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Stewart Seman was stuck in rush hour traffic on Route 83 one day while driving from the northern suburbs back to his Calumet City home. That's when he got his first view of Hinsdale from the roadway's bridge and was instantly charmed. "I could look down into Stough Park. There was the train station and the park and the kids running around," he recounted. "It was like in a dream, seeing this beautiful place." Shortly thereafter, Seman and wife Mary relocated to the village...
Thirty-five Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 29 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported six new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 1,688, up from 1,653 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had 10 confirmed COVID-19 patients and four patients awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported eight new cases from April 14-20, all of which...
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” — Winston Churchill One of our favorite initiatives at The Hinsdalean has been our Making a Difference partnerships with the nonprofit agencies in Hinsdale. And one of the projects we enjoyed most was a spring 2010 photo shoot at The Community House. It resulted in a photo montage of 74 volunteers who supported a Community Memorial Foundation partner agency. Many individuals volunteered for more than one. The two-page spread remains a wonderful remin...
Hinsdale residents have until May 1 to purchase a new vehicle stickers. All vehicles registered in the state of Illinois with a Hinsdale address must also be registered with the village through the purchase of a vehicle license sticker. Stickers must be displayed by May 1. Residents who purchase a sticker after May 1 will incur a $ 25 late fee per sticker. Vehicles not displaying the current year’s vehicle sticker are also subject to a citation. Stickers cost $48 for passenger vehicles, $24 for motorcycles, $63 for trucks w...
Thirty-five Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 33 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported two new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 1,653, up from 1,618 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had nine confirmed COVID-19 patients and one patient awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported five new cases from April 7-13, all of which invol...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, April 22 Hinsdale Central South School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org Hinsdale Public Library Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 20 https://www.hinsdalelibrary.info On the draft agenda: Helen O’Neill scholarship, presentation of officer slate, emergency operational changes, executive director annual review recommendation Hinsdale Village Board 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 20 https://www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: permit fee c...
Early transportation - It's hard to imagine traveling by horseback and carriage through town, as Hinsdaleans did when the village was first founded. According to Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale" "The livery stable was situated just north of the tracks, west of Washington Street. Liveries met all trains and 10 ride tickets could be purchased for $1. Some villages boarded their horses at the stable, others rented buggies for special occasions. This...
Although trustees had planned to repave Eighth Street with asphalt, an attractive bid has them considering concrete instead. J. Nardulli Concrete submitted the low bid of $1.34 million to pave Eighth Street from Garfield Avenue to County Line Road with asphalt. The board also asked contractors to submit a bid for concrete, and one from G&M Cement Construction came it at $1.48 million. With an additional $50,000 in construction observation costs for concrete, the savings from asphalt totals $192,000. Concrete typically is...
Hinsdale police distributed the following reports April 6. Man arrested for DUI, battery Charles C. Heimke, 24, 914 S. County Line Road, Hinsdale, was arrested for aggravated battery to a police officer; resisting, obstructing or disarming an officer; driving under the influence of alcohol, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, other traffic offenses and leaving the scene of a property damage accident at 2:21 a.m. April 4 at South County Line Road and East 57th Street. Police found the suspect’s vehicle at his residence a...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday, trustees: • unanimously approved spending up to $771,600 with Schaefgas Brothers for improvements to the Hinsdale Community Pool. Phase 1 includes replacing the lap pool deck, repairing ground joints, replacing grout under the perimeter gutter and repainting the main pool. Phase 2 includes replacing four pool filters. The village received a $400,000 Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Grant and is required to spend at least $800,000 on the project. • voted 6-0 to...
Twenty-seven Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 26 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported 1 new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 1,618, up from 1,591 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had six confirmed COVID-19 patients and no patients awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported nine new cases from April 5-6, all of which...
Margie Kleber won the race for a two-year term on the Community Consolidated District 181 Board, defeating challenger Christine Dannhausen-Brun. Kleber, the current board president, said she felt confident going into Tuesday’s vote. “I was hearing really good things from a lot of people in the community,” Kleber said, citing letters of support she received. Her uncontested election to the board four years ago meant this was her first real campaign experience. “I got to meet a lot of people. It forced me to really get out ther...
