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One Saturday remains in the village's "Holiday in Hinsdale" events in Burlington Park. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, residents can enjoy gingerbread cookie decorating, horse drawn carriage rides and visiting with Santa Claus in his Hinsdale holiday headquarters. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Noah Priest senior Hinsdale When did you start swimming? I've been swimming since I was 6, first on the Hinsdale Town Team, then I moved to the Hinsdale Swim Club until age 10. Now I train with FMC Aquatics out of Westmont on their national team (when not competing for Central). What are your strongest events? The 50, 100 and 200 freestyle. I used to swim butterfly but I switched to freestyle. My favorite race is the 200 freestyle, because you have to conserve your energy a...
n Greeting card fundraiser www.theboosters.com Help the Hinsdale Central Boosters ring in the holidays with a greeting card fundraiser through www.minted.com. Use the promo code FUNDRAISEHINSDALEHS to receive 20 percent off an order and Boosters will receive a donation equal to 15 percent of the total purchase. All funds raised support Central students through fall and spring Grants to activities and athletics. n BEDS Plus Adopt a Family Through Dec. 15 BEDS Plus office 9601 E. Ogden Ave., La Grange www.beds-plus.org (708)...
n Holiday Magic Dec. 15-18, 26-31 Brookfield Zoo 3400 31st St. (630) 688-8400 www.czs.org/holidaymagic Bright lights and magical nights await guests at the 41st annual event. Visitors will enjoy more than 2 million twinkling LED lights, a 41-foot tall tree choreographed to seasonal tunes, photo opportunities in the ever-popular 20-foot-tall orb and 3D 16-foot-tall gingerbread house, a 600-foot-long “Tunnel of Lights” and more. Many of the zoo’s animal buildings will be open as well restaurants and gift shops offering an ar...
The title of this article might prompt the reader to think it would have been more appropriate for the Halloween season, but the timing of it is actually more apt in this current season of good will toward all and making resolutions for the better. The topic is humans and the relationships we create with our families, friends, neighbors, colleagues and romantic partners. These relationships help us thrive when they are supportive and loving, and we suffer when they are not....
Simone is a beautiful 1-year-old mixed breed dog. She is very sweet and loves to snuggle and is adoptable to families with children 5 years and older. She has been spayed and is up to date on her vaccinations. Her adoption fee is $275. The Hinsdale Humane Society Tuthill Family Pet Rescue & Resource Center is open to the public from noon to 6 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays and 1 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays. Interested adopters are encouraged to...
December is the month for baking. Cookies, pies and other assorted treats are mixed liberally into the season, serving up tasty comfort in the midst of winter's tightening grip. Into this season of oven-rendered treats, Toni Patisserie and Café serves up a lesser known delight: Stollen. The traditional German holiday bread took a few years to catch on, said proprietor Toni Cox, who opened her shop in 1994. "We probably started out the first couple years making about 100 loaves...
How does music enhance worship this time of year? As minister of music at Grace Episcopal Church, Andrew Fredel's primary job isn't to make music, but to encourage music making from others. "It's very important that the congregation sings," Fredel said, and that's never more true than during the celebration of Christmas. Christmas draws a collection of those who frequent church, as well as those who come only for the holidays. Fredel said he's careful to include music that...
CENTRAL TEENS ARE STATE SCHOLARS More than 200 students from Hinsdale Central High School were named Illinois State Scholars by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Students were selected for this honor based on their SAT and/or ACT test scores and sixth semester class rank. They are Nysha Adusumilli, Dalia Ahdab, Sarah Alamir, Raphael Aliaga, Isabella Alt, Mehlum Anjarwala, Marley Arquines, Alexander Aschinberg, Shrihan Atluri, Sebastian Attlan Ella Backus, Mariya Bajwa, Amy Bayarsaikhan, Aubrie Be...
Walter Wade Morrissey, 80, of Oak Brook, formerly of Hinsdale, passed away after a stoic and courageous fight with cancer Dec. 10, 2022. Walter was a graduate of Fenwick High School and the University of Notre Dame. He received his juris doctor from DePaul University. Until the day of his passing, Walter and partners spent more than 50 years passionately practicing law to advocate for clients, friends and family. He built trusting and committed relationships, and he...
Janice Claire Snyder, nee Keene, 76, of Hinsdale died Dec. 12, 2022. Janice was a longtime elementary and high school teacherthroughout the area, impacting and touching the lives of numerous students to whom she was dedicated. She is survived by her husband, Jeremy E. Snyder; her children, Susanna (Jim) Houska and Matthew (Juliette) Snyder; her grandchildren, Elizabeth, Olivia, Mary Grace, Jim, Maggie, Nolan, Liam, Jack and Charlie; her siblings, John Keene, Bill (Joan) Keene...
