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  • Details of D86 reopening plan announced

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Sep 30, 2020

    While most Hinsdale Central students will be back on campus for one day during the week of Oct. 5, the final group of in-person learners won’t return until Nov. 2 according to the Hinsdale High School District 86 reopening plan. The plan, released at the Sept. 24 school board meeting, calls for 25 percent of students to be on campus at a time. Each of the four equal groups — which will be assigned by an algorithm and will have siblings grouped together — will attend a single half day the first week of October. Then each...

  • Good news

    Updated Sep 30, 2020

    ELM SCHOOL EARNS BLUE RIBBON Elm School has been recognized as a 2020 National Blue Ribbon School, the highest award given by the U.S. Department of Education. The coveted award affirms the hard work of educators, families and communities in creating safe and welcoming schools where students master challenging and engaging content. Elm was nominated as an Exemplary High Performing School, meaning it is among the state’s highest performing schools and also has very high performance in smaller subgroups of students. “Elm is...

  • COVID-19 case count is approaching 400

    Updated Sep 30, 2020

    The number of Hinsdale residents who have been diagnosed with a confirmed case of COVID-19 hit 392 on Sept. 30, compared to 380 a week ago. The DuPage County Health Department reported 350 confirmed cases in Hinsdale and the Cook County Health Department reported 42 confirmed cases in the village. A total of 168 confirmed cases and 34 deaths are associated with ManorCare in Hinsdale, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. Those numbers include residents and staff who might not be DuPage County residents....

  • Farmers market open for two extra weeks

    Updated Sep 30, 2020

    The Hinsdale Chamber of Commerce Farmers Market will run until Oct. 26 this year. The market, which is open from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays on Chicago Avenue near Burlington Park, was scheduled to end two weeks earlier. The chamber asked the village for the extension to help support the vendors during these tough times. The market, which features vendors of fruits and vegetables, eggs, honey, cheeses, meats and poultry, jam and more, is in its 44th year. For more information, visit http://www.hinsdalechamber...

  • Next week

    Updated Sep 30, 2020

    Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5 https://www.d181.org On the draft agenda: start of school year highlights, abatement strategy update, policy review Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7 https://www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale Village Board 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6 https://www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: Ryan Companies proposed senior living development, Land Rover access driver...

  • ALCW adapts to meet needs in new ways

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Sep 30, 2020

    Re-imagining has become standard operating procedure for Assistance League of Chicagoland West members. They've had to rethink everything from how to distribute coats to schoolchildren to how to hold their annual Books and Brunch fundraiser. They've also been working to meet the increased need that exists with many out of work and a backlog of individuals who were unable to receive services when the pandemic first hit in March. Meg Cooper, vice president for...

  • Climate crisis prompts rally in Burlington Park

    Updated Sep 30, 2020

    Mohammad Ahmadi of Hinsdale speaks to a crowd of about 30 activists and Jocelyn Freeman of Naperville sings a song at the Global Day of Climate Action rally at Burlington Park Friday. Mia Sekiguchi of Hinsdale puts her hands together as a symbol to recognize the significance of the day. Hinsdale for BLM and other groups coordinated the event, saying the climate crisis disproportionately affects Black and indigenous people and other people of color. (photos by Steve Johnston...

  • Once upon a time

    Updated Sep 30, 2020

    Ashes to ashes - According to Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," H.L. Storey, who was a successful piano dealer, lost his home in the 1871 Chicago fire. He moved to Hinsdale and built this house on the hill in Highlands Park just south of the Highlands Station in 1972. It was called Oaklawn. When it caught fire and burned in 1914, it was not replaced....

  • This week's cover

    Updated Sep 23, 2020

    The Hinsdale Central varsity boys soccer team typically would be midway through its season. Thanks to COVID-19, boys soccer, along with football and girls volleyball, will instead compete in a revamped spring season that begins in February. That's not the only change Central athletes - and the athletic department as a whole - are facing this year. Read more in Sports on Page 46. (Jim Slonoff photo)...

  • Labor Day enforcement nets arrests, citations

    Updated Sep 23, 2020

    The Hinsdale Police Department made one arrest for impaired driving during the recent Labor Day enforcement campaign to increase safety on Illinois roads. Police also issued 45 citations for speeding violations, three for driving with a suspended license, one for operating an uninsured motor vehicle violation, one for possession of cannabis and nine for other violations to the Illinois Vehicle Code. “As traffic safety partners, we do our best to make sure all drivers and other road users are safe,” Deputy Chief Thomas Lil...

  • Cross country meets close KLM

    Updated Sep 23, 2020

    Katherine Legge Memorial Park, 5901 S. County Line Road, will be closed on several days this month and next for cross country meets. Disc golf will not be available from 3 to 7 p.m. Sept. 25, 28 and 29 and Oct. 5, 6, 9, 12, 13, 16 and 19. Meets also are scheduled for 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 11, 17 and 24....

  • Weekly agenda

    Updated Sep 23, 2020

    Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24 https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: public hearing on and adoption of fiscal year 2020-21 budget, update on return to school plan, policy approval, 2020-21 school year calendar updates, summer school report...

  • Rise in COVID-19 cases slowing in Hinsdale

    Updated Sep 23, 2020

    The number of Hinsdale residents who have been diagnosed with a confirmed case of COVID-19 hit 380 on Sept. 22, compared to 368 a week ago. The DuPage County Health Department reported 340 confirmed cases in Hinsdale and the Cook County Health Department reported 40 confirmed cases in the village. A total of 168 confirmed cases and 34 deaths are associated with ManorCare in Hinsdale, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. Those numbers include residents and staff who might not be DuPage County residents....

