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Music from Chubby Checker to Taylor Swift filled the gym at St. Isaac Jogues school Friday night. Dads and daughters crowded the dance floor, shaking it off at the annual St. Isaac's K-8th Father Daughter dance. And while the dads were comfortable with twisting, when Taylor started up, they gave up the dance floor to their daughters. Tess Tortorello, Bridget Stover and Emily Drumm - complete with their "Pink Ladies" attire - get into the swing of things. Please turn to Page...
Deeds for the following properties in Hinsdale were recorded in DuPage County between Dec. 26 and Jan. 25. 1. 541 Bonnie Brae Road, Robert and Julie Ludwig to Bonnie J. Brown Trust, Dec. 26, $919,000 2. 447 N. Quincy St., Marci and James English to Shana Robinson Inheritance Trust, Jan. 5, $1,275,000 3. 502 Burr Oak Place, Ronald and Diane Hamburger to Brock and Jill Furlong revocable trusts and Catherine Furlong, Jan. 9, $1,075,000 4. 14 S. Madison St., 14 South LLC to Paul Egel and Christine Murray, Jan. 11, $375,000 5. 6...
The man convicted of detonating a pipe bomb at the Hinsdale train station more than 17 years ago was sentenced last week to 20 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. Thomas Zajac, formerly of Oakbrook Terrace, placed the bomb in a trash can at station the morning of Sept. 1, 2006. The device exploded during the morning commute, injuring a station agent. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly imposed the sentence on Friday during a hearing in federal court in Chicago. He ordered...
Doug Dussman was a kind, caring, fun-loving person who loved animals and his family, those close to him said. And he had been that way since he was a small boy. "Everybody loved Doug," his younger brother, Luke, said. "He was always laughing, always telling a joke. People enjoyed being around him." Doug was never judgmental, so others found spending time with him a safe space. "If you were with Doug, you were just present with him," Luke said. Doug died in August at age 45...
A potentially dangerous situation that closed down First Street for a time Monday afternoon was resolved without incident. Hinsdale police received a call about 4 p.m. Monday from a man saying his relative from St. Charles was in the central business district and had a firearm in his car, Chief Brian King said. Police located the car in front of Egg Harbor and saw the man reclined in his seat, despondent. Officers immediately closed down First Street and asked some of the...
Joanell Mangan is the correct name of the store identified in the “Once upon a time” photo that ran in the Feb. 8 issue....
Hinsdale Economic Development Commission 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: holiday events recap, downtown directory map update, FY 2024 budget, outdoor dining update Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 Hinsdale Central High School, 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villag...
The Richards family will spend Sean's birthday Sunday remembering his loving and generous spirit and doing something to help others. The family has announced the formation of the Love Like Sean Foundation in memory of 14-year-old Sean Richards, who was hit by a car and killed last July. "It's almost cliché - everybody seems to start a foundation when their child is killed or died," Sean's dad, Brian, said. "We wanted to do something to honor and memorialize Sean and his...
Emerson Trainor, Emma Besio, Harper Murray, Wes Gulyas and Simone Hardy get into the swing of things during an all school celebration at St. Isaac Jogues Friday afternoon. The event celebrated Catholic Schools Week and the recent National Blue Ribbon School designation. With DJ Maximus spinning tunes, the Jesse White Tumblers performing and kids, parents and teachers in the stand, the gym was filled with a lot of energy and fun. Please turn to Page 30 for more pictures. (Jim...
To cap off Catholic Schools Week, students and staff at St. Isaac Jogues School held a Blue Ribbon celebration assembly Friday afternoon. The children were greeted with a tunnel of cheerleaders as they filed into the gym. DJ Maximus turned the mic over to Kate Mattes, who sang her heart out to - of course - a Taylor Swift song, and the entire school seemed to know the lyrics. A special surprise was the visit from the Jesse White Tumblers, who performed their acrobatic magic....
SCOUT FINISHES AWARD PROJECT Troop 10 Eagle Scout Shreemann Patel of Hinsdale recently finished a project for the Distinguished Conservation Service Award. His project was designed to improve conditions at Lyman Woods in Downers Grove, where a polluted natural pond was surrounded by invasive buckhorn trees, which were chocking out native plants, and the water was filled with particles and dirt. There was also suspected nitrogen within the pond that could promote algae growth, and the water source was runoff from nearby...
