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The sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade Hinsdale Middle School bands presented a fall concert Nov. 17. Each individual band performed several selections. Sixth-graders Timothy Warren and Ella Massery play the trumpet. Seventh-grader Olivia Giannini is on the tuba. Fellow seventh-graders Jack Berube, Zetian Wang, Abigail Forsythe, Isabelle Head and Anijah Noblin play clarinet. Alex Nemeth is a percussionist for the seventh-grade band. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board awarded more than $5 million in bids last week for the final phase of the $140 million renovation project voters approved in an April 2019 referendum. The bids include most of the work to renovate and upgrade 89 classrooms at Hinsdale Central next summer. The nine bids awarded at the Nov. 17 meeting are for • electrical work, $2.8 million • flooring, $519,000 • general trades, $396,500 • demolition, $355,225 • acoustical ceiling, $306,475 • drywall and rough carpentry, $264,000 ...
Oak School dad Geoff Klein scooped up daughters Marie and Gretta when the music played during the annual Daughters Dance at Oak School Nov. 11. With a DJ and photo booth and bounce house along with plenty of treats, the girls had a wonderful evening with their dads. Please turn to Page 16 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
The Oak School daughters dance was filled with activities, food and fun. Marco Piemonte and his daughter, Alexa, take a selfie. Cecilia Nixon and dad Glen took a cupcake break. Dustin Locatelli shines a little light on daughter Dana's manicure. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
The DuPage County Health Department reported 11 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 4,282, compared to 4,271 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 was 14.1 on Nov. 21, compared to 13.3 on Nov. 16. The community level has dropped to low. District 181 reported five new positive cases from Nov. 16-19, including three...
Hinsdale’s 150th anniversary is coming up and a group of village staffers and community members have some big ideas on how to celebrate it. The village was incorporated on April 1, 1873, and members of the 150th Anniversary Committee hope to commemorate the event in a variety of ways. One option is to create a new patio on the south side of the Memorial Building, facing Chicago Avenue and Burlington Park. “We want to reconstruct the plaza, rededicate the plaza as something memorable for the community and also provide opp...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board: Among other business Nov. 17, board members: • voted 7-0 to approve a resolution estimating the 2022 corporate and special purposes property tax levy at $94.9 million, a 5.8 percent increase over last year. The board will hold a public hearing on the levy at its Thursday, Dec. 15, meeting. • had a first look at the staffing framework for the 2023-24 school year from Cheryl Moore, assistant superintendent of human resources. The district has been notified that 39 teachers are pla...
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 for a total of six weeks in conjunction with regularly-scheduled weekly yard waste pick-up by Republic Services. Leaf pick-up is complimentary; other yard waste will require a y...
The Hinsdale Village Board, Community Consolidated District 181 Board and Hinsdale High School District 86 Board are not scheduled to meet the week of Nov. 26-30....
Hinsdale's Jim Prisby relishes raising his own brood in the community where he grew up. The village native is husband to Lisa and dad to Andrew, pursuing a career in medicine; Christopher, studying construction management at Purdue University; and Sarah, a senior at Nazareth Academy. He's also kept his professional life close to home, operating Caprio Prisby Architectural Design firm with his partner right in the downtown. Jim also serves as a historic preservation...
Preferred provider - This photo in Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," is of the Beckwith estate. "Troubled by chronic war wounds, Civil War veteran Charles Kimball was a patient of Dr. David Paulson, a Chicago physician associated with Michigan's Battle Creek Sanitarium. Kimball persuaded Paulson to open a branch of the sanitarium in Hinsdale on the former Beckwith estate. Located north of the railroad tracks near Oak Street, the 10-acre property was...
The National Honor Society at Hinsdale Central sponsored its annual Stuff the Truck event Friday. Food and personal items were collected for the People's Resource Center. Central students Josh Krames and Caroline Kavanagh helped sort donations during the event. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
The Lane School held its first Veterans Day program since 2019 last week. Madeline Maloney scans the audience for her family before the event starts. Blake Bazan, Jacob Stanton and Marcello Salamon decorated outdoors for the flag ceremony. Lila Singla, Josephine Zloza, Roma Cobb, Mason Kim and Robert Grein entertained attendees with a song during the program. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Students at The Lane school, along with their parents, gathered Friday morning to celebrate Veterans Day. The program began with a flag ceremony before school and concluded with a concert dedicated to the veterans who joined in the event. Griffin Jaris, Lila Danek, Poppy Pickles, Madeline Hendy and Charlotte Nabavian - along with the entire kindergarten and first grade classes - sang "America" to open the event. Please turn to Page 18 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff...
