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By Ken Knutson [email protected] St. Isaac Jogues School last won a National Blue Ribbon Award for academic achievement in 1990. When Carol Burlinski took over as the Hinsdale school's principal a decade ago, her marching orders were clearly articulated by then-SIJ pastor Father William DeSalvo. "Father DeSalvo said, 'I want you to get that Blue Ribbon,' " Burlinski recounted. Last month the U.S. Department of Education announced SIJ was one of only 40 nonpublic...
HINSDALE NAMED TOP 100 HOSPITAL UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale was identified as one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals according to an independent quality analysis provided by PINC AI and reported by Fortune in its Sept. 21 issue. This is the second time the hospital has been recognized with this honor, with the first recognition coming in 2017. To create the list, an objective, quantitative analysis of publicly available data was conducted to identify the top hospitals in the United States. Organizations do not a...
Students at Madison School participated in the Orange Ruler fundraiser sponsored by the Madison PTO. The initiative began earlier this year with an all-school assembly where the message was, "I always measure up!" Madison families quickly met the fundraising goal. On Friday all grades were invited to participate in a fun walk and run in the gym. The program raised more than $50,000 for the PTO. The PTO will use the money to support Madison students and staff in a variety of...
The Hinsdale Police Department is urging motorists to keep scary driving off the road this Halloween. As part of the drunken driving enforcement and awareness campaign, drivers are asked to commit to sober driving during a time when children and their families will be walking through neighborhoods after dark in search of candy and spooky fun. “Heading out to a Halloween party? Before the fun starts, decide how you’ll get home,” Deputy Chief Thomas Lillie said. “Just one drink or hit can impact your ability to drive safely and...
Over half a century, a three-day event called the Hinsdale Antiques Show grew from humble beginnings to become the largest annual fundraiser for The Community House. "The first show in 1945 - held just four years after The Community House was incorporated as a nonprofit organization - was much different from the one people are accustomed to today," a Sept. 11, 2008, article in The Hinsdalean stated. "A group of women hosted a show at The Community House, then located at First...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the agenda: superintendent profile for search, process to fill board vacancy, 2024-25 course proposals, changes to employee benefits plan Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: approve additions to Historically Significant Properties List, approve...
The village’s 2023 leaf pickup program, designed to keep streets cleaner and safer and to help keep leaves out of sewers and storm drains, will begin the week of Oct. 30. The program includes free, unlimited, weekly curbside collection of leaves in kraft paper yard waste bags. Plastic bags will not be picked up. Residents should place bagged leaves in the parkway in front of their home, along the curb, by 6 a.m. on their scheduled pickup date. Bags — and loose leaves — should not be placed in the street. Bags may not excee...
DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Downers Grove Chief of Police Michael DeVries announced Friday that a Downers Grove man had been charged with inappropriately taping several females, two of whom were in a changing room and one of whom was a 13-year-old in the lobby of a Hinsdale Starbucks. Matthew Morgan, 36, appeared at First Appearance Court this morning where Judge Joshua Dieden ordered multiple conditions of pre-trial release including weapons surrender, home confinement/electronic monitoring, m...
By Sandy Illian Bosch [email protected] Before August 2021, Barb Thayer assumed that a diagnosis of breast cancer was like a diagnosis of any other disease - you either had it or you didn't. She soon learned how far from the truth that assumption was, and how truly unique each woman's diagnosis, treatment and reaction to the disease can be. "Everybody's journey and diagnosis is so different," said Thayer, whose own cancer journey began with an August 2021 diagnosis that...
Students at Madison School finished up their Orange Ruler program Friday afternoon with a special event in the gym by walking, running, skipping and any other means they could think of around the gym. Madison School Principal Barb Shanahan wore a unicorn costume the entire day as a reward for the students' meeting their goal. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Some 240 Falcon football players, 40 football coaches, 100 cheerleaders and 15 cheer coaches were at Dickinson Field Friday for Falcon Night at Hinsdale Central High School. "It is the event all of the Falcon players and parents look forward to every year," Falcon Football board member Kay Sharples said. Central also hosted its annual Salute to Service Friday night. For photos of that event, turn to Page 5. For more on all that goes into hosting a football game, turn to the...
The 29th annual Rotary Run Charity Classic wound its way through the village Sunday morning. More than 800 runners participated in the event. Money raised will be donated to The Community House, District 181 Foundation, Hinsdale Hospital Foundation, Rotary Club of Hinsdale Foundation and Ray Graham Association's Hanson Center. With one son comfortable in the stroller, Jeff Davis and Lucas cross the finish line. Jennifer Cepanas and her son, Gintaras, also finish up. Benjamin...
