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Deeds for the following properties in Hinsdale and Golfview Hills were recorded in DuPage County from March 28 to April 21. 1. 5531 S. Park Ave., Chicago Title Land Trust Co. to Ayman Al Hendy and Nahed Ismail, March 28, $1,475,000 2. 133 S. Park Ave., Kimberly and John Fikejs to 1st American Bank Trust, March 28, $900,000 3. 820 S. Adams St., John L. Manta Trust to Paula Manta, March 28, $388,000 4. 4. 425 E. Fourth St., Amit and Asha Mehrotra to Cartus Financial Corp. March 29, $2,690,000 5. 425 E. Fourth St., Cartus Financ...
CHMS band invited to superstate The Clarendon Hills Middle School eighth-grade band has been invited to perform at the prestigious University of Illinois SuperState Concert Band Festival May 5 at the Krannert Center in Champaign-Urbana. It’s been a decade since a CHMS band has performed at SuperState, with the last appearance in 2013. At SuperState, three classes of high schools are invited to perform, based on school size, but only one middle school class, which makes it extremely competitive and difficult to be chosen at t...
The mood was unusually jovial at Tuesday night's Hinsdale Village Board meeting. "Thank you all for coming," Village President Tom Cauley told the crowd. "Usually when we have this many people in the room it's not a good thing." The village's first official 150th anniversary celebration brought out everyone from residents to former trustees to a U.S. congressman. After conducting regular business (see roundup on Page 6), Cauley read a sesquicentennial proclamation, citing the...
The second floor of 47 S. Washington St. is currently unoccupied and available to lease. Core Remodel moved out last fall. Incorrect information appeared in the April 27 “Once upon a time” caption....
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business at their Tuesday meeting, trustees: • agreed to limit parking in the village deck to six hours, offer purple permits for employees to park in the deck for more than six hours and implement a three-hour time limit on the 15 angled spaces on the drive leading to the deck entrance off Washington Street. Trustees are expected to approve the changes at their May 16 meeting. which would go into effect June 1. • thanked outgoing Trustee Laurel Haarlow for her service to the board sin...
The Memorial Building and Police/Fire departments are sporting Hinsdale's Sesquincentennial flags installed last week. With a spring storm providing a bit of dramatic lighting and high winds, the flags were in all their glory April 20. The Hinsdalean continues its year-long coverage of Hinsdale's 150th on Page 7. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
A Hinsdale man was arrested April 18 in Minnesota on four felony counts related to attempted sexual conduct with a minor. Derrick D. Willman, 56, 502 N. Garfield Ave., faces the following charges: attempted criminal sexual conduct, third degree (penetration) with a victim age 14-15; attempted criminal sexual conduct, fourth degree (contact) with a victim age 14-15; soliciting a child or someone believed to be a child through electronic communication to engage in sexual conduct; and engaging in electronic communication...
Neil Krupicka was swarmed by his family after his speech dedicating the new gymnastics gym at Hinsdale Central. The Krupicka Gymnastic Gym open house was held Saturday, and several hundred people gathered to tour the new facility for Central's girls and boys gymnastics program. Krupicka's time at Central began as a student in 1963 and resumed after college, when he taught and coached for 34 years before retiring. During that time his teams made 32 state team appearances,...
Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Future. The village of Hinsdale hopes to project that two-fold spirit in its 150-year sesquicentennial celebration this year through various expressions in the months ahead. Assistant village manager Andrianna Peterson said a proclamation will be read commemorating the milestone anniversary of Hinsdale's 1873 incorporation following the village board meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 2. "We've invited legislators and community and organization...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, May 1 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: recognize outgoing board member, seat new board members, elect board officers, approve 2023-24 board meeting calendar with reception, retiree recognition and D181 Foundation recognitions preceding meeting from 5-7 p.m. Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 3 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-...
This is the final week for Hinsdale residents to purchase vehicle stickers before the fee increases on May 2. 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. The st...
Hinsdale Central's Black Student Union invited students during to help contribute to the Hinsdale Central Wall of Unity project during their lunch hours April 20. Lillie Blackmon adds paint to Leah Theoharous' hand, while student teacher Miranda Demass and club sponsor Gia Maniscalco paint the hands of Reece Kolke and Ben Oosterbaans. Finesa Bajraktari gets a close up picture. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Early Hinsdale - This photo in Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," is of Washington Street. "The east side of Washington Street around 1902 reveals several stores still familiar in 2012. The shorter, light colored frame building in the center of the photograph was built in 1881. It is the oldest building standing in Hinsdale's downtown, now home of Phillips' Flowers, at 47 S. Washington St." Core Remodel recently remodeled the second floor and now occupies...
The annual Clarendon Hills Pizza wars were fought last week - and the winner was anyone who showed up to eat pizza! Four vendors - Brama La Pizza, Home Run Inn, Rosati's and Sarpino's - all donated pizza to the event sponsored by the CHMS PTO, serving up more than 500 people. Baker and Willa Guerrero and Manny Delosantos did their best for the fight. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
When the Hinsdale’s parking deck opened in 2020, the pandemic was suppressing activity in the village’s central business district and leaving the new facility’s usage patterns in neutral. Almost three years later, officials have found that the 189 village-controlled lower level spaces are typically filled during prime daytime hours. The investment has paid off, suggested Hinsdale Village President Tom Cauley at the April 18 village board meeting, with central business district merchants and employees parking in the deck...
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...
Hinsdale police had to call for backup Monday morning when the squad car they were using to collect donated items at Madison School reached capacity. Almost 3,500 pounds of canned goods and paper products were collected by police stationed at District 181 schools during the past week in the annual Stuff the Squad competition. Madison School claimed the districtwide title by contributing 858 pounds. Isla and Grace Callahan bring their donation up to the squad, while Hinsdale...
Crown Castle will be allowed to install 137 additional wireless facilities in the village over the next two years to provide enhanced 5G service, according to a settlement agreement Hinsdale trustees approved Tuesday. And for the second board meeting in a row, consideration of the controversial pact drew a roomful of residents concerned about the project’s potential adverse health consequences and affect on property values. Village President Tom Cauley said rejecting wireless infrastructure provider Crown Castle’s req...