Marcie Ann Aceto, nee Conners, 86, of Oak Brook died Dec. 7, 2022. She is survived by her husband, Joseph Frank Aceto; her children, Joseph T. Aceto and Julie A. Aceto; her granddaughter, Brittany (Travis) Clarke; her brother, James (Tina) Conners; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her brother, Frank (the late Jeannie) Conners. Visitation is from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, at Sullivan Funeral Home, 60 S. Grant St., Hinsdale. Family and friends will...
The nice thing about winter is that there is nothing to do, and since there is nothing to do, there is no reason to feel guilty about doing nothing. Got that? Now summer is a different story. When the weather is nice, we feel compelled to go out and do something. Anything. Run, jump, bike, swim, barbecue. Eat barbecue. Eat more barbecue. Summer is a very demanding season. But winter asks nothing of us. We can cuddle up on the sofa and read, watch TV, surf social media. We can...
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,...
In early October, Nazareth Academy's football team had a unusually scheduled Thursday night game. Hinsdale's Brady Linn, a reserve senior linebacker/wide receiver, recalled his coach's message after the victory. "He said, 'I want to give you Friday off to experience what it's like not having football on Friday, because it's going to be gone soon for you seniors,' " Linn said. "From that point we were playing to just stay together, and that kept us going." The team kept going...
Sometimes the voice of common sense can be heard amidst the din of polarizing politics and extremism. We were encouraged when last week Gov. JB Pritzker signed off on amendments to the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform measure that will do away with the cash bail system in the new year. Critics were rightly concerned about provisions that trespassers, for example, could no longer be arrested and that a suspect could only be detained if a threat could be demonstrated against a specific party. The largely Democrat-backed act...
Hinsdale police released the following reports Dec. 13. DUI arrests • Hailey A. DiCristina, 24, 6525 Woodridge Drive, Woodridge, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with a blood-alcohol content higher than .08, speeding and improper lane use at 4:10 a.m. Dec. 10 at 55th and Madison streets. She was charged and released to appear in court. • Carina Perez, 31, 1486 Stonebridge Circle, Wheaton, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, illegal transportation of alcohol, improper lan...
With the holidays in full swing, the Hinsdale Police Department is partnering with the Illinois Department of Transportation to remind motorists about the dangers of impaired driving. From Dec. 16 through Jan. 2, law enforcement across Illinois will step up enforcement efforts with a high visibility “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” and “Drive High. Get a DUI.” traffic safety campaign. “We want everyone in our communities to enjoy the holidays without worrying about the dangers of impaired drivers,” Deputy Chief Thomas Lillie...
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...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday night, trustees • referred to the village’s plan commission a map amendment and concurrent exterior appearance and site plan review applications for the development of a McLaren car dealership at 2 Salt Creek Lane. Applicant Mouse Automotive wants to build a two-story, 38,367-square-foot facility on the 2.2-acre property. Trustees signaled support for the project but noted an allowance will have to made concerning the amount of parking proposed for the site. • discu...
The DuPage County Health Department reported 30 new cases of COVID-19 in Hinsdale over the past week, bringing the total number of cases in the DuPage County portion of Hinsdale to 4,337, compared to 4,307 last week. The Cook County Health Department no longer reports on cases specific to Hinsdale. The number of cases per 100,000 population in DuPage rose to 26.7 on Dec. 13, compared to 24.1 on Dec. 6. The community level remains at medium. District 181 reported 11 new positive cases from Dec. 6-13, including nine students,...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the agenda: public hearing on and approval of 2022 tax levy Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15 Hinsdale Central High School, 55th and Grant streets www.d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: public hearings on and approval of 2022 tax levy and driver education fees, Comprehensive Annual Report, staffing framework for 2023-24, changes to board-superintendent...
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...
Hay mountain - This photo in Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," is of Hinsdalean Frank Kufrin. "The Kufrin home and farm was located on South Oak Street. This 1925 photograph shows Frank Kufrin on top of his hay wagon with his wife and six daughters posing proudly below." 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 jslonoff@thehinsd...
The property tax is largest single tax in Illinois and is the major source of revenue for Community Consolidated District 181 and Hinsdale High School District 86. The village of Hinsdale also relies on property taxes as a significant source of funding, as does the Hinsdale Public Library, although the village has several other revenue streams to support operations. Taxing bodies are required each year to file a levy, or a request for property tax revenue. Setting the levy...