  • The Hinsdalean wins top honors at IPA

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Sep 23, 2020

    The Hinsdalean was crowned the No. 1 midsize nondaily newspaper in the state for editorial and advertising content last week by the Illinois Press Association. The Hinsdalean received 23 awards in the 2019 Best of the Press contest en route to receiving the Harold and Eve White Memorial Trophy and 19 awards in the advertising and marketing contest to win the Sam Zito Award of Excellence and the Division H trophy. "I never thought, with such a small staff, we would be in a...

  • Four in D181 test positive for COVID-19

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Sep 23, 2020

    Four students in Community Consolidated District 181 have tested positive for COVID-19 since in-person classes resumed Sept. 8. A student at Hinsdale Middle School was listed as the first case on the district website on Friday. The student, an eighth-grader, has not been at school while possibly contagious since Sept. 14, according to the notification sent to HMS families. Another three students reported they had tested positive on Monday, Jamie Lavigueur, district...

  • Good news

    Updated Sep 23, 2020

    Agency Picks up foundation grant The Hinsdale-based Green Halo Scholars organization received a grant of $7,000 last month from the Palumbo Foundation to fund professional college essay writing support and professional college counseling for under-resourced high school seniors. Green Halo Scholars is a nonprofit formed two years ago to help students in need at several western suburban high school navigate the college application and selection process. STUDENTS EARN MEDALS IN EXAMS More than 200 Hinsdale Central students were...

  • Fires in the west spark man into action

    Ken Knutson|Updated Sep 23, 2020

    Rhys Louis has spent the last two weeks near the evacuated town of Happy Camp, Calif., near the Oregon border. The name belies Louis' purpose for being there: fighting forest fires. "We arrived and were immediately plugged into the lines, and we fought the fires through the town of Happy Camp, trying to keep the fires out of as much of the town as we could," said the 27-year-old wildland firefighter and Hinsdale native, reached by phone on Sunday. The so-called Slater Fire is...

  • Once upon a time

    Updated Sep 23, 2020

    All aboard - From Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale" this view of the 'new' train station was taken from Washington Street looking east. She says, "After years of Hinsdale's complaints and requests, the Burlington railroad agreed to replace its aging original Washington Street station. A new site was chosen on the north side of Hinsdale Avenue one block east of the original structure." The photo is from 1907 and the station was completed in...

  • This week's cover

    Updated Sep 16, 2020

    Sunset over the Hinsdale priarie - As the sun set over the Jackson Street prairie in Hinsdale on Monday night, the effects of the forest fires in the western United States created an unusual look. As the fires burn out of control, the smoke in the upper atmosphere will impact both sunrise and sunset for next several days in the area. (Jim Slonoff photo)...

  • Weekly agenda

    Updated Sep 16, 2020

    Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24 https://d86.hinsdale86.org...

  • Once upon a time

    Updated Sep 16, 2020

    It's a house on wheels! - It took two days in 2005 for R. Harold Zook's home to be moved from its lot at 327 S. Oak St. to Katherine Legge Memorial Park. The noted architect's home and studio, which are owned by the Hinsdale Historical Society, are in need of repair. Learn more by turning to the Pulse feature on Page 17. (Hinsdale Historical Society photo)...

  • Ryan revises its senior living proposal

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Sep 16, 2020

    As the Hinsdale Plan Commission unanimously rejected one development proposed for a portion of the IBLP property on Ogden Avenue, the Hinsdale Village Board is poised to send them another. Hinsdale trustees Tuesday discussed a revised proposal from Ryan Companies for a 240-unit senior living facility on 32.5 acres at Ogden and Adams Street. The existence of two separate proposals for two separate areas of the Institute of Basic Life Principles property has confused some...

  • Project deemed too dense for village

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Sep 16, 2020

    The proposed Heather Highlands residential project has received low marks from both Hinsdale plan commissioners and residents of the Fullersburg community near the 37-acre site north of Ogden Avenue, who contend the density envisioned is not suitable for an area distinguished for its natural attributes. At a virtual public hearing Sept. 9, McNaughton Development presented its request for a planned development of 46 single-family homes on the largely undeveloped parcel within a...

  • Central, South set to re-open next month

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Sep 16, 2020

    Some students will be back in the buildings at Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South high schools this month, with in-person classes set to resume until Oct. 5. Even then, only 25 percent of each school's enrollment will return, with plans to bring more teens back to campus in the weeks that follow, Superintendent Tammy Prentiss told Hinsdale High School District 86 Board members at their Sept. 10 meeting. The roughly 100 parents and students who gathered at a "We Stand for the...

  • Good news

    Updated Sep 16, 2020

    CENTRAL STUDENTS WIN AP AWARD Fifteen Hinsdale Central students earned the AP Capstone Diploma award. They are Jay Amin, Abigail Chute, Gabrielle Conidi, Anika Holur, Saurav Joshi, Yahya Junejo, Cole Koffron, Luke Leddy, Sidh Leekha, Kaitlin Mrksich, Jasmine Qadeer, Anirudh Raghuvir, Iman Shams, Sanjana Shanbhag and Gabrielle Tsamis. The College Board grants this award to students who earn a score of three or higher on the AP Seminar and AP Research exams, as well as on four additional AP exams of the student’s choosing. H...

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