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No matter what challenges we’ve faced this year as individuals, family members, business owners and community members, we still have countless reasons to be thankful. Here’s our list — one for each day of the month leading up to and including Thanksgiving. Nov. 1 — the health care workers whose professional and personal lives have been so much more difficult since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March Nov. 2 — Sammy Hanzel and Heather Bereckis, the creative minds at the village’s parks and recreation department,...
The Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Department invites residents to find giant turkeys all over town in the Hinsdale Turkey Trail. The event is a free and fun way for families to stay engaged and positive this season. Plus everyone can burn calories to make room for Thanksgiving dinner. Simply take a walk through the neighborhood or the village’s business districts and be on the lookout for the oversize gobblers. Also search #HinsdaleTurkeyTrail or @HinsdaleParks on social media to locate others (hint: more than 10 big birds a...
The Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Department invites residents to find giant turkeys all over town in the Hinsdale Turkey Trail. The event is a free and fun way for families to stay engaged and positive this season. Plus everyone can burn calories to make room for Thanksgiving dinner. Simply take a walk through the neighborhood or the village’s business districts and be on the lookout for the oversize gobblers. Also search #HinsdaleTurkeyTrail or @HinsdaleParks on social media to locate others (hint: more than 10 big birds a...
Summer Brew & Q — canceled. Taco Tuesday — postponed. Independence Day celebration — canceled. The messages stamped in red in the online summer brochure indicate which programs are not taking place this summer. No pool memberships. No group swimming lessons. On some pages, one or two programs carry the red notice; on others, all are affected. This seems a strange moment, then, to celebrate the Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Department. But July is Park and Recreation Month across the country, and the National Recreation and Pa...
The Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Department offered a track and field camp this week at Robbins Park. Grant Garver, along with Avery and Kellen Brown, work on sprinting. Instructor Eric Leonard shows the proper starting form to Chase Gallagher. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
With annual Easter Egg hunt put on hold this year, the Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Department and The Community House teamed up to chauffeur the bunny around town to make some house calls. One of his first stops was visiting Kennedy and Madison DeLacey, along with parents Jeff and Rebecca. A short hop away, he dropped in on Duke Jelinek and his parents, David and Brittany. We're happy to report that the bunny was able to comply with social distancing guidelines. (Jim...
The Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Department is encouraging Hinsdaleans to join in the nationwide bear hunt. To help hunters, place a favorite bear on your porch or inside in a front window. Hunters are encouraged to practice social distancing while they are around town searching out their prey. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
These days, it's all about social distancing. Thanks to the internet, the great outdoors and some super creative people, Hinsdaleans can find lots of fun things to do while also staying safe. Local organizations are busy coming up with creative ways to keep kids busy and keep parents happy. Here are a few. #HinsdaleatHome Fun With public parks scattered throughout the village, Hinsdale has plenty of places where families can get outside, get some exercise and have some fun....
What a difference a week makes. Last week, Gov. J.B. Prtizker banned events with more than 1,000 attendees, canceled Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day parade and urged businesses to allow employees to work from home. The state had only 32 confirmed COVID-19 and no deaths. This week, the governor has closed schools, restaurants and bars. The number of cases in Illinois is approaching 300 and the state reported its first COVID-19 death. Hinsdaleans, like Americans across the cou...
The village has received a $400,000 grant to help pay for renovations at the Hinsdale Community Pool. Staff learned Friday that the Illinois Department of Natural Resources had selected the village to receive a 2020 Open Space Land Acquisition and Development grant. The grant will provide almost a third of the needed funds to renovate and repair the aging pool. “I’m really excited that the IDNR saw this is a quality project,” said Heather Bereckis, superintendent of parks and recreation. “Everyone should have that opportu...
The winter months can bring a variety of experiences and expectations that can leave us feeling at times elevated and at other times exhausted. While some things are entirely out of our control, such as days getting shorter and weather changing 10 degrees within an hour, there are things we can do to enhance a time of year which, for many, can be draining. Different people have various remedies for dealing with challenges the winter months can bring to their doorstep. Some of...
A growing economy and a shortened holiday season, with six days fewer between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year than in 2018, contributed to healthy retail sales in December. Hinsdale merchants reported strong sales as well. "The season went really well. We had a great year," said Sweet William owner Kristi Smith. "We were feeling pretty fortunate. We have so many great loyal customers in town that want to shop local and try to stay away from e-commerce and the malls."...
Hinsdale Community Pool visitors next season may be greeted with an earlier open swim time but reduced back-to-school hours. Those were a couple of the potential changes discussed during the Nov. 12 meeting of the village's parks and recreation commission. Sammy Hanzel, recreation supervisor, presented the end-of-season pool report to commissioners at the meeting, highlighting that the pool's $326,843 in revenue was a nearly $15,000 increase from 2018, mostly due to higher...
Life lessons – Billy Jacqua was quick to help his little friend Mason Gandy with his crawling technique Aug. 7. They boys and their moms were at the Lunch on the Lawn program sponsored by Hinsdale's parks and recreation department and the Hinsdale Public Library. Appearing on the stage was Jamie Blythe from Miss Jamie's Farm. Please turn to Page 7 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
The Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Department held Christmas in July at the Hinsdale Pool Friday night. The evening included crafts, games and a visit by a summery Santa and Mrs. Claus and was capped off with a float-in screening of "Home Alone." Santa and Mrs. Claus pose with Cesar and Effy Garcia. Rory and Patrick Farnan work on creating Christmas ornaments. Gabriella Chillo and Josie Braden, who opted out of the water, watch from the comfort of their beach chairs while...
She’s completed her classes and even donned her cap and gown, but Jilian Boger has one last thing to do before she officially graduates from Indiana University, and she’s doing it in Hinsdale. The Indiana native is fulfilling a 12-week internship this summer with the Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Department — a requirement for her degree in tourism, hospitality and event management. “I have a background in parks and recreation,” said Boger, who played tennis and volleybal...
