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Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday, trustees: • approved the use of Motor Fuel Tax Funds to pay for infrastructure improvements. The actions include using $995,000 to pay for the reconstruction of Eighth Street from Garfield Street to County Line Road; the use of $398,000 to partially fund the 2021 Chicago Avenue Resurfacing Project, with a total cost estimate of $930,000 (the remaining $532,000 will be paid for with federal Surface Transportation Fund; and the use of $400,000 to partially fund the 2021 M...
Seventy Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 63 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported seven new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 1,071, up from 1,001 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital was treating 20 confirmed COVID-19 patients, with no patients awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported 17 new cases from Dec. 27 to Jan. 5,...
The village’s tree pruning program is scheduled to begin this month. Trees in the area bounded by Garfield Avenue and Stough Street to the east and west and Ogden Avenue and the railroad tracks to the north and north will be pruned. Forestry staff estimates more than 1,000 public trees will be pruned. The recommended frequency for tree pruning is a five-year cycle, which the village follows. Documented studies show that the five-year cycle preserves tree condition and value and is more cost-effective for a community to mainta...
Chad Kenneth Jefferson, 94, a longtime Hinsdale resident, passed away peacefully Nov. 22, 2020, at King Bruwaert House in Burr Ridge. Chad was a resident of Hinsdale for 62 years, before moving with his wife Jackie to King Bruwaert House in 2016. Chad had deep roots in Hinsdale, with both of his parents having been raised in the village. Chad was the great, great grandson of J.H. Papenhausen, an early resident of Hinsdale who immigrated from Germany in 1876. Born in 1926,...
As the new year begins, The Hinsdalean traditionally reaches out to the leaders of the village’s seven nonprofit agencies, inviting them to offer a recap of the previous year and to share one wish for the new year. This is the first of two installments. A Jan. 14 article will feature Candor (formerly Robert Crown), HCS Family Services, Hinsdale Historical Society and Wellness House. Community Memorial Foundation In 2019, leaders at Community Memorial Foundation chose a theme for the organization’s upcoming 25th ann...
Hinsdale residents will see three contested races when they head to the polls to elect village, school and library board members on Tuesday, April 6. A total of 22 candidates are running for 11 open seats on two school boards and the library board. The village president and village board races are not contested. District 181 In Community Consolidated District 181, five people have filed for three open four-year terms on the board, according to the DuPage County clerk’s office. They are incumbent Bill Cotter and newcomers J...
A recent Saturday Night Live featured Kate McKinnon playing Madame Vivelda, a fortune teller, as she met with a group of clients in 2019. “2019 has sucked but I think 2020 will be our year,” one of them says as the skit opens. Of course the predictions she shares for 2020 — someone washing a bag of Doritos with soap, a road trip with no bathroom stops and indecent Zoom incidents, to name a few — make absolutely no sense to her clients. If only we had known. And now we again are on the cusp of a new year, and much uncerta...
Fifty-eight Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 54 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported four new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 1,001, up from 943 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital was treating 17 confirmed COVID-19 patients and had two patients awaiting test results on Tuesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 and Hinsdale High School District 86 are on...
To make the most of Hinsdale’s prime and precious commercial property, village officials are keen to embrace businesses that contribute to the sales tax coffers. Firms like Lakeside Bank, which has applied for a special use permit to open a branch at 222 E. Ogden Ave., do not get the welcome mat treatment in an effort to protect the high-traffic Ogden corridor for retail merchants rich in revenue. At the Dec. 8 village board meeting, trustees discussed both the bank’s application and the overarching desire to rewrite the zon...
The winter of 2020-21 will bring on a case of cabin fever the likes of which we’ve never seen before. After living with the coronavirus pandemic for nine months, we’re ready for life to get back to normal. If the weather will cooperate, some favorite winter activities can help us all get through these next few months. Several area parks and forest preserves offer the opportunity to take advantage of winter weather — once it arrives. For more information, visit https://www.dupageforest.org, https://www.fpdcc.com or https...
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the town The Hinsdaleans were scurrying, they rushed all around. For last-minute gifts and cards they did sprint, Armed with lists and ideas and maybe some hints. Gateway and Grant squares and downtown they traveled. But with each stop, their nerves did unravel. The hustle and bustle had dampened their mood. They were tired and cranky and needed some food. They stopped for some lunch and looked over the list. To finish their s...
Forty-six Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 36 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported 10 new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 943, up from 897 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital was treating 15 confirmed COVID-19 patients and had seven patients awaiting test results on Tuesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported seven new cases from Dec. 16-18, including...