BettyLou F. Wargen of Bark River, Mich,, and a former village employee, passed away March 14, 2021, at her daughter’s home in Cornell, Mich. BettyLou, 82, was born in Chicago in 1939, the daughter of Ervin and Betty (Straka) Suchomel. She attended Riverside Brookfield High School and graduated in 1956. She married John Paul Wargen on February 15, 1958, in Brookfield. The couple recently celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary. For many years, BettyLou worked as a daycare provider, and later was employed by the village of H...
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan organization that is committed to ensuring that voters have the information they need to successfully vote in every election. One of the local League chapters, the League of Women Voters of Downers Grove, Woodridge and Lisle, is providing information about candidates for village offices and school boards for Hinsdale as well as Downers Grove Township. In lieu of a candidates forum for the April 6 consolidated elections, the LWV invited the candidates for various local offices to...
Seventeen candidates are running for nine open seats on the library and school boards in Tuesday’s election. Add in the uncontested candidates — one for village president, three for village board and three for four-year terms on the D181 school board — and you’re up to two dozen candidates on the ballot in just the most local races. Many other individuals are running for seats in township government, on the regional school board and on the College of DuPage Board. Why this tally of open positions? To stress the importa...
The total number of confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19 in the village has risen to 1,591. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had four confirmed COVID-19 patients and three patients awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported seven new cases from March 17-23, all of which involved students. Hinsdale High School District 86 reported seven current positive cases March 19, with 55 people in isolation and 60 in quarantine. The rolling seven-day positivity rate for Region 8,...
By Ken Knutson [email protected] Water usage in Hinsdale has been decreasing for a number of years, which means less revenue for the village to pay for needed and expensive system upgrades, projected to cost $3.1 million in the next four years. At a March 16 joint committee of the whole meeting, trustees and members of the village’s finance commission discussed a two-pronged solution of raising the water and sewer rate and implementing a fixed infrastructure maintenance and improvement fee (IMIF) to provide a s...
BettyLou F. Wargen of Bark River, Mich,, and a former Hinsdale employee, passed away March 14, 2021, at her daughter’s home in Cornell, Mich. BettyLou, 82, was born in Chicago in 1939, the daughter of Ervin and Betty (Straka) Suchomel. She attended Riverside Brookfield High School and graduated in 1956. She married John Paul Wargen on February 15, 1958, in Brookfield. The couple recently celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary. For many years, BettyLou worked as a daycare provider, and later was employed by the Village o...
I support re-electing Margie Kleber for D181 School Board. As past CFO and treasurer, I worked closely with Margie on several initiatives and was impressed with her attention to detail and willingness to learn and understand the complexities of public school management, including school construction, curriculum, governance and long-term financial planning and managing the tax rate. D181 building and district leadership are dedicated and exceptional; Margie has always shown a deep respect and appreciation for the...
16 Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 174 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported four new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 1,685, up from 1,507 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had four confirmed COVID-19 patients and three patients awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported seven new cases from March 17-23, all of which...
The Hinsdale Village Board, Community Consolidated District 181 Board and Hinsdale High School District 86 Board are not scheduled to meet the week of March 29 to April 2....
Hinsdale Village President Tom Cauley, three individuals running for the Hinsdale Village Board and three running for four-year terms on the Community Consolidated District 181 Board are running uncontested in the Tuesday, April 6, election. The Hinsdalean reached out to the candidates to find out a little more about who they are and what they hope to accomplish. Hinsdale Village President Who is Tom Cauley? Tom Cauley has served as village president for the last 12 years and was a village trustee for two years before that....
Hinsdale police distributed the following reports March 11 and 16. DUI arrests • Gregory M. Kentra, 46, 5701 S. Grant St., Hinsdale, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, failure to yield at a crosswalk and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident after police responded to a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian at 9:09 p.m. March 11 at Madison and 57th Streets. The pedestrian was taken to the hospital for treatment. Kentra was charged and released to appear in court. • Svetlozar Kolev, 22, 149...
One hundred and fifty-four Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 150 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported four new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 1,507, up from 1,353 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had four confirmed COVID-19 patients and no patients awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported 13 new cases from March 10-16,...
The Hinsdale Village Board is moving forward in its partnership with the Hinsdale Platform Tennis Association, including the rehab of the platform tennis hut at Katherine Legge Memorial Park. At their meeting Tuesday night, trustees gave a first read to a contract to renovate the facility for $351,800. The bid from Red Feather Group was below the $400,000 budgeted for the project as well as the lowest of two bids, the other coming in at $542,313. Plans for the project were approved a year ago, according to a staff memo, but...