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Meet Martino! He used to live outside, but now all he wants to do is be with people. Martino lives in the offices at Hinsdale Humane Society, but what he really wants is a home so he can get love even after working hours are over. He is a fun, goofy guy who loves to play just as much as he loves to nap. He would make a wonderful companion for someone who works from home. Martino is 2 years old, neutered, vaccinated and microchipped. He loves other cats but tries to fight...
Hinsdale native Tate Renner barely sang the first half a dozen words of "Hurricane" during blind auditions for "The Voice" when Michael Bublé hit his button and turned his chair. "I couldn't turn fast enough," Bublé told him after his performance. "I don't usually say it, but I was the first because I knew that America would love you as much as I did." Fellow judges Snoop Dogg and Reba McEntire also wanted in on the chance to coach Renner, turning their chairs as well. "...
The village’s fall leaf collection program will begin the week of Oct. 28 and run for six weeks. Residents will receive free, unlimited weekly curbside collection of leaves in kraft paper yard waste bags. Bags may not exceed 34 gallons or 60 pounds. Plastic bags will not be picked up. Bagged leaves should be placed in the parkway in front of the home, along the curb, by 6 a.m. on the scheduled pick-up day. Bags should not be placed in the street. While leaf pick-up is complimentary, all other yard waste will require a yard w...
The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board has revised its policies on the Open Meetings Act and Freedom of Information Act to shift responsibility from the superintendent to the board president. At their Oct. 9 meeting, board members held a first read of board policies 2:200 and 2:250, which give the board president power to designate employees for OMA training and choose an FOIA officer, respectively, duties previously assigned solely to the superintendent. Board member Peggy James, the board’s policy committee chair, s...
Early voting for the Tuesday, Nov. 5, general election will be available at several additional locations beginning Monday, Oct. 21. The closest locations are: • Hinsdale Village Hall (DuPage County residents) 19 E. Chicago Ave. Hours: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends Oct. 21 to Nov. 4. • Brookfield Village Hall (Cook County residents) 8820 Brookfield Ave. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 27; then 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 28-Nov. 2, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov...
Just what is the "right" college? Is it a highly selective school? One that specializes in a particular major? Large or small? Near or far? Hinsdale's Jonathan Hurley is beginning to think about those questions. In addition to taking several honors and AP classes, the Hinsdale Central junior has swim team practice, club meetings and activities, homework, trumpet practice and ACT prep tutoring. "Right now, it's just about building the resume. That's probably the most important...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: preliminary tax levy memo, facilities master plan recommendations, superintendent search firm selection, district office building bid award, math/ELA/ACE placement criteria, SEL update, inclement weather, maintenance grant approval Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www...
From the archives - This photo of the Hinsdale Township High School boys track team from 1929 captures a moment in history outside the old high school, now the site of Hinsdale Middle School. Pictured are (top row from left) are Joe Lynch, John Bayliss, Les Borsom, Bill Foote, Heine Lehman, Dick McMakin, Donnie Armstrong, (bottom row from left) Chuck Pettit, Ed Amacker, A. Dreusicke, Jack Hartman, Bruce Brown and Ed Duorak. (Hinsdale Historical Society phot...
Mike Lach doesn’t mind resolving disputes between staff members, debating policy decisions, responding to a host of emails or spending lots of time in meetings. “I want to do this work because I like the work and I believe in the work,” said Lach, who is three months into his first year as Hinsdale High School District 86’s superintendent. “I think public schools are a wonderful institution — this idea that you get together with the people on your street and the next block and the block over, and you put in your taxes to cr...
District 181 Superintendent Hector Garcia starts the mascot race at The Rotary Club of Hinsdale's Charity Classic Sunday morning. The mascots competing are Miles the Mustang (Monroe School), Echo the Eagle (Clarendon Hills Middle School), Sparty the Spartan (Hinsdale Middle School), Spike the Bulldog (The Lane School), Hootie the Owl (Oak School), Paws the Panther (Madison School), Walker the Wildcat (Walker School) and Dash the Panther (Prospect School). Hinsdale Middle...
Hinsdale firefighters were called to a garage fire in the 100 block of North Adams Street Oct 2 at about 10:30 p.m. Upon arrival they found a detached garage engulfed in flames and the rear of the home beginning to catch fire. They quickly extinguished the fire on the house and also the garage, which was a complete loss. Hinsdale was assisted by the Clarendon Hills, Western Springs and Oak Brook fire departments. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
• Patti Bellock lives in Hinsdale. Her town of residence was listed incorrectly in an Oct. 3 letter to the editor. • Sweet William founder Marlene Burton built the store from scratch 35 years ago. An incorrect number was included in the Oct. 3 Pulse feature....
Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission special meeting 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: public meetings on 304 S. Lincoln St. and 121 S. County Line Road (certificate of appropriates for designated landmark and preservation incentive) and 425 E. Eighth St. (preservation incentive) Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org...
