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  • 'Functional Art' draws hundreds

    Updated Aug 9, 2023

    Reno Burdi of Burdi Clothing hosted a very special car show Sunday morning in downtown Hinsdale called "Functional Art." More than 200 cars were on display in the Washington commuter lot. From rare to racing, the cars represented some of the most unique and expensive around the village. The 1995 McLaren F1 GTR (left), which was parked in front of Burdi's store, has a racing history and is only one of 28 of that model produced. Valued at more that $35 million, the car was one...

  • Good news

    Updated Aug 9, 2023

    HINSDALEANS EARN DEGREES These students from Hinsdale earned their degrees in May commencement ceremonies. • Giorgio Arquilla, bachelor’s in economics, Tufts University • Trey Batachka, bachelor’s in engineering mechanics, University of Wisconsin-Madison • Connor Chisnell, bachelor’s in economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison • Emma Dillard, bachelor’s in political science, graduated with distinction, University of Wisconsin-Madison • Reilly Hayes, bachelor’s of business administration in marketing, University of Wisco...

  • Police beat

    Updated Aug 9, 2023

    Hinsdale police released the following reports Aug. 9. DUI arrests • Ruddy Hernandez Vargas, 55, 870 Trace Drive, Buffalo Grove, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with a blood-alcohol content higher than .08 and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident at midnight Aug. 4 in the 800 block of Route 83. Police were dispatched to a property damage crash. Vargas was charged and released to appear in court. • Hagar J. Buster, 43, 64 Fountain Head Drive, Westmont, was arrested for driving und...

  • Light show brings village history to life

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Aug 9, 2023

    One of the shining moments of the village's 150th anniversary celebration will occur Aug. 17 when the village presents "Hinsdale History - Illuminated" at the conclusion of the summer's final Uniquely Thursdays concert. The 20-minute light show, which will illuminate the south side of the Memorial Building, will transport viewers through the past 150 years of Hinsdale history using enhanced audio and visual effects. Historic figures such as Joel Tiffany, the first village...

  • Weekly agenda

    Updated Aug 9, 2023

    Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: full-day kindergarten, summer program and facilities updates; start of year information Hinsdale Economic Development Commission 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www.hinsdale86...

  • Fatal accident still under investigation

    Updated Aug 9, 2023

    Hinsdale police are still waiting for results from the Illinois State Police Crime lab before concluding an investigation into a July 17 incident involving a Jeep that accelerated unexpectedly while exiting Fuller’s Car Wash. The lab has a backlog of cases, Hinsdale Police Chief Brian King said Wednesday. “I’m anticipating it will be in this week,” King said. The car hit Sean Richards, a 14-year-old from Hinsdale, who was walking on the sidewalk on Lincoln Street, before crashing into Fontano’s Subs across the street. R...

  • There's no place quite like Kramer Foods

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Aug 2, 2023

    During the 2004 Community Revue, Joel Nelson and Tommy Harris made a cameo appearance during a skit about Kramer Foods. "A day without Kramer's is like a day without sunshine," they said, and the place went wild. Audience members were on their feet, cheering and applauding. Who knew people could feel that strongly about a grocery store? But Kramer's is an institution in Hinsdale, a place where generations of family members have shopped and where some things - like the toy...

  • D86 could hire new super by year's end

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Aug 2, 2023

    Hinsdale High School District 86 Board members have hired a superintendent search firm that could help them find a new district leader by the end of the year. School Exec Connect was one of five firms the board approached about conducting the search and one of two that made a presentation to the board at a special meeting July 20. “Our record is unmatched in this industry,” company President Kevin O’Mara told board members at that meeting. “Every single search that we have ever done has been on time and within budget....

  • Back-to-back Mac stays the course

    Ken Knutson|Updated Aug 2, 2023

    The stage was set on the afternoon of July 20. Hinsdale's Mac McClear, the defending Illinois State Amateur champion, was one stroke back heading into the decisive round of this year's state am at Bloomington Country Club. McClear had carded a 1-under 69 in the morning to put himself just behind the leader halfway through the marathon 36-hole final day of the event. After rounds of 69 and 68 the first two days, he felt good about his game. "Heading into the tournament, I knew...

  • Reas estate sales

    Updated Aug 2, 2023

    Deeds for the following properties in Hinsdale and Golfview Hills were recorded in DuPage County from June 20 to July 21. 1. 23 S. Park Ave., Nancy J. Nyheim Living Trust to Bruce Prior and Jennifer Gannon, June 20, $1,475,000 2. 218 W. Hinsdale Ave., Dean Karnatz and Glenn Karnatz Revocable Trust to BLGCLLC, June 21, $210,000 3. 5562 S. Stough St., Richard Ready and Ruth Matthei to Chicago Title Land Trust Co., June 21, $519,000 4. 360 Claymoor Road, Armand and Bierina Ismaili to George Lykouretzos, June 21, $280,000 5. 428...

  • Lunch and laughs on the lawn

    Updated Aug 2, 2023

    Miss Jamie's Farm was the most recent guest to the summer Lunch on the Lawn series sponsored by the village of Hinsdale and the Hinsdale Public Library at Burlington Park. Miss Jamie shared values from life down on the farm through songs, both new and familiar. (Jim Slonoff photos)...

  • She's got the beat

    Updated Aug 2, 2023

    Eighth-month-old Audrey Rosemeyer seemed like she was ready to get up and dance to the beat of Miss Jamie’s Farm recently in Burlington Park. Miss Jamie was part of the village of Hinsdale’s and the Hinsdale Public Library’s Lunch on the Lawn series this summer. Miss Jamie’s Farm is a popular music show for young children and their families. Please turn to page 26 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff photo)...