A new geometry in construction class and a standard freshman year geography class could be available to high school students in the fall of 2024. The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board heard proposals four new courses for the 2024-25 academic year at its meeting Monday. Geometry in Construction would be a two-period class taught by a certified math teacher and a woods teacher. “It is exactly as it sounds — a geometry course that will construct something,” said Eric Martzoff, assistant principal of instruction at Hinsdale...
Who's on First? - Hinsdale's Sean Chaudhry came across a box of old photos tucked in a corner of his store's basement. Public works crews were busy widening the sidewalk in these photos taken from the east side of Garfield Avenue looking down First Street in 1937. Showing at the Hinsdale Theatre was William Powell and Myrna Loy starring in "After The Thin Man." 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...
CENTRAL TEENS ARE SEMIFINALISTS Twenty-two students from Hinsdale Central are among 16,000 high school students nationwide named Semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. They are Yusuf Ahmed, Amal Arora, Atman Balakrishnan, Shivum Banerjee, Natasha Bhatia, Analise Burns, Godlyn D’Souza, Patrick Dugan, William Gaffney, Kiran Gitzlaff, Adele Groom, Levi Lillioja, Anya Raman, Alexander Rasmussen, Elizabeth Sessa, Joy Shen, Nathan Smith, Audrey Song, Nikolas Theotikos, Katherine Tschosik, Gabriela Veliz-Hernandez...
The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board is looking to fill the vacancy created by Debbie Levinthal’s resignation on Sept. 18. Based on a requirement to fill the vacancy within 60 days, the board intends to select the individual by its Oct. 26 meeting. That person will then serve until the new board is seated following the April 1, 2025, election. Residents who would like to be considered for the open seat must submit an application by 4 p.m. Oct. 10. The application form, which includes information about the search p...
Just beyond the southwestern boundary of Hinsdale is a residential area that doesn't belong to any particular town but has strong community spirit nonetheless. Golfview Hills, so named for overlooking adjacent Ruth Lake Country Club, is a collection of about 300 homes that was established in the mid-1950s between Madison Street and Route 83. Assimilating into Hinsdale would have seemed a natural step at some point in the intervening decades, right? Not for Golfview Hills homeo...
In the Sept. 28 editorial, Hinsdale High School District 86 Board President Cat Greenspon was inadvertently misquoted. “I can ask for discussion so that everybody can provide feedback,” she said, not words to the contrary....
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Commission 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: public hearing on Vine Street Station (125 S. Vine St.), public meeting on...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday, trustees: • reviewed two new properties — 108 S. Adams St. and 322 N. Garfield Ave. — to be added to the village’s Historically Significant Structures Property List. The historic preservation voted 5-0 to recommend inclusion on the list. The board plans to vote on the properties at its Oct. 17 meeting. • discussed approving preservation incentives for the home at 136 N. Washington St. owned by Andy O’Connor and Katie Lambert. The historic preservation commission recommended...
At the Homecoming pep rally Friday at Hinsdale Central High School, the four classes - seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen - compete in several games. The seniors tend to win without fail. During the singing part of the competition (you guessed it!) the seniors won easily. Homecoming, with a theme of Vegas Vacation, continued with a parade on Saturday morning and dance Saturday night. Throughout the week, several of Central's sports teams competed in homecoming matches....
Hidden creek - Hinsdale's Sean Chaudhry came across a box of old photos tucked in a corner of his store's basement. Workers built a culvert, which runs under the post office area, to hide Flagg Creek in 1939. 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 [email protected]....
The 2023 Hinsdale Central Homecoming parade wound through the village Saturday morning. With the marching band in the lead, followed by cheerleaders, pommers and various members of several of Central's athletic teams, the parade was a big hit for the fans who lined the route. Central Principal Bill Walsh was also along for the ride. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
A man on parole for armed robbery was charged last week with burglarizing a downtown Hinsdale shop in May by using a sledgehammer to gain entrance to the business. But he was released from custody under the state’s new cashless bail rules, prompting frustration from law enforcement officials. According to Hinsdale police, Terry Johnson, 30, of Chicago was one of seven suspects that arrived in two vehicles at Kelsey’s Resale Boutique, 49 S Washington St. at 1:20 a.m. May 24. Authorities allege that Johnson used a sle...
