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Hinsdale trustees have signaled their support for an $18.4 million operating budget for 2022. At Tuesday night’s village board meeting, trustees reviewed the draft spending plan for the upcoming year, which is an increase of $623,449, or 3.5 percent, over the 2021 budget. About half of the spending — $9.06 million — goes to staff salary and benefits, according to officials. Village manager Kathleen Gargano said a spate of recent departures pushed up those costs in the short-term. “We’ve had some long-term employees retire, an...
Hinsdale police officers responded to a home in the 200 block of East Walnut at 9:41 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30, after the homeowner reported that a suspicious vehicle had pulled into the driveway. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle as it was leaving the area but it fled at a high rate of speed. Officers pursued the vehicle southbound on Interstate 294 to the Stevenson Expressway where they lost sight of the vehicle in traffic. Hinsdale police also are investigating a residential burglary that occurred in the 500 block of...
Red Devil Nation stuffs the truck - Stephanie Zeis and Sofia Cooper were among the dozens of Hinsdale Central students from the National Honor Society and Business Professionals of America who sponsored a Stuff the Truck event in early November. Please turn to Page 16 for more photos. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Next Christmas, the Glenn family will have a new member at the holiday table. Laura and Matt Glenn's daughter, Taylor, is getting married in July 2022. The family typically gathers at the Hinsdale home the Glenns have lived in for 26 years. They raised their three children there - Riley, 25, Taylor, 22, and Jack, 21. "We love our house," Laura Glenn said. "We love our location." Glenn also has enjoyed the more than a decade she has spent volunteering with the Hinsdale...
The Hinsdalean is looking for Hinsdale’s happiest baby to feature on the final front cover of 2021. Readers who know a happy Hinsdale baby born since Jan. 1 of this year who would look great on our New Year’s cover should email a photo to [email protected]. Please include the baby’s name and birthday along with the name, address and daytime phone number of the person submitting the picture. The winning baby will be photographed by Jim Slonoff to appear on the Dec. 30 cover of The Hinsdalean. The entry deadline is noon...
Members of Hinsdale Central's National Honor Society and Business Professionals of America sponsored a Stuff the Truck food drive earlier this month. Their mission was accomplished, as they filled one truck with food and personal items and partially filled a second with diapers. Riley Matthews was among the dozens of students who brought items, which were donated to the People's Resource Center in Westmont. Aiden Bonino helps out with loading the goods onto one of the trucks....
Another image of an armed vehicle burglar in Hinsdale caught on surveillance camera has led to increased police patrols and a call for residents to do their part to deter criminal activity. Overnight burglaries were reported the morning of Nov. 17 to unlocked vehicles in the 800 block of South Thurlow Street and the 300 block of East Sixth Street, according to Hinsdale police. Police Chief Brian King said home security video from the Sixth Street incident shows one of the offenders holding a firearm while accomplices rifle...
Forty-eight Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 45 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported three new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 2,220, compared to 2,172 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had nine confirmed COVID-19 patients and three patients awaiting test results as of Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Hinsdale Central High School reported seven positive cases, 15 in isolation and...
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. 22-26....
Hinsdale High School District 86 Among other business Nov. 18, board members: • approved the Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South programs of study for the 2022-23 school year. The most notable provision is the inclusion of separate science pathways, with one beginning with physics and the other beginning with biology. Both sequences will be offered on both campuses. This is a compromise plan after a proposal for all students to follow the physics-first sequence was met with considerable community opposition. The p...
Hinsdale High School District 86 students got a couple of extra days off after board members expanded the Thanksgiving holiday to a full week to address mental health concerns. At the Nov. 18 board meeting, board members voted unanimously to make Nov. 22 and 23 nonattendance days. Nov. 24-26 were already scheduled days off. In a report to board members, administrators said the added time was for students and staff “to rest, relax and recharge.” Hinsdale Central Principal Bill Walsh said the recommendation was made after adm...
Road trip - Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," mentions the Castle Inn, which was on Ogden Avenue. "Over time, (Benjamin) Fuller amassed about 800 acres. His acquisition in 1843 of a portion of Orente Grant's property included this building, Castle Inn. The inn, built by Grant in 1836, was located on the south side of the Southwest Trail, today's Ogden Avenue, just east of York Road. In addition to serving travelers, settlers took shelter at the inn while...