Due to the pandemic, Hinsdale’s revenues declined by $1.9 million in 2020. Sales tax, food and beverage tax and parking permit revenues all declined dramatically. Fortunately, years of prudent financial management paid off in 2020. Despite the $1.9 million revenue decline, we maintained the same level of police, fire and public works services residents have come to expect. Moreover, we will end 2020 with a reserve balance of $8.2 million, which represents 43 percent of the village’s annual operating expenses. In other wor...
The Hinsdale Village Board, Community Consolidated District 181 Board and Hinsdale High School District 86 Board are not scheduled to meet the week of Dec. 28 to Jan. 1....
Hinsdale police have arrested a 23-year old man for a midday auto theft that occurred last month in the village. Deshun Williams was arrested Dec. 4 at Homan Avenue and Madison Street in Chicago and charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle. The location of the arrest was a few blocks from where Hinsdale detectives had located and recovered the victim’s auto, a 2018 Navy Blue Audi Q5, which had been stolen from the 100 block of South Vine Street at 2:06 p.m. Nov. 15. The victim was reportedly unloading items from t...
Experience any hotly contested elections lately? Granted, the presidential race was certainly a spectacle not seen before (which goes for most of 2020!). But it also got two-thirds of the electorate to the polls, the highest turnout since 1900 when Republican incumbent William McKinley defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan. Healthy turnout is healthy for a democracy, And so is a robust roster of citizens willing to throw their hats into the candidates’ ring. The window to file for candidacy in the April 6 Consolidated E...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesdays, trustees: • passed a resolution pausing the processing of applications to construct small wireless facilities related to 5G due to the state of emergency created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Village officials reported that no permit applications have yet been received to build 5G facilities but said the action was needed to avoid burdening a short-handed village staff. • approved the use of $995,000 in motor fuel tax funds for the reconstruction of Eighth Street from Gar...
Seventy Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 63 new cases and the Cook County Health Department reported seven new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 897, up from 827 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital was treating 23 confirmed COVID-19 patients and three patients awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported nine new cases from Dec. 9-15, including four...
Shop Hinsdale for the Holidays Ongoing https://villageofhinsdale.org To encourage people to shop locally, a secret Santa will surprise shoppers in Hinsdale stores with a $25 gift card valid at any Hinsdale retailer, spa or restaurant. ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Dec. 11 https://www.broadwayondemand.com/searchs?q=hinsdale%2520central The Hinsdale Central Drama Group presents a virtual streaming production of “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.” The show was filmed in-person at school following all health and safety guid...
Hinsdale officials say they will finish the 2020 fiscal year with a surplus despite tax revenues coming in nearly $1 million under budget. At a committee of the whole meeting Dec. 3, trustees and members of the village’s finance commission reviewed 2020 economic numbers and the impact that the pandemic has had on the village’s tax receipts. Sales tax revenue had been forecast to be about $2.95 million for the year, but is now projected to be just under $2.6 million. Village finance director Darrell Langlois said the impact fr...
The village of Hinsdale has been sued by the U.S. Department of Justice under the Fair Housing Act for its effort to prohibit Trinity Sober Living from operating a group home in town. In its complaint filed Nov. 24 with the U.S. District Court for Northern District of Illinois, the DOJ alleges that the village’s actions “constitute a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of rights granted by the Fair Housing Act, or a denial of rights protected by the Fair Housing Act to a group of persons.” Trinity Sober...
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me — a Hinsdale shopping spree! Yes, yes, we know the song is really about the 12 days between Christmas and epiphany. Forgive us for this slightly corny set-up for a message we present on this page each December: Shop local. This year more than ever Hinsdale merchants need our support. The coronavirus pandemic not only closed many shops in the spring, it has affected business since. And this is the time — the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas — when merchants expec...
Fifty-four Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 48 new cases and the Cook County Health Department reported six new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 827, up from 773 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital was treating 23 confirmed COVID-19 patients and one patient awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported 16 new cases from Dec. 2-7, including 14...
The Community Consolidated District 181 Board is poised to pass a $67.1 million property tax levy on Monday, Dec. 7. The proposed levy, which totals $75.1 million when the debt service fund is included, was approved by the board Nov. 9. Richard Engstrom, assistant superintendent of business and operations, presented a so-called “balloon” levy request that would ensure the district captures all availalbe revenue under the tax cap. Board President Margie Kleber favored the balloon levy approach, noting that the board has the...
Welcome to Holidays in Hinsdale: Pandemic Edition. Restrictions on gatherings have had a Grinch-like impact, stealing away the ability to hold numerous cherished seasonal programs and activities. But like Whoville, the community has found ways to overcome the adversity, modifying events and leveraging the magic of technology to delight residents of all ages. Here a some to check out, and see the Holiday Happenings listing starting on Page 30 for more details. Time slots for...