Fall MAP scores show students in Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 are high-achievers and, in almost all cases, showing more growth than their peers. “Some school districts only focus on achievement,” Superintendent Hector Garcia said. “We’re very proud of achievement but also focusing on student growth.” Districtwide, 72.1 percent of students met or exceeded the 69th percentile benchmark, while 79.2 did so in math. That percentage falls in line with results for the past six tests in reading (71.9 to 77.3), sa...
CENTRAL HOLDS DAY OF SERVICE Some 200 students and staff members participated in Hinsdale Central’s annual Day of Service Oct. 29. Teams completed services projects at several area locations, including the Hinsdale Humane Society, People’s Resource Center, Feed My Starving Children, the Burr Ridge Park District, Indian Prairie Public Library, Maple Grove and Danada forest preserves, and All Community Events Hot Cider Hustle. Students and staff also made 242 scarves and collected nonperishable food, water, socks and toi...
Hinsdale once again is offering a snow shoveling program to connect residents in need with residents seeking ways to volunteer and contribute to their community. Individuals looking to give back, or who are seeking community service/volunteer hours are encouraged to complete the application on the village website at www.villageofhinsdale.org. Contact information of participating individuals will be shared with residents in need of snow shoveling assistance. Residents will contact the volunteers directly when assistance is...
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 for a total of six weeks in conjunction with regularly-scheduled weekly yard waste pick-up by Republic Services. Leaf pick-up is complimentary; other yard waste will require a y...
Community Consolidated District 181 Board Among other business at the meeting Monday, board members: • unanimously approved an estimated tax levy of $73.5 million. A public hearing on the levy and its adoption are slated for the board’s Monday, Dec. 19, meeting. • discussed the factors that are considered when inclement weather is anticipated and the remote school schedule students would follow if the buildings are closed • learned a new investment strategy is yielding 2.56 percent for short-term investments (compar...
The DuPage County Health Department reported no new cases of COVID-19 in Hinsdale over the past week, keeping the total number of cases in the DuPage County portion of Hinsdale at 4,271. The Cook County Health Department no longer reports on cases specific to Hinsdale. The number of cases per 100,000 population in DuPage was 13.3 on Nov. 16, compared to 14.8 on Nov. 9. The community level has risen to medium. District 181 reported five new positive cases from Nov. 8-15, all students, for a total of 110 districtwide since...
Georgie Brown and Evelyn Turano were among students taking an art class at The Community House Saturday morning. Instructor Gabrielle Tufano had the students working with everything from crayons to paint. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: board protocols, award Phase 4 and Phase 5 bids, rename gymnastics gym after Neil Krupicka, approve estimated tax levy No board meetings are scheduled for the week of Nov. 21-25....
Cleaning up - This photo in Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," is of the building at 108-110 S. Washington St. "The building still standing at 108-110 S. Washington St. was built in 1925 by tailor Carl Theidel for his business, Hinsdale Cleaners and Dyers. The north side of this building housed this establishment where every sartorial need was satisfied in these tropical surroundings. Pictured are, from left to right, Carl, Harry, and Edwin Theidel in...
Members of the cast of the Hinsdale Dance Academy's "Nutcracker" brought some scenes from the ballet to life at the Hinsdale Public Library Nov. 5. Melissa Gramman read a book to the children before members of the cast performed. Sugar Plum Fairy Willa Gramman, posed for pictures after the show. Please turn to Page 19 for more information an area performances of the "Nutcracker." (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Hinsdale police are looking for a few good men — and women — to apply for one of two open officer positions with starting pay of $75,885. “We’re aggressively recruiting because the market is so slim,” Chief Brian King said. “We started to see a downward trend during the last cycle.” The department typically recruits officers every two years. Over his 36 years in law enforcement, King has seen cycles with 200 applicants seeking one or two positions. “In our last cycle, I think we had 60 applicants for four positions. We’r...
