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Kristi Smith, owner of Sweet William in downtown Hinsdale, spent a lot of time on her phone last Tuesday as the rain continued to fall. "I kept checking the weather. Every hour that I looked at the weather, it still said sunshine the following day," she said. The forecast didn't lie - and the weather was beautiful for the outdoor fashion show Smith and her staff hosted for customers Sept. 25 on Village Place. "We pulled it all together and it turned out remarkably well. I neve...
Thanks for taking time out to read this column in the midst of your National Newspaper Week celebrations! What? You haven't been attending countless cocktail parties and dinners to celebrate this momentous week? Well, I will forgive you. Newspaper Week hasn't quite gained the traction of everyone's favorite fall holiday (perhaps because it's tough to decorate for), but we do observe it here at The Hinsdalean. And in honor of this week, I'd like to present my Top 10 list of rea...
The news on newspapers is not great. The U.S. lost local publications at a rate of 2.5 per week in 2023, according to researchers at the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University in the school’s annual “State of Local News Project.” That’s up from two per week in 2022 and has resulted in at least 204 U.S. counties with no local news outlet. Another 228 are on the brink of joining them in the next five years based on the project’s predictive modeling. Currently...
Ann Rose Schenck, 86, of Burr Ridge, a former longtime resident of Clarendon Hills died Oct. 1, 2024. Ann was born in Chicago in 1938 to Richard and Katherine Rose. Ann lived most of her life in Clarendon Hills, first with her parents and siblings, then with her husband and children. She graduated from Hinsdale Township High School in 1956, then earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from Northwestern University in 1961. She and Peter met at Northwestern and married in 1961. Se...
Residents of northeast Hinsdale hope a delayed drainage evaluation of their neighborhood will finally lead to solutions for flooding issues that have emerged during the Tri-State Tollway expansion project. At Tuesday’s village board meeting, trustees approved a contract with engineering firm HR Green to complete The Lane drainage study to address concerns about stormwater collecting and entering their homes. Resident John Bloomfield, who has lived on the particularly hard-hit corner of Phillippa Street and Fuller Road for 2...
Hinsdale police distributed the following reports Sept. 24. Felony cannabis arrest Yoquwan G. Johnson, 24, 5238 S. Drexel Ave., Chicago, was arrested for possessing 100 to 500 grams of cannabis (felony), speeding and improper display of registration at 10:46 p.m. Sept. 18 at Ogden Avenue and Grant Street. Johnson was charged and released to appear in court. Domestic battery arrest A 39-year-old Hinsdale woman was arrested for making contact of an insulting or provoking nature with a victim Sept. 22. She was charged and taken...
A Western Springs woman has confirmed that a Jeep she owned that was involved in a crash at Fuller’s Car Wash in 2007 was not included in a review of incidents at the site at the May 21 Hinsdale Village Board meeting. Village President Tom Cauley discussed the accidents at that meeting after hearing from residents following the fatal crash that killed 14-year-old Sean Richards in July 2023. Sean’s dad, Brian Richards, then attended the June 11 village board meeting to offer additional information following Cauley’s review. Th...
Hinsdale has celebrated the arrivals of several new members to its downtown business community in recent months. Here's the first of a two-part Good Reasons series introducing them. Hinsdale Prime The village's newest dining establishment had its ribbon-cutting this week but has actually been serving eager customers for a few weeks. Hinsdale Prime at 42 E. Hinsdale Ave. is meant to be a neighborhood eatery where diners become familiar faces, according to co-owner Antonio...
Early voting for the Nov. 5 general election begins today, Sept. 26, at five temporary locations. They are: • DuPage County Fairgrounds Building 5 2015 Manchester Road, Wheaton • Addison Township Office Event Center 401 N. Addison Road • Bartlett Community Center Program Room 5 700 S. Bartlett Road • Downers Grove Recreation Center Room 103 4500 Belmont Road • Naperville Municipal Center Meeting rooms A & B 400 S. Eagle St. These locations will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays through O...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the agenda: FY 2025 budget hearing and adoption, RFQ for board attorney, 2024 tax levy overview, proposed 55th Street TIF, approval of precalculus courses Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org...
Twenty-eight years after moving to Hinsdale and well over a decade after sewing her first stitches, Jeanie Gale finally became a member of the Hinsdale Embroiderers' Guild. "It never crossed my mind to join," said Gale, who learned needlepoint 15 years ago. It was during a trip to a needle arts store that Gale heard a group of women talking about the Hinsdale group that she considered joining herself. The Hinsdale Embroiderers' Guild is a 60-year-old organization that...
