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Seventy-four Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 66 new cases and the Cook County Health Department reported eight new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 561, up from 487 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital was treating 24 confirmed COVID-19 patients and nine patients awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported four new cases on Nov. 9. All are students...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Nov. 3, trustees: • adopted a 2020 property tax levy of $10,882,381 • awarded the design and construction observation engineering phases of the 2021 Eighth Street reconstruction project to Rempe-Sharpe in an amount not to exceed $127,748. Eighth Street will be reconstructed in asphalt from Garfield Avenue to County Line Road as part of the Master Infrastructure Plan. The water main between Oak Street and County Line Road also will be replaced. • approved the $36,573 purchase of on...
Starting in the fall of 2022, Hinsdale High School District 86 students will follow an integrated math curriculum in a move district officials say will promote thoughtful problem solving over simply producing calculations. At their Oct. 29 meeting, board members voted unanimously for the new model to enhance the learning experience for students. The integrated curriculum will weave algebra 1, geometry and algebra 2 into three courses titled Math 1, 2 and 3. Christopher Covino, assistant superintendent for academics, told...
Hinsdale police earned praise at Tuesday night’s village board meeting for preventing a suicidal man from jumping off the Ogden Avenue bridge over Interstate 294 on Friday, Oct. 30. “They did just an exemplary job of taking control of the situation and not using any lethal force, if you will, to contain someone who was wanting to do himself harm,” village manager Kathleen Gargano told trustees. “We don’t realize our police officers are trained to negotiate with these individuals and take control of these situations because t...
Several homes across the village were sporting the “latest” in technology to help keep Halloween candy and trick or treaters COVID-free. (Jim Slonoff photos.)...
Results of some races in Tuesday’s election have yet to be finalized, but candidates already are preparing to run for seats on village, school and library boards in the April 6 election. Voters will choose a village president and three trustees to serve on the Hinsdale Village Board. Four seats are up for election on the Community Consolidated District 181 Board, the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board and the Hinsdale Public Library Board. Candidates have been able to circulate petitions since Sept. 22. The filing p...
The Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Department invites residents to find giant turkeys all over town in the Hinsdale Turkey Trail. The event is a free and fun way for families to stay engaged and positive this season. Plus everyone can burn calories to make room for Thanksgiving dinner. Simply take a walk through the neighborhood or the village’s business districts and be on the lookout for the oversize gobblers. Also search #HinsdaleTurkeyTrail or @HinsdaleParks on social media to locate others (hint: more than 10 big birds a...
First-time voter Gisel Santiago said her mom woke her up early Tuesday morning so she could head to her polling place at The Community House. "She wanted me to go yesterday, but I had school and work," said Santiago, an 18-year-old graduate of Hinsdale Central High School and freshman at the College of DuPage. "Bravo!" one election judge said after hearing this was Santiago's first election. "I love to see that. It's so exciting." Santiago said she was equally excited to cast...
Trading time — Taking a candy break on Garfield Avenue, Nicholas Mattson, Hunter Datewood, Alex Schaeffen and Tommy Phelps review their haul on Halloween afternoon. While the amount of kids out trick-or-treating this year might have been a bit lower due to the pandemic, many streets were filled with kids going house to house enjoying the annual tradition in perfect weather. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business Oct. 29, board members: • listened to Superintendent Tammy Prentiss announce that, starting the week of Nov. 9, the in-person instruction rotation of A, B, C and D hybrid learning groups will change to every other week instead of one week per month. She also reported that the district will not give first semester final exams in light of the alterations that were made to the pace, structure and focus of instruction in the remote and hybrid models, as well as the c...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, https://www.d181.org On the draft agenda: COVID-19 update, fall MAP and school improvement plans, November institute day update, district office action plan, fund balance strategy, tax levy presentation and resolution Hinsdale Firefighters Pension Board 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, https://www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Commission 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, https://www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: ice rink options,...
Twenty-nine Hinsdale residents have been diagnosed with a confirmed case of COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 24 new cases and the Cook County Health Department reported 5 new cases. That brings the total number of confirmed cases in the village to 487, up from 458 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had 17 confirmed COVID-19 patients and 12 patients awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported 11 new cases on Nov. 2. The cases...
Teeing it up - According to Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," golf was first played in Hinsdale in the 1890s on a six-hold course located along Ayres Avenue near Lincoln Street. In 1898 the Hinsdale Golf Club was founded, located just east of its present Chicago Avenue site. The photo here is of the clubhouse in 1923....
