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CENTRAL TEENS ARE STATE SCHOLARS More than 200 students from Hinsdale Central High School were named Illinois State Scholars by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Students were selected for this honor based on their SAT and/or ACT test scores and sixth semester class rank. They are Nysha Adusumilli, Dalia Ahdab, Sarah Alamir, Raphael Aliaga, Isabella Alt, Mehlum Anjarwala, Marley Arquines, Alexander Aschinberg, Shrihan Atluri, Sebastian Attlan Ella Backus, Mariya Bajwa, Amy Bayarsaikhan, Aubrie Be...
With the holidays in full swing, the Hinsdale Police Department is partnering with the Illinois Department of Transportation to remind motorists about the dangers of impaired driving. From Dec. 16 through Jan. 2, law enforcement across Illinois will step up enforcement efforts with a high visibility “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” and “Drive High. Get a DUI.” traffic safety campaign. “We want everyone in our communities to enjoy the holidays without worrying about the dangers of impaired drivers,” Deputy Chief Thomas Lillie...
For the past 10 years, local taxing districts' levies have been capped at an average of 2 percent, ranging from a low of .7 percent in 2015 to a high of 2.3 percent in 2019. For the first time this year, the Illinois Property Tax Extension Limitation Law - more commonly known as the tax cap - will hit its 5 percent upper limit, as the CPI for 2021 is 7 percent. That means levies for Hinsdale's school districts will be higher this year than they have been in the past. Once the...
Deeds for the following properties in Hinsdale and Golfview Hills were recorded between Oct. 24 and Nov. 23. 1. 923 S. Quincy St., Bradley and Cheryl Freburg to Natalie Larrick and Brett O’Bourke, Oct. 24, $530,000 2. 809 S. Clay St., Carmela Gee Revocable Trust to John and Teresa Whitehead, Oct. 24, $1,770,000 3. 110 E. 55th St., Thomas Blackmore and Dolores H. Blackmore Trust to Gregory Lieberenz and Jacqueline Marx, Oct. 27, $280,000 4. 1401 Burr Oak Road, Catherine Danly Revocable Trust to James and Cynthia Johnson, O...
Stronger than expected revenues in 2022 have created an opportunity for the village to bolster its capital improvement and master infrastructure work in 2023. “The revenues are coming in really well,” village manager Kathleen Gargano told trustees at a Nov. 30 committee of the whole meeting, which also was attended by members of the village’s finance commission. “The CIP could use a little bit of a boost of funds based on the projects that we have slated for next year and moving forward.” Staff is recommending a $2 million tr...
Thousands flocked to the Christmas Walk Friday night. Once Santa arrived, Village President Tom Cauley began the countdown to turn on the lights on the Christmas tree in front of the Memorial Building. Ellie Merchant gives Frosty a hug outside of Meredith Jaye. The carousel ride, sponsored by Razny Jewelers, had crowds lined up. Annelise Tate and mom Lindsey enjoyed the ride. Olivia Agema and mom Amy watched the tree lighting. Jim Phillip welcomed guests in to Phillip’s F...
The Hinsdale Chamber of Commerce's 56th annual Christmas Walk very well could have set an attendance record. Santa once again traveled the last leg of his journey via the Hinsdale Fire Department truck to the crowds gathered for the Christmas tree lighting at the Memorial Building. Christine White and daughter Odette admire the Christmas village display - complete with a miniature train - in the window at the Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate County Line office. Please turn...
The Community Consolid-ated Elementary District 181 Board and the Hinsdale Educational Support Staff have approved a new four-year contract. The agreement calls for most HESS members to receive a 5 percent increase in 2022-23, and all members will earn a 3 percent increase in 2023-24, according to a joint press release issued Tuesday. Wage increases in the final two years of the contract will be based on the consumer price index, the rate used in the district’s annual tax levy. “The final outcome reflects our strong com...
The DuPage County Health Department reported 20 new cases of COVID-19 in Hinsdale over the past week, bringing the total number of cases in the DuPage County portion of Hinsdale to 4,307, compared to 4,287 last week. The Cook County Health Department no longer reports on cases specific to Hinsdale. The number of cases per 100,000 population in DuPage rose to 24.1 on Dec. 6, compared to 14.1 on Nov. 29. The community level remains at medium. District 181 reported 18 new positive cases from Nov. 30 to Dec. 5, including six...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. https://www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: sign permit reviews for 50 S. Washington (Virgil Catherine Gallery), 28 E. First (Visual Comfort) and 5811-15 Madison (Palgong Tea) Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave....
Craig Milkint is likely a familiar face to many in Hinsdale as a mainstay of the Community Revue shows that grace The Community House stage every other spring. Poking a little fun at the place Milkint loves to entertain audiences is rewarding, as is serving on the village's board of fire and police commissioners to ensure the hiring and promotion of top police officers and firefighters to protect residents' safety. The Evergreen Park native, who works as the major gifts...
The Hinsdale Public Library Board approved a new strategic plan Tuesday that will guide its efforts over the next three years. “We’re not like the village, which is looking at 30-year projections for capital projects,” said Karen Keefe, the library’s executive director. “A lot of what we’re doing is more operational. We don’t want to be implementing ideas that are five years old.” The board began working on the plan in the spring, hiring The Ivy Group for $60,000 to facilitate. As part of the process, the consultants provided...
