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COLLEGE STUDENTS ON DEAN’S LISTS The following Hinsdale students earned a spot on the dean’s list or equivalent at their respective colleges and universities for the fall 2023 semester. • Patrick Boyle, College of the Holy Cross • Quinn Cain, Tufts University • Kate Hughes, University of Georgia* • Sarah Lotsoff, Tufts University • Sofia Masood, Elmhurst College • Olivia Ostrowski, College of William & Mary • Karina Patel, University of Minnesota Rochester • James Regas, Elmhurst College • Lia Reichmann, Drake Univ...
Hinsdale vehicle sticker and animal tags will go on sale Friday, March 1. Applications will arrive in the mailboxes of previously registered Hinsdale residents in early March. Stickers and tags must be displayed by May 1, or a $25 late fee will be imposed. All vehicles registered in the state of Illinois with a Hinsdale address must also be registered with the village through the purchase of a vehicle sticker. Residents have the option to purchase vehicle stickers online using the pre-filled mailed application. There is no...
Hinsdale Central senior Brody Marcet plunges in the FMC Natatorium pool in Westmont with the IHSA boys swimming and diving championship trophy on Saturday. Central captured back-to-back state titles for the first time since the school won three straight from 1987-89. For the full story and more photos, turn to Page 38. (Photo for The Hinsdalean by Joel Lerner)...
Greg DiDomenico of Community Memorial Foundation hopes a report detailing the growing Latino community in the western suburbs will help nonprofit organizations and policymakers better understand the needs of the region. “We always, as a foundation, have been working to understand the communities that we serve,” said DiDomenico, president and chief executive officer. “We’ve done demographic studies in the past. Given the recent census, it was a great opportunity to work with the expertise of the Great Cities Institu...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Among other business Feb. 22, board members: • tabled an administration recommendation to consolidate student fees, including text books, course fees, course supplies, academic field trips, student ID, PE uniforms, graduation and technology fees, into one comprehensive registration fee of $475 for the 2024-25. Board President Cat Greenspon said board members still had questions about the proposal that needed to be answered before taking a vote. At the Feb. 8 committee of the whole meeting, b...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 7 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 6 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: public hearing on properties for inclusion on Historically Significant Structures Property List Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 5 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org...
The village's approach to managing insects, disease and weeds, which focuses on environmentally sensitive and economically sound practices, is working well. That was the message of John Finnell, forestry and parks superintendent, at the Feb. 20 Hinsdale Village Board meeting, in his annual integrated pest management report. "Every year we get this - just like we go to the dentist," Village President Tom Cauley joked before the presentation. "Hopefully it's not quite as painful...
The owner of a home in the 9300 block of Jefferson in Brookfield is not entitled to reimbursement for a garage door that was damaged while Hinsdale police were serving a warrant Oct. 23, Chief Brian King told The Hinsdalean last week. The owner of the property, which is rented to tenants, spoke at the Feb. 20 Hinsdale Village Board meeting, asking trustees for the $450 he spent to repair his garage door. King disputed his account that the renters provided police with a key one time and refused to do so a second time when poli...
Places from the past - Hinsdale's building services supervisor, Jim Piontkowski, took this photo in 1979. At the time the Hinsdale Barber Shop was located at 8 W. Hinsdale Ave. A few years ago it moved a little farther west to 20 W. Hinsdale Ave. Today County Line Audio Video occupies 8 W. Hinsdale Ave. 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 jslo...
Instead of a traditional gym class last week, students at Monroe School spent their time participating in cosmic bowling. With lights dimmed, music playing and strobe lights beaming, the special class was a hit with students. Kindergartners Camille Wrigley, Lennox Schwartz and Declan McGuire all looked ready for the big leagues. (Jim Slonoff)...
Sales tax revenue in Hinsdale is up and vacant storefronts are relatively low, according to the village’s latest economic development report. At yesterday’s quarterly economic development commission meeting, commissioners learned that last year’s third quarter sales tax receipts totaled $1.55 million, a nearly $3,000 increase from the same period in 2022. Assistant Village Manager Andrianna Peterson said the numbers continue a positive trend. “Our sales tax is still doing very well,” Peterson said, pointing out the leading c...
Fuller’s Car Wash has not received any citations for driving or parking on the sidewalk after cones were placed on the property in January following complaints. “We’ve done daily checks over there. We have not gotten any violations,” Hinsdale Police Chief Brian King told The Hinsdalean last week. “We have not gotten any citizens’ complaints.” The community service officers who handle parking control have been patrolling the area multiple times a day, King said. The department’s standard practice following complaints abou...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the agenda: summer school 2024 overview, pause on social studies curriculum alignment work, comprehensive fee, addendum to superintendent’s employment agreement for transition workdays before July 1...
