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STATE SCHOLARS AT NAZARETH Five Hinsdale students at Nazareth Academy in LaGrange Park were named Illinois State Scholars. Ava Coghill, Matea Hewitt, Francesca De Fina Hillman, John Hughes and Faith Mouw, who earned places among the list of honorees, represent approximately the top 10 percent of high school seniors from across the state. They were selected for this honor based on their SAT and/or ACT test scores and sixth semester class rank. CENTRAL TEACHER LEADS WORKSHOP Arpan Chokshi, a social studies teacher at Hinsdale...
Hinsdale residents who are 60 and older or individuals with disabilities are invited to register for the village’s snow shoveling program. People can fill out the online request form at www.villageofhinsdale.org/snowshovelprogram or print, complete and mail a paper request. Once registered for the program, participants will receive contact information for participating volunteers. The resident is responsible for contacting the volunteer and scheduling a time for shoveling. Those interested in volunteering for the 2023-24 w...
Imagine a cross between a room-sized safe deposit box and the corner of a basement. That's "the vault" at Hinsdale Village Hall. Part storage area for village documents and part holding area for items that need to be thrown away (think village vehicle stickers from 2017), the vault is located inside the administrative wing of the Memorial Building. Village offices originally were in the center part of the building, where there were three vaults, said Jim Piontkowski, building...
Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 expects to borrow $26.4 million to pay for construction to allow the district to offer full-day kindergarten for the 2025-26 school year. Numbers in that figure were transposed in a Dec. 21 article....
This is the photo of Camden Markowitz (submitted by mom Sara) that won him the title of Hinsdale's happiest baby for 2023. He appears on the front cover of today's issue, and his family is featured in the 60 Seconds on Page 9....
The Memorial Building was the perfect backdrop for the horse drawn carriage rides last weekend at Hinsdale’s holiday events in Burlington Park. In addition to the rides, kids could decorate gingerbread cookies and share their wish lists with Santa in his Hinsdale tiny home. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
In conjunction with the village’s 150th anniversary, a limited edition commemorative ornament is available, featuring the Memorial Building and the 150th anniversary logo on the back. Ornaments are for sale for $38 from the Uptown Shop, 921 Burlington Ave., Western Springs, or online at www.uptownshop.com (search Hinsdale ornament)....
In 1957, The Doings published Christmas letters and stories from Hinsdale schoolchildren, then republished them in the paper’s 1995 centennial edition. Here are some of those charming — and unedited — submissions for the season. Dear Santa, I know Christmas is almost here. I love to go in to the stores and see them all decorated. It’s a lot of fun to set on your lap and tell you what I want for Christmas. I always forget the names of your reindeers. I can remember: Dancer, Prancer, Commet and Cupid, and, and, oh foo! “ca...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business at their Dec. 14 meeting, trustees: • voted 5-0 to approve a 2023 tax levy of $15.6 million, including the library’s portion of $3,67 million, and $3.2 million in abatements for debt that will be paid back with revenue other than property taxes, leaving a net village levy of $8.7 million • unanimously adopted the 2024 annual budget, which includes $21.2 million in general fund expenses, $3.9 million in capital expenses and $7.3 million in infrastructure projects • voted 5-0 to appr...
A former Hinsdale resident arrested in April in Minnesota was sentenced Dec. 11 to 30 days in jail, five years of probation and $889 in fees after pleading guilty to the felony charge of solicitation of a child or someone believed to be a child through electronic communication to engage in sexual conduct, according to Minnesota court records. Derrick D. Willman, who lived at 502 N. Garfield Ave. at the time of his arrest, also must register as a predatory sex offender, attend a sex offender program and complete individual...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the agenda: appoint new board member, approve interim superintendent (Yonke) resignation effective Dec. 22, truth in taxation public hearing and levy adoption, administrator contracts and 2024-25 salaries, annual financial report, 2024-25 staffing framework...
As we prepare to "close the book" on 2023, it's worth remarking on what a year it's been for Hinsdale Public Library. This past year was our first year guided by our new strategic plan. Four clear priorities emerged from dozens of community conversations and hundreds of patrons' comments: • access and convenience • education and enrichment • connection and community • awareness of what we offer By these standards, the past year was a major success for HPL, and I'm pleased to r...