Members of Hinsdale American Legion Post 250 held a shredding event at the Memorial Building Sept. 19. Dozens of boxes of documents were dropped for processing by Citadel Information Management. Cmdr. Jack Orbell takes a box of documents over to Paul Flood and Post Adjutant Joe McCann for processing. Donations received for the shredding are used to fund school and community service projects. The post is planning on having another shredding event in May. (Jim Slonoff...
A federal jury has convicted two men on robbery and weapons offenses for stealing expensive watches and jewelry at gunpoint from Razny Jewelers in Hinsdale. After a six-day trial in federal court in Chicago, Tobias Diggs, 26, of Chicago, and Joshua McClellan, 31, of Oak Lawn, were convicted Oct. 22 of all counts against them, including conspiracy to commit robbery, robbery, transportation of stolen goods, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the...
While Halloween celebrations may be different this year, many ghosts and ghouls will still be on the “haunt” for a frighteningly good time. Hinsdale police are reminding motorists of the importance of planning ahead before the scares start and keeping watch for little goblins walking along roads after dark. “Halloween is scary enough without adding impaired driving to the mix,” Deputy Chief Thomas Lillie said. “Because even one drink can impair your ability to make responsible decisions, we urge you to make a plan for a sob...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29 https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the draft agenda: approve Integrated Math Curriculum, 2020 tax levy, return to school update, five-year financial forecast, First Amendment presentation Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4 https://www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale Village Board 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3 https://www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: approve 2020 property tax levy, second major adjustment to 111 S. Lincoln...
Thirteen Hinsdale residents have been diagnosed with a confirmed case of COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported 13 new cases and the Cook County Health Department reported no new cases. That brings the total number of confirmed cases in the village to 458, up from 445 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had eight confirmed COVID-19 patients and eight patients awaiting test results on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Community Consolidated District 181 reported nine new cases on Oct. 23 and 26....
A new pedestrian bridge will eventually span the Tri-State Tollway connecting Veeck Park in Hinsdale with Spring Rock Park in Western Springs. But it might not be the one Hinsdale officials wanted. The walkway linking the towns will be built by the Illinois Tollway as part of the Central Tri-State Tollway expansion project, replacing one that has long existed further to the north. This summer, the Tollway provided the villages with a few design options and asked them to agree...
The Hinsdale Chamber of Commerce along with the village of Hinsdale sponsored a first ever fall sidewalk sale in town Saturday. With sections of First and Washington streets closed off for the event, shoppers had plenty of room to roam in search of bargains. Aoife O'Reilly and Bridget Mogensen filled their baskets to the brim from My Sister Kate. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
In defiance of Gov. JB Pritzker’s guidance, the Illinois High School Association announced Wednesday that it will proceed with a winter season schedule for boys and girls basketball. In a statement, the IHSA Board of Directors said it based the decision on the recommendation of its Sport Medicine Advisory Committee, which requires masks to be worn by all players, coaches and officials during play. IHSA officials took issue with Pritzker’s announcement Tuesday that basketball had be reclassified as a high-risk sport ins...
Give us those nice bright colors - The Hinsdale Family Fall Fest - maintaining COVID restrictions - was a big hit with families across the village. The Hinsdalean was on hand and took more than 1,400 photos of the trick or treaters who enjoyed the windy day that included free pumpkins, a fall festival goodie bag, a costume contest and trick or treating in the central business district. Among the children photographed were Olivia Ander, Liam McNicholas, Poppy Huseth and Keegan...
D181 STAFF EARN ISBE AWARDS Four staff members in Community Consolidated District 181 were honored among some 100 educators statewide recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education in its 2021 Teacher of the Year and Those Who Excel categories. Classroom teacher Carrie Fitzgerald earned a meritorious service award. She is an early childhood education teacher for the special education class in the D181 Neighborhood Preschool. Lisa Hendrix received an award of excellence for administrators. She is a pupil service administr...
Monica Rincon was one who always wanted to gather friends together to celebrate someone's birthday or achievement. So when her friends got the call July 6 from her husband, Chris Dooley, that Monica had passed away at age 49, they knew they had to do something for her. "When we got the news from Chris that Monica had passed, I think that the first thought for so many of us was, 'We have to get the ribbons up,' because that was what Monica would have done and that is what we...
This old house - Sandy Williams, in her book "Images of America - Hinsdale," wrote about the home at 231 E. Third St. "An excellent example of Prairie School design, this home was designed by noted architect E.E. Roberts. Built for lumber executive A. W. True in 1908, the home features a low-pitched roof with broad eaves and bands of windows characteristic of the Prairie style." In 2014 Rob and Amanda Miller completely remodeled the home's interior while keeping the home's...