Many days you can see this pair of red-tailed hawks hanging around the Memorial Building and Burlington Park. With eyesight that lets them spot a potential dinner at a distance of a mile or more, the hawks found the perfect meal-planning location on building's weather vane. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Autumn begins its fall - Lana-Marie Heitmann set her sight on cleaning up the front yard last Thursday; however, raking leaves on a windy day made the chore more of a challenge. But as each gust of wind brought more chaos to her efforts, it also brought a smile to her face and a determination to conquer the colorful signs of the season. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Hinsdale firefighters responded to a 9-1-1 call of a house fire on the 300 block of East Walnut Street Friday afternoon. Upon arrival, firefighters found a fire in the fireplace and smoke filling the house. The fire did not spread beyond the fireplace. Deputy Chief Jon Carlson determined the weather cap at the top of the chimney was not in place, which caused the smoke to fill the home. After repositioning the cap, the house was ventilated. (Jim Slonoff pho...
ROTARY PRESENTS MERIT AWARDS The Rotary Club of Hinsdale presented Youth Merit Awards to four eighth-graders on Oct. 22. This award recognizes extraordinary high school and middle school students for services to their community and classmates, leadership qualities and academic achievements. Awards were presented to Hinsdale Middle School — Addie Hsieh and Brynne O’Hare Clarendon Hills Middle School — Sydney Shuster and Darren Carlevato The club presents Youth Merit Awards several times during the school year. A photo appea...
The Hinsdale Police Department today announced it is joining with the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Police and nearly 200 local police and sheriff’s departments to remind motorists to “Click It or Ticket” and “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” throughout the Thanksgiving holiday. “We want our community to understand that it’s up to them to make the smart decision to drive sober Thanksgiving weekend and every day,” Deputy Chief Thomas Lillie said. “Remember – if you’re going to drink or use other impa...
By Pamela Lannom [email protected] Educators are pleased with results of the fall MAP tests in Community Consolidated Elementary District 181. Mean RIT math scores for students have increased in second through sixth grade and dropped slightly in first, seventh and eighth grade. All student groups, when tracked from the fall 2019 MAP test, have increased their scores. The biggest gain is for current fourth-graders, whose mean RIT increased 28.3 points since they were...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18 7401 Clarendon Hills Road https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: revised calendar for 2021-22 school year with Nov. 22-23 off, program of studies, 2021 levy resolution, five-year financial forecast...
Thirty-seven Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 35 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported two new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 2,172, compared to 2,135 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had seven confirmed COVID-19 patients and no patients awaiting test results as of Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Hinsdale Central High School reported five positive cases, 15 in isolation and one...
Hinsdale police nabbed six individuals accused of stealing some $15,000 worth of cologne from Ulta Beauty, 2155 22nd St., Oak Brook, on Friday. At about 5:44 p.m. that day, Oak Brook police received information from the Chicago Police Department that a vehicle suspected of being involved in illegal activity in Norridge earlier in the day was in front of the Ulta store. By the time officers arrived, the vehicle had fled the scene. Before fleeing, five men wearing hoodies and ski masks allegedly ran into the store and worked...
By Ken Knutson and Sandy Illian Bosch If residents are hungry for some French toast, interested in trying a new hairstyle, intrigued by new lighting in the living room or fancy redecorating in the family room, they need not travel outside of the village. Four new businesses either have opened or are about to right here in Hinsdale. Central grad returns to her roots Indifference Salon is new to Hinsdale's downtown, but owner Vanessa Camara has a long history with Hinsdale and...
Early churches - Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," highlights the early churches built in Hinsdale. "On a lot just west of the Episcopal church, this Presbyterian church was built in 1893. In 1918, the congregation, together with some Unitarians, joined with the Congregationalists in forming Union Church. This building then served as the Episcopal Guild Hall and Sunday School."...
Hinsdale seniors can get help shoveling snow this winter under a new village initiative. The Snow Shoveling Referral Program will provide village residents over the age of 60 or who have a disability with the names and contact information of volunteers willing to clear their driveways and walkways. Heather Bereckis, superintendent for parks and recreation, presented the program at Tuesday night’s village board meeting. Residents can join the program by filling out the Snow Shoveling Referrals Request form on the v...
Shaking things up musically - Children in the Union Church Early Childhood Program were entertained by mariachi performer Tessa Lopez-Kadich on the patio last week. She performed several songs and passed out mini maracas for the children to join in. This year students in the UCECP program are focusing on music and sound. For the Mexican festival of Dia de los Muertos, students crafted and decorated with marigolds, sugar skulls and papel picado. Brooklyn Hodge, Emma Guidice,...