The village will have a reserve balance of $6.7 million at the end of 2023. That balance will exceed 25 percent of the village's annual operating expenses, which is the percentage of reserve balance rating agencies require for municipalities to obtain a AAA bond rating. Hinsdale has maintained a AAA bond rating for many years. Only about 15 percent of Illinois municipalities carry a AAA bond rating. Hinsdale takes crime prevention and the apprehension of individuals who...
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 is of Hinsdale Sport & Ski, which is now home to a large multipurpose retail and office building located on the south side of First Street, just west of...
Children from the Union Church Gather + Grow groups participated in Eleanor's Project earlier this month, filling 310 Christmas stockings with toothbrushes, toothpaste, crayons, socks, games, toys, gloves and candy. The stuffed stockings were topped with a hat to keep the recipient warm this winter. Antonia Logan, Lucy Kieffer, Ava Poetter, Henry Weil and George Schaefer work on filling the stockings. Alex Weil and Charlotte Poetter select a Beanie Baby to include. The...
Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 expects to award construction contracts in February and borrow $24.6 million in June so the district can offer full-day kindergarten for the 2025-26 school year. The board passed a resolution at its meeting Monday indicating it plans to reimburse “certain capital expenditures” from the bond issue. Any hard costs for labor and materials can be reimbursed out of the bond proceeds only if such a resolution is passed, said Mindy Bradford, assistant superintendent for business and...
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 is of Fours Seasons at 10 E. First St., current home of Expression Gallery of Fine Art. Do you have a Hinsdale photo that is at least 25 years old? We'd love to...
The Hinsdale Historical Society hosted the 'Deer in the 'Dale' event last month at Immanuel Hall. With reindeer on the scene for a perfect Christmas photo backdrop and plenty of games for children to enjoy, the event was a big hit for those who attended. Inside Immanuel Hall there were treats for the kids and adults as well as the screening of the classic "Rudolph" from 1964. Jack and Sam Munoz had plenty of questions for Jilane Truax of Aurora Acres about Santa's reindeer,...
Nancy Keenan’s last name was spelled incorrectly twice in a story on her retirement from The Courtyard in the Dec. 7 issue....
Several Sixth Street residents said if the village truly is committed to historic preservation, plans to repave their brick street with asphalt should be abandoned. “These plans as presented are a huge disappointment and frankly unacceptable to most of us on the blocks,” said former village trustee and 144 E. Sixth St. resident Bill Haarlow at Tuesday’s Hinsdale Village Board meeting. Haarlow detailed village efforts to encourage homeowners to preserve historic homes in the v...
Richard Eck recalled his teenage stint in the movie business, in a manner of speaking. He worked the concessions counter at his hometown Hinsdale Theater during his youth in the 1970s. It was a relatively low-stress job, Eck said, until the theater scored a first-run screening of a John Belushi comedy the summer of 1978. "They didn't have too many first runs. The one they did have was 'Animal House,' and the theater was an animal house," related Eck, who was suddenly thrust...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: tax levy adoption, kindergarten construction bond issue, full-day kindergarten bid update, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, IAR results, summer project and social studies pilot updates Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale...
Brian and Kristine Richards of Hinsdale filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court in connection to the July death of their 14-year-old son, Sean. The suit, filed by Clifford Law Offices, names the entities who own and manage Fuller’s Car Wash and other employees, including the 16-year-old who drove the Jeep that hit and killed Sean. The Hinsdalean has not named the driver because he is a minor. Sean was walking on the sidewalk on the west side of Lincoln Street wh...
Many parents have experienced the agony of defeat with their young children on their first visits to Santa. As did John and Kaelin Melbourne when Millie decided to opt out of Santa's lap and straight into her mom's arms. And, as is the case with most children, the tears turned off quickly. Santa stopped by Hinsdale Park and Recreation Department's Winter Wonderland at KLM last weekend. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
This weekend, Hinsdale Central wrestlers will compete with 24 other teams in the 57th annual Whitlatch Invite, one of the toughest tournaments in the state. The event is named after legendary Central wrestling coach Rex Whitlatch, who passed away in 2021 at age 84. Whitlatch, who a two-time state champion in high school, was the Red Devils’ head wrestling coach from 1964-81 and assistant coach from 1986 until he retired in 1992. For a November 2021 story on Whitlatch, his w...