  • Good news

    Updated Aug 2, 2023

    HOSPITALS EARN recognition UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale, La Grange and Bolingbrook have earned the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines ­— Stroke GOLD PLUS quality achievement award for 2023 for demonstrating commitment to following up-to-date, research-based guidelines for the treatment of heart disease and stroke, ultimately leading to more lives saved, shorter recovery times and fewer readmissions to the hospital. Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke or heart attack, and...

  • Then and now

    Updated Aug 2, 2023

    Voters approved a $3.9 million bond issue in December 1973 to build a new three-story junior high next to the Garfield School, with the first students moving into the Hinsdale Junior High School in March 1976. Forty-three years later, a successful $53 million referendum led to the construction of the new Hinsdale Middle School, which opened to students in January 2019. (Jim Slonoff photos)...

  • Weekly agenda

    Updated Aug 2, 2023

    Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: sign permit review for 22 W. First St. (Images Med Spa), findings and recommendations for 830 N. Madison St. (Salt Creek Club), scheduling a public hearing for 125 S. Vine St. (Vine Street Station...

  • Meeting roundup

    Updated Aug 2, 2023

    Hinsdale High School District 86 Board At their July 27 meeting, board members: • listened as Hinsdale Central Principal Bill Walsh called for a moment of silence in memory of 14-year-old Sean Richards, who was hit and killed in a July 20 accident on Lincoln Street between Fuller’s Car Wash and Fontano’s Subs. Walsh also wished a speedy recovery to others injured in the accident. “We have not forgotten the driver of the vehicle. May the Hinsdale Central family wrap their arms (around) and share their heavy hearts with hi...

  • Pool open for regular hours until Aug. 20

    Updated Aug 2, 2023

    The Hinsdale Community Swimming Pool is open during its regular hours through Aug. 20. Hours are 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Sunday, with the baby pool only open from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Lap swim is offered from 5:45 to 9:15 a.m. weekdays and 10 to 11:30 a.m. weekends through Aug. 20. The pool will be closed weekdays starting Aug. 21 and open weekends, Aug. 26-27 and Sept. 2-3, and Labor Day, Sept. 4. Back to school weekend hours are 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. for the baby pool, 10 to 11:30 a.m. for the lap...

  • Once upon a time

    Updated Aug 2, 2023

    Early birdseye view - This photo is from Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale." "To promote real estate sales in Hinsdale, developer O.J. Stough published an amazingly precise pictorial map in 1882. While the map includes the entire village, this enlargment focuses on the downtown area. Configured looking south, the train station is at its original Washington Street location with the hotel directly north on the same street. Flagg Creek runs through what is to...

  • Kit Kat crunch

    Updated Aug 2, 2023

    The Hinsdale Public Library held a Kit Kat tasting session recently. The original Kit Kat bar came out on top with thin hazel nut coming in second place. Tim Warren lets his friends know his choice, while Grayson Danek takes a quick sniff before consuming one of the dozen sampled. (Jim Slonoff photos)...

  • Funeral Mass honors life of 14-year-old

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Jul 26, 2023

    One of Sean Richards' favorite Beatles songs was "Golden Slumbers/Carry that Weight/The End." The medley closes with the line, "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make." "Over the last eight days, we have felt a lot of love for Sean from a lot of people," his dad, Brian Richards, said at his son's funeral Mass Tuesday at St. Isaac Jogues Church in Hinsdale. "The cumulative amount of all that love, the love that came back to Sean in these days, is equal...

  • To Sean with love

    Updated Jul 26, 2023

    Valencia Ptak puts the finishing touches on a bow she tied around a tree near Fontano's Subs Friday morning in Hinsdale. She was a classmate of Sean Richards at St. Isaac Jogues School. Sean passed away July 20 after sustaining injuries in a tragic accident. Ptak, along with other members of Sean's class and friends and family, spent Friday and Saturday tying bows around trees across the village. The color green was selected because it was Sean's favorite color. Please turn...

  • Three file suit in Fontano's crash

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Jul 26, 2023

    A Chicago attorney has filed a lawsuit on behalf of three individuals who were inside Fontano’s Subs when a Jeep leaving Fuller’s Car Wash crashed into the building last week. Louis C. Cairo, managing partner and owner of GWC Injury Lawyers, filed the suit Tuesday in Cook County Court on behalf of Sophia Ricciardi, Michal Lizler and Connor Sullivan, naming as defendants Fuller’s Car Wash and its other businesses along with the father of the 16-year-old Fuller’s employee who drove the Jeep. The suit claims six counts of neglig...

  • Weekly agenda

    Updated Jul 26, 2023

    Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, July 27 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the draft agenda: superintendent search firm, academic committee update, procedures for livestreaming/recording meetings Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: public meetings on preservation incentive applications for 420 S. Park Ave. and 515...

  • Once upon a time

    Updated Jul 26, 2023

    Taken to the cleaners - This photo is from Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale." "The building still standing at 108-110 S. Washington St. was built in 1925 by tailor Carl Theidel for his business, Hinsdale Cleaners and Dyers. The north side of the building housed this establishment where every sartorial need was satisfied in these tropical surroundings. Pictured are, from left to right, Carl, Harry and Edwin Theidel in 1925."...

  • D86 racking up superintendent expenses

    Pamela Lannom|Updated Jul 26, 2023

    Hinsdale High School District 86 will spend $312,000 for two interim superintendents to work a total of 240 days between now and June 30. The board voted 5-0 July 20 to hire Linda Yonke and Raymond Lechner to work 120 days each at a cost of $1,300 a day, starting July 24. "On behalf of the board, I want to congratulate Dr. Linda Yonke and Dr. Raymond Lechner on their appointment as co-interim superintendents for District 86," board President Cat Greenspon said in a written...

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