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COLLEGE STUDENTS MAKE DEAN’S LIST Several Hinsdale residents have earned a place on the dean’s list or equivalent at their respective colleges and universities for the fall 2019 semester. Nicholas Alfano, University of Iowa Molly Allen, University of Iowa Christina Aucoin, University of Iowa Thomas Batina, University of Alabama* Austin Feldman, University of Alabama Olivia Fix, University of Alabama* Jorune Gurevicius, Augustana College Paige Hart, University of Iowa Stanley Heimke, Carthage College Grace Hennessy, Uni...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday, trustees • agreed to spend $429,000 to Linblad Construction to pave the lower level of the new parking deck. Trustees initially planned to spend about $263,000 for asphalt in order to lower the cost of the deck. Village President Tom Cauley said there should be enough money in the $300,000 contingency fund to pay for the upgrade. “I don’t want to spend more money then we have to, but I think these funds are well spent,” he said. The item will be up for a vote at the Tue...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10 District office 115 W. 55th St., Clarendon Hills On the draft agenda: special education mid-year report, CPI report, FY19 year-end revenue and expense analysis, CSCI survey results, tax abatement, new electrical supply purchase agreement, approval of school fees Hinsdale Firefighters Pension Board 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 13 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13 Hinsdale South High School 7401...
Longtime Community House staffer Dan Janowick has been named executive director of the organization. Mary Blue Henneman, chair of The Community House’s board of trustees, announced last week in an email that the board’s executive committee had unanimously tapped Janowick to succeed Annie Krug. “I am thrilled to officially announce the appointment of Dan Janowick to the role,” she stated, adding that Feb. 3 was Janowick’s first day on the job. Henneman cited Janowick’s strong leadership skills and his 15 years working in the o...
Hinsdale police are asking residents to help combat auto thefts in the village after an uptick in overnight auto thefts and auto burglaries since the beginning of December involving unlocked cars with key fobs left inside. In the latest incident, police reported that at 3:46 a.m. Monday, Jan. 27, an officer assigned to special overnight patrols observed a vehicle reported stolen at Third and Princeton streets in the Woodlands neighborhood of Hinsdale. The offenders fled south on County Line Road and then east on the...
Pets bring comfort on journey as daugther copes with loss of dad Kathy Burns started grieving long before she lost her dad last year. The process began about five years earlier, when her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. The family was familiar with the disease, as Burns' mother had it as well. She made the decision to retire from her job as director of global cash for Meed Johnson so she could travel from her Burr Ridge home to southern Indiana one week every month to...
Trustees took a test drive Tuesday on a new parking plan for downtown Hinsdale that would go into effect after the parking deck opens in August. The deck at First Street and Garfield Avenue will add 189 spaces on the lower level, increasing the parking supply in downtown Hinsdale by 40 percent, Village President Tom Cauley said. The “3-6-8” plan would allow free parking up to three hours in the central business district and up to six hours in the deck and pay box parking for...
Just the right note - Kasey Quast, a sixth-grader tuba player at Hinsdale Middle School, practices a piece of music with her classmates in the band room at the new Hinsdale Middle School. The added space and technological capabilities are in harmony with instructional objectives, teachers say. Read more in the article on Page 5....
Hinsdale residents will have the chance to offer their input on a proposed senior living complex at a March public hearing before the Hinsdale Plan Commission. Trustees Tuesday referred to the commission the application for a $95 million senior living development on a portion of the IBLP property at 707 W. Ogden Ave. Ryan Companies wants to build Clarendale of Hinsdale Senior Residences, a 262-unit, 330,000-square-foot complex on about 17 acres north of Ogden and west of Adams Street. The developer is requesting a change in...
HINSDALE ASSEMBLY BALL A SUCCESS More than 400 guests enjoyed a magical evening Dec. 23 when 22 debutantes and 28 honor guard were presented at the 56th annual Hinsdale Assembly Ball. Friends and family watched a beautiful presentation performance by the Debutantes and Honor Guard during the event, which raised funds for the Hinsdale Hospital Foundation and the St. Thomas Hospice Bereavement Camps. The Assembly’s total contribution of $200,000 is vital to enhancing this community-based program. To date, the Hinsdale Assembly...
A jury has found Dominic Sanders guilty of first-degree murder, home invasion and residential burglary in the slaying of Andrea Urban of Hinsdale in 2017, and it called the murder especially brutal or heinous. That means Sanders would be eligible for a natural life sentence. The jurors believed the prosecutors' argument, that Urban was killed in a vicious outburst of rage during a burglary of her home, and not the defense argument, that somebody else killed her later that day, after Sanders stole and sold two of Urban's...
