foot summit. The poem first appeared in print July 4, 1895, in The Congregationalist, a weekly newspaper. Her work quickly gained in popularity. As was the custom at the time, people sang the words to "almost...
Members of Hinsdale United Methodist Church will hear a new voice and see a new face when they arrive at church Sunday, July 7. That's when the church's new pastor, the Rev. Dr. Grace Oh, will deliver her first message at the church. Oh, 63, was appointed to the church following the retirement of the Rev. Young-Mee Park and began her job as senior pastor on July 1. Oh's new home in Hinsdale is just 25 miles in distance but a world away from her previous home in Chicago, where...
One of Hinsdale's most notable homes - the William Whitney house at 142 E. First St. - has been listed on the private market at $2,399,000, according to listing agent Kris Berger of Compass. The Italianate structure is owned by Grace Episcopal Church and has served as its rectory for years. Congregation members voted 161-8 in March to sell the house and obtained permission from the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago to do so. The house was built in 1869 for the Stoddards and was lat...
Michael Lach became the new superintendent in Hinsdale High School District 86 on Monday. “It was great,” he said of his first official day on the job. “There’s a lot to do. I’m looking at my computer right now wanting to tell you how many emails I’ve received. It’s been busy.” Lach spent 35 days working in District 86 prior to this week and already had received emails on a variety of topics. “It got serious on Monday,” he said. “I’ve been trying to spend my time observing, listening, talking to people, trying to figur...
Hinsdale’s Kirk Dillard has been elected to a third five-year term as chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority Board of Directors. The board voted June 20 to keep Dillard, who has served as chairman since June 2014, at the helm. Dillard and the board oversee the nation’s second-largest public transportation system, which serves more than 8 million residents in collar counties. The authority is responsible for regional financial oversight, funding and transit planning for the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pac...