NATIONAL MERIT recognizes teens The following Hinsdale Central students were recognized as commended students in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program based on their outstanding performance on the PSAT/NMSQT. They are: Inaad Abbasi, Joseph Akerman, Abdullah Ahmed, Sakina Akbar, Aurora Allen, Adhvay Arvind, Sanna Asif, Grace Assicurato, Reyna Batra, Henry Bolenbaugh, Briana Cady, Patrick Cahill, Emily Cheung, Elena Chulos, Jackson Clark, Rebecca Cortez, Sarah Delapena, Eshan Doshi, Gemma Flaming, David Gao,...
The DuPage County Forest Preserve District Board will ask voters for a 35-cent property tax increase on Tuesday, Nov. 5. The board voted unanimously July 16 to put the question on the ballot. If it is approved, the owner of a $1 million home would pay an additional $117 a year in taxes to the forest district. The rate increase would generate an additional $17 million a year in revenue. The last time voters were asked to pay more was in a 2006 referendum, noted Karie Friling, the forest district’s executive director. “A lot...
Every detail mattered to R. Harold Zook. The Hinsdale-based architect, whose early 20th-century interpretations of the traditional English cottage became iconic features of the local landscape, was as involved with the interior finishings as with the outward elevations. Mimi Collins is appreciative of that Zook quality as she rehabs his century-old gem at 4 E. Fifth St. "I love all his hand-forged hardware. The light fixtures and curtain rods, all the hand-hammered work," she...
From the archives - In the 1930s, the Hinsdale Public Works Department didn't have the modern lifts and machinery it does today for maintaining tall structures and trees. Pictured here in 1938, a public works employee is seen performing maintenance on the newly installed flagpole at Burns Field. This image is from the 1938-39 Public Works Department Annual Report, which humorously captioned it, "This is the way we are most of the time - 'up in the air.'" (photo courtesy of...
Hinsdale Central's Habitat for Humanity club held its annual event Sunday on Dickinson Field. Proceds from the 5K run/walk, food trucks, a bounce house and games will be used for the group's annual summer trip to help build a home for deserving family in Lewisburg, W.V. Jonathan Fiero urged participants to keep up the running and walking. Mckenna Molis and Layla Xiao take a turn around the track. Arthur Morari spent some time playing frisbe. (Kennedy Hannah...
From the archives - Pets have always been part of the family in this town. Pictured here in 1912 is Mildred Lamb, daughter of one of Hinsdale's early photographers, holding the family cat outside her home in Hinsdale. This image comes from many of the glass slide negatives the Hinsdale Historical Society has in its collections. (photo courtesy of the Hinsdale Historical Society)...
Residents of northeast Hinsdale hope a delayed drainage evaluation of their neighborhood will finally lead to solutions for flooding issues that have emerged during the Tri-State Tollway expansion project. At Tuesday’s village board meeting, trustees approved a contract with engineering firm HR Green to complete The Lane drainage study to address concerns about stormwater collecting and entering their homes. Resident John Bloomfield, who has lived on the particularly hard-hit corner of Phillippa Street and Fuller Road for 2...
O'BYRNE NAMED TOP VOLUNTEER Susan O'Byrne of Hinsdale received the Katharine Van Dusen Sylvester Service/Volunteer of the Year award from The Community House at the organization's Stewardship Society Reception Sept. 12. O'Byrne has been a Community House player since 2011 and became a Community Revue producer in 2017. She performed in "A Christmas Carol" for two years at The Community House, playing the role of Ms. Cratchit, and has taught Shakespeare Sessions through the...
Hinsdale High School District 86 had to respond to a threat posted on social media just as first period was starting Sept. 13. “You may have heard that over the past couple of weeks, these kinds of social media threats have been cropping up in just about every state, all over the country,” Superintendent Mike Lach said during his report at the Sept. 26 school board meeting. “We have to take them seriously.” District officials quickly learned the threat was not viable and had notified students and parents in less than an hour,...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business at their Sept. 26 meeting, board members: • held a public hearing on the 2025 budget, which shows projected expenses of $142.9 million and projected revenues of $141.3 million. Yvonne Mayer was the only community member to speak at the hearing, asking the board to look again at the projected legal fees before approving the document. The board voted 7-0 to approve the spending plan. • reviewed a “request for qualifications” that will be sent to qualified legal f...
Hinsdale has welcomed several new businesses in recent months, which means it's time for another installment of our "Good Reasons" series. This is the second of a two-parter, with the first article running Sept. 26. Sharp dressed man Frederick Lynn Haberdasshere, which offers custom clothing and accessories for men, is open by appointment on the second floor of 33 E. First St. Founder and owner Aaron Comes said the right wardrobe, custom-made using premium fabrics, can help...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9 Hinsdale Central High School, 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Commission 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: public hearing on zoning code text amendment for lighting standards, sign permit reviews on 21 W. Second St. (Modern Skin Dermatology) and 410 W....