The Hinsdale Village Board signaled its support Tuesday for hiring a consultant to review any applications for 5G installation the village receives. Trustees are expected to approve a contract next month with MSA Municipal Services Associates, which will bill the village on a sliding scale depending on the type of application review necessary ($650 to $3,000). Any other services will be billed at $170. All costs will be covered by the applicant, noted Trustee Luke Stifflear. “State law provides that we pass that cost down t...
Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. Hinsdale Village Board 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave....
Sixth-grade brass students at Hinsdale Middle School are spending their Tuesday morning class playing "Spirit of the Stallion." "I'm trying a new metronome sound, so let's see if we like it," band director George Andrikokus says and hits a button on the Yamaha Harmony Director instructional keyboard. "It's a little bit easier to hear, right?" The sound of the metronome is crystal clear from the speakers in the back of the band room at the new HMS, which opened in January...
Postcards from the past - This is an unmailed post card from the Hinsdale Historical Society's archives. The photo is taken from the middle of the 100 block of South Washington looking north. The printed description on the back of the card reads, "Washington St., Hinsdale, Illinois. A progressive business district serving a growing community." 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...
Students at The Lane School Spelling Bee took the stage Thursday afternoon to see who would proceed to the district championship. Jude Rastorfer, J.J. Rastorfer, Max Sun and Rossi Urbanek were among the participants. First place went to James Bednarz, and Advaith Balakrishnan came in second. They will both compete in the district bee Feb. 4....
The plan to alter the science sequence at Hinsdale Central High School is backed by science teachers at the school, who say it creates a more effective progression of courses and a better synergy with students’ simultaneous math instruction. Speaking at the Jan. 23 Hinsdale High School District 86 Board meeting, science department chairs and teachers sought to counter community objections to the switch to the so-called physics-first sequence by touting its benefits. “All of us who are directly involved in it are sup...
Making music - Liam Blank, along with his mom and dad, Meredith and William, spent some time singing and playing instruments at the Zion Preschool Early Childhood Education Center's pancake breakfast Jan. 11. Roberta Wentling from Tiny Toes Music was on hand to entertain and encourage families to join in on the musical fun....
All due respect to Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, the Hinsdale Central marching band made its own version of a Roman holiday to welcome 2020. The band traveled to Italy last month to perform at the annual Rome New Year Parade. Seniors Mia Gaddis and Lorenzo Jennings said they learned about the trip toward the end of last school year. "I just lost it, I was so excited," said Gaddis, a flutist. "I remember all of (last year's) seniors were so jealous," remarked Jennings, a per...
Hinsdale detective Thomas Krefft and murder suspect Dominic Sanders spent about six hours together May 25, 2017, in an interrogation room at the Burr Ridge Police Department. Over that time — which started at about 3:30 a.m. — Krefft picked at Sanders’ story about how and why he had sold two rings at a pawnshop in Melrose Park earlier that month. The rings are playing a key role in Sanders’ trial for the slaying of Andrea Urban on May 4, 2017, inside her Hinsdale home. Please click on the following link to continue reading...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23 Hinsdale Central High School, 55th and Grant streets On the agenda: PCB curriculum work, executive search for assistant superintendent, approve summer school 2020 proposed program and budget, approved biology G course for Hinsdale Central Hinsdale Village Board 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: discussion of parking in the central business district, increase vehicle sticker fees, consulting agreement for 5G...
The second-floor room at Hinsdale Central High School looks like other administrative offices, with desks and computers and a Keurig machine. But the command center has one unique feature - two 65-inch screens that can pull up as many as 36 views from the 150 security cameras in and around the high school. On this Tuesday morning, security officer Tammy Madden is monitoring activity. She's a retired commander from the Oak Brook Police Department, notes Kevin Simpson, security...
Postcards from the past - The street scene on the postcard of Washington Street looking north from First Street was taken around 1935. The postcard was mailed on Aug. 7, 1940, at 3:30 p.m. from "Gramps" to Miss Dorothy Richmond, who must have been visiting a camp or friends in Benzie County, Michigan. The good news is Gramps said if she ran out of money, she should telegraph him. (Hinsdale Historical Society photo)...
Ellie Brankin of Hinsdale works on her dribbling while Graham Pruitt of Hinsdale puts up a shot during the Winter Break Basketball Camp at The Community late last month. Abraham Auyeung of Hinsdale enjoys a break between drills. (photos by Steve Johnston for The Hinsdalean)...
The village has received a $400,000 grant to help pay for renovations at the Hinsdale Community Pool. Staff learned Friday that the Illinois Department of Natural Resources had selected the village to receive a 2020 Open Space Land Acquisition and Development grant. The grant will provide almost a third of the needed funds to renovate and repair the aging pool. “I’m really excited that the IDNR saw this is a quality project,” said Heather Bereckis, superintendent of parks and recreation. “Everyone should have that opportu...
