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COLLEGE STUDENTS MAKE DEAN’S LIST The following students from Hinsdale earned a place on the dean’s list for the fall semester of the 2022-23 school year. University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign — Iman Ali, Rebecca Blake, Katerina Chess, Abigail Chute, Grace Cole, Naiyong Duan, Kayleigh Excell, Ravi Gitzlaff, Ethan Greenwald, Faaris Hanif, Hailey Herringshaw, Matthew Hester, Kayleigh Hester, Bahda Hoang, Michael Hu, Brandon James, Matthew Kramer, Veylan Kumar, Kaila Kuo, Virginia LoPresti, Ava Marginean, Abdullah Mubarik, Fat...
The DuPage County Board has developed new proposed precinct maps and is asking for residents to provide feedback. Members of the public can provide feedback online at https://proposedprecincts-dupage.hub.arcgis.com, where they will be able to see the proposed maps. The county also will have physical maps on display from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Friday, May 5, on the first floor of the JTK Administration Building Atrium, 421 N. County Farm Road, Wheaton. Comment cards will be available near the maps along with a submission...
Did you know Hinsdale police and firefighter/paramedics are wearing retro badges this year in honor of the village's 150th anniversary? At the fire department, which is also celebrating its 130th anniversary this year, the project required quite a bit of research. "There have been badge numbers physically on the badges, but they were just kind of handed out arbitrarily," firefighter/paramedic Nick McDonough said. So when he and Chief John Giannelli were talking about how to ma...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, April 27 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale Public Library Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 25 Hinsdale Public Library 20 E. Maple St. www.hinsdalelibrary.info On the draft agenda: window project RFP, bylaws revision, alternate work schedule practices...
Community Consolidated District 181 Among other business Monday, board members: • unanimously approved an assessment calendar for the 2023-24 school year. A few tests have been moved earlier in the year, three have been added and two have been eliminated. “This version of the assessment calendar is truly just refined,” said Tracey Miller, director of assessment, instruction and evaluation. “There aren’t major changes we are asking (for) or recommending.” • approved new resources for middle school Spanish (Somos) at a...
The 2023 Comprehensive School Climate Inventory results show students, staff and families all gave the district favorable marks, rating nearly all areas as positive (above 3.5). "I just think it's a fantastic celebration that all of our schools are over 4.0," Tracey Miller, director of assessment, instruction and evaluation, told board members Monday. CSCI measures 12 essential dimensions of a healthy school climate in five broad categories - safety, teaching and learning,...
Hinsdale Central High School will soon welcome a new assistant principal to campus. At their April 13 meeting, Hinsdale High School District 86 Board members approved the hiring of Christopher Cirrincione to serve as Hinsdale Central’s assistant principal for curriculum and instruction. Cirrincione has served as assistant principal at Palatine High School for the last two years. Prior to that he was a social studies and Spanish teacher in Prospect and Elk Grove high schools for six years. He also was an adjunct professor a...
Calling all cars - Hinsdale police and firefighters are honoring the village's 150th anniversary - and their forebears - by wearing throwback badges this year. When Hinsdale was founded in 1873, among the village officers was a "police magistrate." The village hired its first true policeman, C.P. Clark in 1877; his official title was constable. Star No. 1 was given in January 1888 to John Peter Linn, a native of Denmark who had come to Hinsdale five years earlier. This photo...
What's better than one Easter egg hunt? Five Easter egg hunts! This year the Hinsdale parks and rec team set up age limits for each of the hunts to even out the egging field, so to speak. The result was more children finding more eggs - 10,000 total - and having much more fun. The Community House was also involved in the event. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
WELLNESS HOUSE gets certification Wellness House in Hinsdale has received certification as a provider for the national Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact. The certification enables the organization to serve participants and their loved ones affected by cancer in Chicagoland and beyond. This is important news, as Special Emergency Orders due to COVID that previously allowed clinical teams to serve cancer-diagnosed participants out of state have expired. PSYPACT is an interstate agreement allowing certified psychologists...
Community groups are invited to join in the Hinsdale Memorial Day procession for 10 a.m. Monday, May 29. The village of Hinsdale, supporting Hinsdale American Legion Post 250, is hosting the procession to honor those who have served and sacrificed for this country. The procession begins on Third Street near Hinsdale Middle School, then heads west to Washington Street and north on Washington to Memorial Hall, where a ceremony will take place. Groups invited to march include veterans or veterans organizations, scouting groups,...
"Hinsdale in Lights," a new exhibit opening next week at Immanuel Hall, will give visitors a unique opportunity to view and experience 150 years of village history. Hinsdale Historical Society board member Alexis Braden, who created the exhibit with society manager Katharine Andrew and Matt Stockmal, hired as the creative and technical director, said her vision initially was for a two-dimensional exhibit with photos and a timeline that broke the village's history down in...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, April 17 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: assessment calendar, world language resource approval, final school calendar 2022-23, science pilot, CSCI result, application for waiver or modification of state board rules and or school code mandates for the ASA Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, April 13 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.d86.hinsdale86.org/boardofeducation On the a...
