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Early voting will be available at 20 locations throughout DuPage County starting Monday, March 20. Hinsdale Village Hall, 19 E. Chicago Ave., will be available for early voting through April 1. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays to Fridays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. DuPage County voters also may cast paper ballots at the DuPage County Fairgrounds (Building 5), 2015 Manchester Road in Wheaton, just off County Farm Road, east of the county’s government administration buildings. Voting hours at the fairgrounds are 8 a.m....
Bond was set at $500,000 Friday for a Chicago man accused of breaking into a Hinsdale home in the 400 block of Woodside on March 9. Franshawn Whittenburg, 50, of the 8400 block of South Peoria Street, is charged with one count of residential burglary, a Class 1 felony. Because of Whittenburg’s criminal history, if found guilty, he is subject to Mandatory Class X sentencing, which carries a sentence of six to 30 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. A neighbor alerted the homeowner about a vehicle backed into the h...
The April 4 election will determine the next set of local officeholders, so what a perfect time to look back at Hinsdale's election history - with a note of gratitude to the Hinsdale Historical Society for opening its archives. After residents cast a majority of ballots to incorporate March 29, 1873, the freshly minted suburb needed to form a government. As Timothy Bakken chronicles in his book "Hinsdale," 44 residents - or about a third of those eligible - cast ballots and...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business March 9, board members: • agreed they would like to hire a search firm to help find a replacement for Chris Covino, assistant superintendent of academics, who will retire at the end of the school year. They expect to review a contract with an IASB search firm at their March 23 meeting. Seventeen superintendent and assistant superintendent openings currently are posted on the Illinois job bank, Superintendent Tammy Prentiss said. • listened to a presentation on the...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 23 Hinsdale Central High School, 55th and Grant streets www.d86.hinsdale86.org/boardofeducation Hinsdale Public Library Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 Hinsdale Public Library, 20 E. Maple St. www.hinsdalelibrary.info On the draft agenda: internal controls review, closed session review of executive director, recommendation for ED annual review Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Thursday, March 16 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the...
Special delivery - This photo in Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," is of the Hinsdale Post Office in 1894. "Established in 1867, the Hinsdale Post Office moved frequently about the downtown before settling at 53 S. Washington St. about 1894. Residents had to pick up their mail; home delivery did not begin until 1906, when carriers made three rounds daily throughout the village. The photograph shows the Washington Street location after it, but incredibly...
Two cars were involved in a collision March 6 on southbound Route 83. The crash caused one car to roll over near the Burlington Northern Railroad bridge, shutting down traffic on southbound Route 83. Firefighter/paramedics from Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills responded to the scene. Two patients were transported by Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills ambulances to area hospitals. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Kindergartner Eloise Goar demonstrates how a volcano erupts for several Monroe School students during the school's science fair Feb. 23. Dozens of students had their experiments on display during the evening, filling the gym. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Deeds for the following properties in Hinsdale and Golfview Hills were recorded in DuPage County from Jan. 31 to Feb. 24. 1. 608 W. 55th St., TVC Funding IV REO LLC to Abunijmeh Developments LLC, Jan. 31, $440,000 2. 112 N. Madison St., Jeffrey Kroll and Ginger G. Kroll Trust to Chicago Title Land Trust, Feb. 1, $2,700,000 3. 409 S. Bruner St., William and Mary Lewis to Justin Weiner and Carla Romera, Feb. 1, $1,265,000 4. 527 Kensington Court, Kensington Hinsdale Building LLC to J Jordan Homes LLC, Feb. 2, $3,000,000 5. 515...
Chris Covino, assistant superintendent for academics in Hinsdale High School District 86, has accepted a position as the new superintendent in La Grange Elementary District 102. His final day will be June 30. “Not only is this a culminating next step in my lifelong career as an educator, it is also a chance to work with and promote the growth and development of students at the K-8 level,” Covino said. He noted that before he leaves, he and his colleagues will continue work on aligning district curriculum and grading pra...