Christmases past — Those lucky enough to be on Vinaya Sharma’s Christmas card list are always in for a surprise as to where he will stage his next scene. Twenty-five years ago it was at a USC football game. Hinsdalean Sharma is a graduate of Hinsdale Central High School and former District 86 board member. Do you have a Hinsdale photo that is at least 25 years old? We’d love to share it with our readers. Stop by our office at 7 W. First St. or email it to [email protected]....
The Hinsdale Herd Girls Lacrosse program hosted a three-day camp during Thanksgiving break at The Community House. Coco Mason, Abby Conley and Madeline Maloney were on target during the shooting drill. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
A 38-year-old Hinsdale man was taken into custody Nov. 22 in the 700 block of South County Line Road by members of the Cook County Sheriff’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit assigned to the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Task Force. Nerijus Tautvydas was wanted for multiple charges out of Lithuania, including criminal association, unlawful possession of narcotics, smuggling and criminal liability for treaty crimes, according to a spokesman from the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. He was taken into custody without incident and...
The Hinsdale Fire Department is once again teaming up with the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association and neighboring fire departments in the “Keep the Wreath Red” program. This year, the program began Thanksgiving Day and continues through Monday, Jan. 9. “Keep the Wreath Red” is a holiday fire safety program designed to increase fire safety awareness. A holiday wreath hangs just inside the Hinsdale Fire Station’s Mini Museum, which is the small building located near the entrance way of the main fire station at 121 Symonds D...
The village’s annual fall leaf pick-up program continues through Dec. 5. The program is designed to keep village streets cleaner and safer and to help keep leaves out of sewers and storm drains. The village provides free, unlimited weekly curbside collected of leaves in kraft paper yard waste bags. Plastic bags will not be picked up. Pick-up runs is complimentary and occurs in conjunction with regularly-scheduled weekly yard waste pick-up by Republic Services. Bagged leaves should be placed in the parkway along the curb by 6...
Hinsdale police issued an alert Wednesday afternoon warning residents of a pattern of auto burglaries and auto thefts occurring in nearby jurisdictions. The incidents are similar to ones that have occurred over the last several years, in which offenders walk up and down residential streets, checking vehicles in driveways to see if they are unlocked with the key fobs left inside. Burr Ridge police reported that last Saturday near 91st and Madison streets at least one of the offenders checking cars was holding a firearm. In the...
Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Commission special meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: bench donations and plaque verbage, 2022 aquatics report, 2023 tentative meeting schedule Hinsdale Public Library Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6 Hinsdale Public Library 20 E. Maple St. www.hinsdalelibrary.info On the draft agenda: approve FY23 budget, FY23 tax levy resolution, per capita grant, compensation benchmarking proposal, strategic plan, p...
The DuPage County Health Department reported five new cases of COVID-19 in Hinsdale over the past week, bringing the total number of cases in the DuPage County portion of Hinsdale to 4,287, compared to 4,282 last week. The Cook County Health Department no longer reports on cases specific to Hinsdale. The number of cases per 100,000 population in DuPage remained at 14.1 on Nov. 29, with no change since Nov. 21. The community level rose to medium. District 181 reported nine new positive cases from Nov. 22-29, including six...
Before Anna Fiascone was a real estate agent, she was a real estate attorney. The knowledge she gained in law school and four years in practice serves her well as a member of the Hinsdale Plan Commission. "It kind of keeps that part of my brain working," said Fiascone, who has lived here since 2008. Christmas for the Fiascones will involve attending one of the live nativity services at Hinsdale Covenant Church followed by dinner at the Hinsdale Golf Club on Christmas Eve and...
Early golf - This photo in Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," is of the club house at Ruth Lake. "Ruth Lake Country Club, shown about 1940, was founded in 1922 by some younger men in the village who had used this site along South Madison Street for hunting, camping and skate sailing. The club was named for Linus Ruth, a boyhood friend of the founders, who lost his life in World War I."...
Just in the nick of time, a team of young painters was dispatched to Santa's workshop and North Pole post office in Burlington Park. The DiCosla Group in Hinsdale provided the much-needed paint along with painters Guilliamme Botha, Christopher Fry and Ernest Zhang. Santa will be on duty to kick off the holiday season Friday night for the Christmas Walk, which begins at 5 p.m. Please turn to Page 17 for complete details. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Members of the Hinsdale Middle School sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade bands hosted their fall concert Nov. 17. Each band performed several numbers for the crowd gathered in the middle school gym. Meghan Monteleone, in the seventh-grade band, played the flute during the performance. George Andrikokus and Meghan Fulton (not pictured) served as conductors. Please turn to Page 16 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
The three-year legal battle continues between the village of Hinsdale and the U.S. Department of Justice and Trinity Sober Living over the right to convert a single-family residence into a living unit for those recovering from substance use disorder. A mediation session between the parties is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 5, village manager Kathleen Gargano reported. Reached for comment this week, Trinity founder and executive director Michael Owens said he’s willing to go to trial if necessary. “Absolutely we’re prepa...