By Ken Knutson [email protected] Hinsdale's Liz Ewing said creating the I Spy case to honor Black History Month at the Hinsdale Public Library was an enlightening undertaking. "I definitely brushed up on my history," said Ewing, the daughter of a Black father and white mother. "I knew a lot of the well-known figures. But when you start delving into it more and learn what people have overcome and understand things, like the first black astronaut doing something that ha...
Effective Feb. 1, the Water Bill Lock Box address for Hinsdale residents changed to PO Box 8913, Carol Stream, IL 60197-8913. All payments to the lock box address must include the water bill stub. Residents paying with an online bank check should mail it directly to Village Hall, 19 E. Chicago Ave., Hinsdale IL 60521. Residents also can register for payments to be automatically debited from a checking account. They should complete the direct debit authorization form available on the village’s website at ww...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: approval of full-day kindergarten summer project bids, tax levy abatement resolution, science resource recommendation, staffing report Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the agenda: 2024-25 registration fee, approve 2024-25 school...
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 W. Hinsdale Ave., where Jewell Mangan and Lee Benkendorf Antique Clocks were located. Indifference Salon now takes up the space where the clock...
The Hinsdale Public Library's Jazz After Dark event featured the Julia Danielle Quartet Friday evening. Danielle recently was named the winner of the International Ella Fitzgerald vocal competition. The library partnered with WDCB to bring the live music to the free event, which also featured food and drinks. Plans are underway for another After Dark event in May. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
The installation of new noise walls as part of the widening of the Central Tri-State won’t happen until after the old ones are removed, contrary to a deal Hinsdale and Illinois Tollway officials worked out several years ago to minimize the impact on residents. Instead, as explained by a Tollway representative at the Feb. 1 village board meeting, a temporary 8-foot wooden fence will be erected along the western side of the highway after the existing noise wall is torn down. “Once the temporary fencing is installed, we ant...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board members publicly stated their support of curriculum alignment last week, but some made it clear they still don’t approve of changes to the social studies curriculum. Jason Markey, assistant superintendent for academics, explained his goal before addressing board members at their Jan. 25 meeting. “We want to make sure everyone has a common understanding of when curriculum alignment was started and why we continue to believe that it’s important,” he said. Markey highlighted the stakeho...
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 at 20 W. Hinsdale Ave., where Brown Insurance and Velvet Touch were located. The upstairs was an apartment. The building is now home to Hinsdale...
Tarik Ferhatbegovic was sworn in as a new officer with the Hinsdale Police Department at the Hinsdale Village Board’s Jan. 23 meeting. Ferhatbegovic was hired in August 2023 and recently graduated from Suburban Law Enforcement Academy in Glen Ellyn. He is a recent graduate of Illinois State University, with a degree in human resource management. A native of the western suburbs, Ferhatbegovic is fluent in several different languages, including Bosnian, German, Serbian and Croatian. Since a young age, he has had an interest i...
The village of Hinsdale has received more than $70,000 in donations from residents and businesses toward Memorial Building restoration and improvement work. Assistant village manager Andrianna Peterson this week reported the total contributions to date for the Memorial Building Historic Plaza and Roof Railing Campaign to restore the building’s original Chippendale roof railing, which was removed due to deterioration a number of years ago, and renew the patio area on the south side of the building as a venue for events and c...
Hinsdale Firefighters Pension Board 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave....
Potential buyers who drive around Hinsdale aren't likely to see all that many "for sale" signs in front yards. Area real estate brokers have some theories on why that's the case. "I think that people over 55 that used to go to the city - as we know, no one wants to go to the city anymore - and they are just staying in their house because their interest rate is low," said Kris Berger, a real estate broker with Compass. "They don't want to buy something that is a so-called 'down...
The Hinsdale Inferno sponsored a Jodie Harrison future Red Devil Night Tuesday during the Hinsdale Central girls basketball game against Riverside-Brookfield. The night included a half-time free throw contest, the Hinsdale Central Marching Band playing, the Central pommers performing and stands filled with kids who currently play in the Jodie Harrison League hosted by The Community House. Harrison was a former teacher and coach at Hinsdale Central who lost his life in a...
The proposal to demolish the 90-year-old home at 425 E. Eighth St., the latest flashpoint in the ongoing tussle between preservationists and those seeking room for redevelopment, will again be the subject of public hearing before the village’s historic preservation commission next week. If the applicant’s first appearance is any indication, it could be a tense atmosphere. During a Dec. 6 public hearing before commission on a request to build new on the site located in the Robbins Historic District, several residents spo...