The building located at 14 W. Hinsdale Ave. in downtown Hinsdale was originally designed by Hinsdale architect R. Harold Zook to be the Hinsdale post office in 1927, according to Sandy Williams' "Images of America - Hinsdale." The post office originally located on Washington Street had been destroyed by a fire. "The building still stands, though drastically altered. A remnant of the original roofline cab be found in the alley facade," Williams wrote. Today the building is...
The former site of Hinsdale Animal Hospital is poised to be subdivided into two separate lots to accommodate single-family homes. At Tuesday’s Hinsdale Village Board meeting, trustees held a first reading of an ordinance approving a site plan and exterior appearance plan for 218 W. Ogden Ave., as well as a request to accept a tentative and final plat to subdivide the property. In reviewing the proposed ordinance from property owner KAL Development, Trustee Luke Stifflear said the two resulting lots would be of roughly e...
Members of the Clarendon Hills Middle School Jazz Band performed Saturday morning at the Hinsdale Middle School in the Illinois Grade School Music Association Jazz Contest. Both HMS and CHMS jazz bands received Division 1 ratings from all three judges and Division 1 ratings overall en route to qualifying for the state competition. Eric Morong conducts the CHMS jazz band during one of their numbers. Jack Ordway and Jack Gerrard both on alto saxophones, and Emily Richardson on...
Early Hinsdale - This photo in Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," is of William Robbins' second addition to the village. "Hinsdale flourished and Robbins made two additions to the village. This, his second, 'Park Addition,' was designed in 1869 by well-known landscape architect H.W.S. Cleveland. Familiar with Olmsted and Vaux's curvilinear plan of Riverside, Robbins sought this new, more picturesque layout for the area that included his own home. Cleveland...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, March 13 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: winter MAP & SIP update, kindergarten update, approve elementary music resource, world language resource recommendation Hinsdale Finance Commission 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 16 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 9 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.d86.hinsdale86.org/...
March 16 The Hinsdalean will host a candidates night for the individuals running for the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board at 7 p.m. at The Community House, 415 W. Eighth St. The event will be moderated by WGN’s Ben Bradley. Questions from the public must be submitted in advance or in writing at the event. Send an email to [email protected]....
A photo of the Hinsdale Central chess team that ran with a March 2 story was not taken at the state meet. Team members in the photo are Shivum Banerjee, Rebecca Cortez, Wilbert Chu, Ramez Rifai, Daniel Lee, Millan Whittier, Marwan Hamoui and Payton Levinthal....
Hinsdale Central's Brody Marcet celebrates after anchoring the Red Devils' victorious 200-yard freestyle relay at the IHSA state final meet Saturday in Westmont. Marcet teamed with Andrew Gilbert, Vidar Carlbaum and Noah Priest in the second of the meet's three relays, all of which Central won in state record times. See the story on Page 38. (photo for The Hinsdalean by Joel Lerner Photography)...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 9 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.d86.hinsdale86.org/boardofeducation Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 8 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: public meeting on 11 Salt Creek Lane (MedProperties), sign permit review for 5837 S. Madison (Hinsdale Discount Tires and Automotive) and findings and recommendations on 2 Salt Creek Lane (Mouse Automotive) and 218 W. Ogden Ave. (Karimi...
One look at this home at the southwest corner of Walnut and Lincoln offers a clue as to its first occupant. William Gates was president of the American Terra Cotta Co. He and his home have been well-documented in village annals, including Hugh Dugan's "Village on the County Line." See Page 7 for more coverage. (Hinsdale Historical Society photo)...
Members of Hinsdale Central's Family, Career and Community Leaders of America club decorated cookies to celebrate Valentine's Day last month. Macy Lowe (right), Paolo Tobiano and Toral Bhatt (top left) and Zahra Ghadeer work on their creations. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
A Hinsdale High School District 86 Board member is calling for a policy review after the district’s law firm helped underwrite a trip Superintendent Tammy Prentiss and board member Terri Walker took to the Dominican Republic last October through the Illinois Association of School Administrators. The IASA Global Service Project trip has come under scrutiny after it was learned the district’s law firm, Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn, was one of the three sponsors of the nearly $4,000-per-person trip. As a res...