Vehicle sticker and animal tag applications are on sale now for Hinsdale residents and must be purchased by May 1. A $25 late fee will be imposed for any vehicle stickers bought after the deadline. All vehicles registered in Illinois with a Hinsdale address must also be registered with the village through the purchase of a vehicle license sticker. Residents should have received a vehicle sticker application in the mail earlier this month and have the option of purchasing 2023-24 stickers online at www.villageofhinsdale.org. T...
Hinsdale has welcomed several newcomers to its business community in the last several months. Learn about the most recent shops and service providers to call the village home. Peak Lifestyle Hinsdale resident Tiffany Cruickshank was excited to finally be able to open her running equipment store Peak Lifestyle in her hometown after being an established presence in Downers Grove, La Grange, Burr Ridge and Breckenridge, Colo. "Being in Hinsdale is so fun," Cruickshank said of ope...
Walter "Wassy" Schmidt, captain/center Frederick Schmidt, and end Elmer Schmidt, who played football on the Hinsdale Town Team, posed for this photo in their letterman sweaters. The photo - and one of the sweaters - is on display as part of the "Hinsdale in Lights - Celebrating 150 Years" exhibit at Immanuel Hall in honor of the village's sesquicentennial. To learn more about the exhibit, turn to Page 7. (Hinsdale Historical Society photo)...
The Illinois Chess Teachers held their ICT State Championship last month at The Community House. Students were grouped in six sections from kindergarten through middle school. Hinsdale students competed against students from throughout the district and Chicagoland as well. Harry Abramson captured Jane Bazan's king in their match. Remi Colmen concentrates as Sahas Siedhisena makes a move. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
After watching the margin between herself and fellow District 86 school board candidate Andrew Catton widen, Asma Akhras declared victory late Friday, three days after the election. “I can tell I’m still absorbing it,” she told The Hinsdalean Tuesday. “There’s a celebratory aspect. There’s a relief aspect — it was a tough campaign. There is an excitement aspect.” Unofficial election results on April 5, the day after the election, showed Akhras in the lead by 195 votes over...
Cecilia and Inez Nixon took advantage of a warm spring day last month to break out the chalk and create several pictures on the sidewalk in front of their home. With recent rains, the palette surely is clean and ready for them to get back into their creative mode. According to the weather forecast at press time, they will be free from April showers for the next week or so. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, April 13 Hinsdale Central High School, 55th and Grant streets www.d86.hinsdale86.org/boardofeducation Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Commission 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 11 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org/pr Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 12 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: public meeting on exterior appearance and site plan review and sign permit review for 36 E....
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business at their Tuesday meeting, trustees: • talked about buying an $840,000 pumping engine for the fire department to serve as the village’s front-line engine. The engine it will replace, which is 11 years old, will become the second line engine, replacing a vehicle that is 25 years old. The price has increased $300,000 over the last three years and supply chain issues have caused a wait time of two years for delivery. Village President Tom Cauley encouraged the fire department to loo...
Kay Gallo and Cat Greenspon appear to have won two of the three open seats on the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board. Gallo received 6,702 and Greenspon 6,615, according to unofficial totals in DuPage and Cook counties Wednesday. "I am surprised, Gallo said. "It's so hard to know how it goes. I wasn't going anywhere yesterday. I just stayed home because I've been with a group where people didn't make it and that's really sad." Less than 200 votes separated Asma Akhras and...
Hinsdale officials told residents Tuesday night that there is little they can do to address concerns about a proposed agreement with Crown Castle Fiber LLC to roll out 5G in the village. Village President Tom Cauley told residents the state and federal government have tied the village’s hands. “We have no authority to regulate the kind of equipment that telecommunications users provide,” he said. “There is a federal policy about 5G and the federal government has said they want 5G to be throughout the U.S. and they have ta...
Presidential power - This photo in Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," is of Hinsdale's J.C.F. Merrill, who was one of Hinsdale's early village presidents. "Early homes and businesses relied on kerosene lamps to provide their lighting. In 1894, Hinsdale wanted to offer its residents electricity, but with several public improvements ongoing, it had issued its statutory limit of public works bonds. In an extraordinary move, Village President J.C.F. Merrill...
John Finnell, Hinsdale's forestry and parks superintendent, uses a drip torch to start burning the prairie along Charleston Road in Hinsdale late last month. The annual burn along Charleston and the Jackson Street prairie occurs each spring to keep invasive species at bay and give room for the preferred prairie plants to grow. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
