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  • District 181 opposes D86 plan for new math courses

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Oct 8, 2020

    With the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board set to approve a new math sequence this month, board members in Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 made it clear Monday night they do not support the move. The new integrated math curriculum would weave algebra 1, geometry and algebra 2 into three courses titled Math 1, 2 and 3. “D181 is not really on board with the current changes,” said District 181 Board member Sheetal Rao, who chairs the academic success committee. “It’s important for our community to know that....

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  • Donna Rask Born

    Updated Oct 7, 2020

    Donna Rask Born, 94, formerly of Hinsdale, passed away peacefully Sept. 30, 2020, at King-Bruwaert House in Burr Ridge, just six days before her 95th birthday. Donna life was full of family, service to community, close friends, music, reading, hiking, tennis and travel to whet her unbounded curiosity of people and places. Donna was a member of Delta Gamma, and spent many hours to support the blind and visually impaired. She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1947, where she met and soon married Bob. They started...

  • Hinsdale Central takes another step toward normal

    Updated Oct 7, 2020

    Monday morning the first group of students returned to in school learning at Hinsdale Central. Students have been split in to four equal groups, and each will spend one day on the campus this week. Next week Group A will begin a full week of learning in the school. As the students entered, with masks, they walked past a scanner that took their temperature. (Jim Slonoff photos)...

  • Senior living plan nixed by village

    Ken Knutson|Updated Oct 7, 2020

    For the second time in less than a month, a proposed planned development along the north side of Ogden Avenue in northwest Hinsdale has been rejected. At Tuesday’s village board meeting, developer Ryan Companies withdrew its concept for 240-unit assisted living facility and 27 independent living villas on 32.5 acres at Ogden and Adams Street after trustees deferred to residents’ concerns over the project’s density and traffic impact. “The current design is too far off from what is going to be acceptable to people for us to m...

  • Ask an expert - NICK MCDONOUGH, FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC

    Sandy Illian Bosch|Updated Oct 7, 2020

    What is the best recipe for kitchen safety? The kitchen is often called the heart of the home. It's the place where family recipes are prepared, celebrations are created and memories are made. But it also can be one of the most dangerous places in a house. "Cooking is the leading cause of home fires and home injuries," said Nick McDonough, firefighter paramedic with the Hinsdale Fire Department. That's why the National Fire Protection Association has chosen "Serve up fire...