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Deeds for the following properties in Hinsdale and Golfview Hills were recorded in DuPage County from May 29 to June 21. 1. 107 N. Bruner St., David and Leslie List to Crystal Bowyer and Troy Pierce, May 29, $1,825,000 2. 4 E. Fifth St., Dorothe T. Ernest Declaration Trust to Mimi Collins, May 30, $1,050,000 3. 16 N. Grant St., Mark H. Waymack Trust to Christopher and Victoria Mangan, May 31, $1,305,000 4. 813 W. 58th St., Barbara Bonertz and George C. Bonertz Trust to Aimee L. Katz Trust, May 31, $1,050,000 5. 5760 S....
Residents can apply now to be part of the 2024 Hinsdale Citizen Police Academy, which starts Sept. 4. Classes meet for 11 weeks at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, each lasting from two to three hours. The free program is designed to give residents and citizens working in Hinsdale a better understanding of law enforcement and the Hinsdale Police Department. Each week provides an in-depth view of different topics, including specialties and departments within the department. This course also provides citizens with an understanding of...
Hinsdale’s Whole Foods store was the target of a phoned-in bomb threat Tuesday, according to village police, with indications that the call originated outside the country. The threat was determined to be unfounded. Police Chief Brian King reported that a call came in to the 500 E. Ogden Ave. store at 11:56 a.m. Tuesday. “The caller, who spoke with an accent, purported to be from India, threatened to blow up the store. The initial indications are that the call originated outside the United States,” King told The Hinsd...
The Hinsdalean once again is looking for volunteer writers to contribute columns once every seven or eight weeks during the school year for a two-year term. To apply, send a sample 450-word column to editor Pamela Lannom at [email protected]. Please provide ideas for three additional columns. The ideas don’t need to be extremely detailed, but they are a factor in the selection process. Applicants should include a name, address and cell number and a few sentences about why they are interesting in writing a column. S...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business June 27, board members: • listened to Interim Superintendent Rebecca Nelson report that boys gymnastics programs will go ahead at both Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South tentatively for four years. The viability of the program will be evaluated in two years based on participation, availability of competition and finances to determine if the programs should be continued. • approved the tentative FY 2025 budget. The proposed spending plan of $136.8 million for the...
Spring MAP test scores show Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 students are continuing to outperform their peers, with most showing a higher than expected level of growth. Thirty-four percent of students scored in the 90-99th percentile on the Measurement of Academic Progress in reading, with almost 60 percent scoring in the top decile in math, Kristin Reingruber told board members at their June 17 meeting. Seventy-two percent scored in the top three decile bands (70-79, 80-89 and 90-99) in reading and 83 percent...
Pictures from the past - Hinsdale's building services supervisor, Jim Piontkowski, took this photo in 1979. The Little Book Shop was located at 11 E. First St., which is now occupied by Ten Friends Blow Dry & Style House. 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]....
CAR SHOW RAISES FUNDS The Burdi Functional Art Car Show Sunday raised $12,000 in cash and more than $20,000 in in-kind donations for the Hinsdale Humane Society. Several luxury automobiles were on display and the youngest car fans took part in a pedal car race. Photos are posted online at www.facebook.com/thehinsdalean. HINSDALE STUDENTS GRADUATE COLLEGE The following Hinsdale students earned a degree at the conclusion of the spring 2024 term. • Olivia Berley, master’s in clinical mental health counseling, Marquette Uni...
HINSDALE CENTRAL HONOR ROLL The following Hinsdale Central High School students earned a place on the dean’s list or honor roll for the second semester of the 2024-25 school year. Students on the dean’s list earned a 4.5 weighted grade point average with no grade below a “C.” Honor roll students had a 4.0 weighted GPA with no grade below a D. Freshmen Dean’s list Josephine Abitz, Gabriella Adamo, Sophia Admire, Zain Afzal, Kareem Ahmed, Gaurav Ahuja, Maggie Akers, Joseph Alfers, Syed Ali, Caitlin Alsman, Fawaz Anbari, Emma...
The Illinois Secretary of State’s office is dedicating DMV services exclusively for teen drivers every Saturday during the summer at select facilities, Secretary Alexi Giannoulias announced earlier this month. The Teen Summer DMV initiative, which includes opening 12 additional DMVs on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 1 to Aug. 31, will cater exclusively to helping teens get their drivers licenses or permits quickly and conveniently. The effort is part of Giannoulias’ modernization plan to create efficiencies and red...
Students at The Lane School work on a mural with teacher Ashley Sackley located in their Imagine Garden, an outdoor courtyard located inside the school's walls. Elayna Lindstrom works with some students in adding flowers to the mural. Hinsdale artist Maureen Claffy (not pictured) was also on hand to help guide the students' work. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
District 181 has budgeted $19.2 million to launch full-day kindergarten for the 2025-26 school year, including $15.5 million for construction and $3.7 million for furniture, fixtures, equipment fees and contingencies. An incorrect total appeared in a June 20 story....