I have a daughter who is obsessed with Halloween. I might be partly to blame for this, as I am an enthusiastic observer of all things holiday. From the time Ainsley was little, she had several items of Halloween apparel - T-shirts, barrettes, socks, earrings, pajamas and more. She had a whole stack of Halloween board books we would read before bed. We've always decorated the house and hosted an annual "spooky dinner" for family and/or friends, with menu items like mummy hot...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business Sept. 12, board members: • heard Superintendent Mike Lach report that work at the Hinsdale Central pool in on track to be finished in time for the girls swimming and diving senior night meet on Oct. 11. “There’s still a ways to go,” he said. “I don’t want to overpromise, but things right now are on track.” • listened to a security update from Geoff Cooker, the district’s director of security. Earlier that day he had attended the annual emergency operations plan m...
Two Hinsdale men who have experience as elected officials might run for village president next spring. Former DuPage County Board member Greg Hart and Hinsdale Trustee Luke Stifflear told The Hinsdalean this week that they are contemplating a run. “As you know from my time at the county board, I truly believe in public service,” Hart said. “I was mulling over this run for a time. I have been encouraged by friends and neighbors.” While Hart said he has yet to make a final decision, he is leaning toward a run. “I have a de...
It's a common refrain in Hinsdale. "We pay high taxes to live here." And residents do - in part because their homes are worth a lot of money. But when they make that statement to Village President Tom Cauley, he has some additional information he shares with them. "People assume that their property taxes go mostly to the village, and I tell them it's only 7 percent, and people are usually surprised by that," he said. The village's portion of the tax bill - including the...
Users of the dog park at Katherine Legge Memorial Park may soon need to obtain a permit in order to let their dogs run off leash. At Tuesday's meeting of the Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Commission, Mike Hayes, superintendent of parks and recreation, told commissioners that incidents of dog fights, biting and running into non-designated areas has prompted the permitting recommendation. "That way we can prove vaccination, build a database," said Hayes, with dog owners...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: full-day kindergarten update, summer capital projects summary, district office building update, enrollment report, summer 2024 programs review, 2024-25 curriculum and professional learning highlights Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12 Hinsdale Central High School, 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the...
Have you looked at your tax bill lately? The answer might be yes, if you’ve paid the second installment of property taxes in DuPage County recently. Or it might be no, if your taxes are rolled into your monthly mortgage payments. Tax bills contain a lot of information. On the right hand side is a column listing the fair cash value of your home, its assessed and equalized value and ultimately its net taxable value, to which the total tax rate is applied. That total tax rate is the sum of individual tax rates for the 13 t...
Hinsdale officials are planning to streamline the fire department’s fleet — and save some money in the process. At Tuesday’s village board meeting, trustees signaled their support for acquiring a Snorkel aerial fire truck to take the place of both the existing engine and ladder truck vehicles. Interim Fire Chief Jeffrey Pindelski, who was hired in May, told trustees that he was asked to evaluate the department’s operations when he came on board. “I have identified an opportunity to realign our emergency response procedure...
This fall’s presidential election is still two months away, but some candidates already are gearing up for the spring 2025 consolidated election. A total of 16 seats will be up for election among the four main Hinsdale taxing bodies — four each on the Hinsdale Village Board (including village president) and the Hinsdale Public Library Board, three on the Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 Board and a historic five on the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board. Tom Cauley’s fourth term as Hinsdale village president...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday, trustees: • approved a contract with HGA for $50,000 to create a space utilization plan for the Memorial Building, including an assessment of the building’s mechanical systems. With HCS Family Services having now moved out of the building and into its new location at 22 N. Elm St., officials stated this was a good time to conduct such an evaluation. • agreed to hire Baxter and Woodman Consulting Engineers to conduct a study of the village’s water system for $47,300...
Covering the final Uniquely Thursdays concert last week for the final installment of our Summer Days series brought back lots of memories. Since I've worked in Hinsdale forever, I was around when the concert series launched in 2002. That year, and for the five summers that followed, the event took place on First Street between Garfield Avenue and Washington Street. I remember those early concerts well. So does Washington Street resident Lynette Lovelace, who was involved with...
We typically don’t write editorials about taxing bodies we don’t cover. But with all that has transpired concerning the proposed TIF district along 55th Street in Clarendon Hills — and its potential impact on Hinsdale school districts — we feel compelled to share a few observations. First, a tax increment financing district — or TIF — is a complicated mechanism Illinois law allows local governments to use to redevelop a certain area to eliminate blight or prevent its onset. Without going into all the details here, the T...
Thirty minutes before 7th Heaven is scheduled to take the stage at the final Uniquely Thursdays concert of the season, chairs and blankets already have filled a good portion of Burlington Park. Many of their owners are in front of the food trucks parked along Chicago Avenue between Garfield Avenue and Washington Street, looking to indulge in some pirogies, barbecue, pizza, tacos, snow cones and other items. Some folks are waiting in line for a cold beverage at the Hinsdale...
Reaching adulthood for those with special needs often means leaving behind structured schedules for a more independent lifestyle. That can be a daunting prospect for both the individual and their families, said Ryan Massengill, superintendent of recreation for Gateway Special Recreation Association, a consortium of local communities of which Hinsdale is a member. “We had a push from a lot of family members that had young people that were going to be exiting out of transition that wanted more recreation that was community b...