Keeping Hinsdale Community Pool staff home during bad weather last season helped offset increased expenses in other areas, according to village officials. At the village’s parks and recreation commission meeting Feb. 13, Mike Hayes, superintendent of parks and recreation, told commissioners that a concerted effort to cut staff hours during times of inclement weather last summer saved the village $30,000. “If I wake up in the morning and it’s raining from 9 a.m. to noon, I’m going to call the staff and be like, ‘All right, we...
Pronto Italian Sandwiches Address: 8 E. First St. Hours: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily Website: www.prontosandwiches.com Opened: Feb. 1 Owners: Peter and Dana Burdi Type of business: pickup and delivery sandwich shop What's on the menu: eight Italian sandwiches named after famous Italian celebrities like Brando, Pacino and Sinatra, along with a kid's turkey sandwich and soft drinks Peter and Dani Burdi were visiting their daughter overseas when they discovered a delicious treat....
The Hinsdale Central pool will close May 1 for repairs to the tile deck and repairs or replacement of the Dectron dehumidification unit, with plans to complete work before the start of school in August. The deck will be removed down to the concrete structural slab, the trench drain will be modified, the sub-floor replaced and new tiles installed, said Josh Stephenson, chief financial officer for Hinsdale High School District 86. "In the end, aesthetically, it will look basical...
Places from the past - Hinsdale's building services supervisor, Jim Piontkowski, a Hinsdale Central graduate, moved to Hinsdale in 1971 and spent many years here in his youth. Having spent more than 40 years with the village, there isn't a lot about Hinsdale he doesn't know or hasn't photographed. This photo from 1979 was taken of the Sports Shop Boutique at 12 E. First St. Currently Glimpse Vision has an eye care center in the location. Do you have a Hinsdale photo that is...
Hinsdale trustees want to support the Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission in its work. So next month they will discuss adding steps to the process for homeowners who want to tear down a historic district or landmarked home and build something new in its place. “I think there’s competing interests here for historic preservation on one hand and the right of the homeowner,” Village President Tom Cauley said at Tuesday’s village board meeting. “I do think we have to strike a balance between these two concerns. That said...
Members of the Grace Church Youth Group held a Shrove Tuesday pancake supper Feb. 13. Proceeds will fund a portion of their the group's mission trip to repair homes in Copper Hill, Tenn. Oliver Clary and Owen Tims spent some of their time making the pancakes. George Cisar and Colette Meyer were among the happy diners. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Hinsdale's historic preservation commission failed to meet its responsibility in December by refusing to vote on an application to tear down a 90-year-old home and build new, according to the village's legal counsel. The Feb. 7 HPC meeting included a second public hearing on the application for 425 E. Eighth St., a procedural redo to allow commissioners to register a decision, which is something they were advised should have been done after the Dec. 6 hearing on the same...
To reduce year-to-year fluctuations in the student registration fee, Hinsdale High School District 86 officials have proposed instituting a comprehensive registration fee that consolidates individual charges into one universal amount. The administration is proposing a $475 comprehensive fee for the 2024-25 school year that would cover textbook purchases, course supplies, academic field trips, student ID, PE uniforms, graduation fees and technology fees. In presenting the concept at District 86 board’s Feb. 8 meeting, Chief I...
Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 has too much money in reserves, so it’s giving some back to taxpayers. That’s the simplified explanation of a decision the board made Monday night to abate $2 million in taxes in connection with its 2023 property tax levy. The abatement, which will save the owner of a $500,000 home $109 a year on taxes, will reduce the bond and interest levy from almost $5.4 million to $3.4 million. “Really the amount of the abatement was determined based on want we wanted the adjusted bond and i...
Kristin Peng sets up a selfie with Leonardo Da Vinci, portrayed by her son, Asher, Friday morning at Oak School. Asher and his fellow first-graders were part of a living wax museum. Each student selected a famous historic figure, prepared a report and dressed for the part to set the stage for the museum. Parents were invited, along with students later in the day, to press the "on" button to wake up the figures to give their reports. Please turn to Page 28 for more pictures....
Places from the past - Hinsdale's building services supervisor, Jim Piontkowski, a Hinsdale Central graduate, moved to Hinsdale in 1971 and spent many years here in his youth. Having spent more than 40 years with the village, there isn't a lot about Hinsdale he doesn't know or hasn't photographed. This photo from 1979 was taken of 6 E. Hinsdale Avenue in what appears to be a men's clothing store called The Front Page and Vann's Drugs was next door. It now is part of...
Anna Claire Peters and her dad, Nick, had all the right moves at the recent Daughter Dance night at Madison School. The gym was filled with music and food at the PTO-sponsored event. And what dance night wouldn't be complete without a hula hoop contest? Needless to say, the kids lasted a lot longer than their dads. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