The Hinsdale Village Board, Community Consolidated District 181 Board and Hinsdale High School District 86 Board are not scheduled to meet the week of July 1-5....
Phase 1 work began this week on the Hinsdale parking deck, resulting in partial closures of the upper and lower parking deck. The parking stalls and drive lane on the south side of both levels of the parking deck (closest to Hinsdale Middle School) will be closed while maintenance is being performed. Parking will be available in the middle and northernmost lanes of both levels. Purple permit holders should park in the purple zone on Hinsdale Avenue between Grant and Clay streets. Overflow parking is also available in the...
The Hinsdale Police Department has is stepping up Fourth of July traffic enforcement with a focus on impaired and unbuckled driver through the early-morning hours of July 8. “It’s a straightforward message: If you’re behind the wheel, stay sober. Don’t drink, use marijuana, or consume any other impairing substances before or when driving,” said Deputy Chief Thomas Lillie. Follow these tips to help ensure a happy and safe holiday: • Designate a sober driver and give them your keys before you go out. • Don’t let friends or...
The weekly farmer's market on Chicago Avenue between Garfield and Washington streets has been part of Hinsdale for 48 years, and Rob Pondelick's family has been present for every one of them. Pondelick is the fifth-generation owner of Theis Farm Market in Maple Park, one of several farm-based businesses in Pondelick's family and one of two produce-producing farms to participate in the Monday market offered by the Hinsdale Chamber of Commerce. "For a Monday morning, it's not to...
At Hinsdale Covenant Church's annual vacation Bible school, fun shares a pew with prayer and scripture. Covsports offered kids in first through sixth grades the chance to play a favorite sport, learn a new one, expand their dance and cheerleading moves or tap into their artistic creativity, all while learning about the role God plays in all of it. Before embarking on their chosen activity last week, campers began each day of the four-day camp in the church's sanctuary. Led by...
After throwing out the first pitch for the Clarendon Hills Softball Queen of the Hills tournament, Hinsdale's Alexander Brown took over the microphone to shout, "Play ball!" The 10U round robin tournament was hosted by the Lady Red Devils June 9. Proceeds from the event went to benefit the Make-A-Wish Illinois organization. Alexander is currently undergoing treatment for a brain tumor and will be starting kindergarten at The Lane School this fall. He is also looking forward...
Members of St. Isaac Jogues and Notre Dame parishes participated in the annual Corpus Christi Eucharistic Procession June 3. Following Mass at St. Isaac's, more than 1,500 people joined in the procession to Notre Dame in Clarendon Hills. Along the way, Mass was celebrated in two locations in Hinsdale. The participants march up Stough Street about to cross the tracks at the West Hinsdale station. Please turn to Page 29 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board members are poised to approve a tentative budget of $136.8 million for fiscal year 2025. At the June 13 committee of the whole meeting, Josh Stephenson, the district's chief financial officer, told the four board members in attendance the proposed spending plan is a balanced one with revenues projected to virtually match expenditures. Expenditures would be 3.8 percent more than the $131.8 million outlay for fiscal year 2024. The revenues...
Community Consolidated District 181 Board Among other business at their meeting Monday, board members: • held a public hearing on and approved the fiscal year 2024-25 budget, which shows revenues of $86.7 million and expenses of $77.8 million in the operating funds and revenues of $90.5 million and expenses of $105 million for all funds, which includes construction projects for a new district office and full-day kindergarten at six schools. No one spoke at the hearing or has commented on the tentative budget since it went o...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, June 20 District Administrative Center 5500 S. Grant St. www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the agenda: self-evaluation meeting in closed session Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, June 27 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale Public Library Board 7 p.m. Thursday, June 20 Hinsdale Public Library 20 E. Maple St. www.hinsdalelibrary.info On the...
Proprietors from the past - Hinsdale's building services supervisor, Jim Piontkowski, took this photo in 1979. Jordell's was located at 21 E. First St. at the time. Currently Blue Mercury calls that location its home. 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]....
As part of the Hinsdale Public Library's HPL After Dark series, Imperial Oak Brewing presented a craft beer tasting event recently. Christopher DiBraccio presented information about brewing as well as some background on Imperial Oaks, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary in Willow Springs and Brookfield. Executive Director Karen Keefe was one of the designated pourers of the four beers sampled. On July 28, HPL After Dark will host a blues summer family concert on the...
Construction projects have started at six elementary schools to enable Community Consolidated School District 181 to offer full-day kindergarten beginning in the 2025-26 school year. “We are making great progress so far in the short amount of time that we’ve been working,” Mike Duggan, facilities director, reported at Monday’s school board meeting. At Oak School, demolition is taking place in the area of the school being remodeled, according to Duggan’s memo to board mem...
