The deficit in last year’s budget has been accounted for and Community Unit School District 201 appears to be in good financial health for the 2008-09 fiscal year.

Adventist Hinsdale Hospital is asking community members to drop off clean, gently used coats during its annual coat drive.

The first day of classes was a dark one for those at Monroe School.

Several DuPage County residents with potential exposure to rabies are undergoing preventive treatment measures, according to the county Health Department. Three bats have tested positive for rabies so far this year in DuPage County.

The Clarendon Hills Park District's Active Learners Preschool has openings in its 3- and 4-year-old preschool classes for the 2008-09 school year.

Community Consolidated School District 181 will conduct fall preschool screenings Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 22 and 23, at the Katherine Legge Memorial Park Lodge, 5901 South County Line Road, Hinsdale. The session will take about an hour.

 The Hinsdale Central soccer team hosted it's Parent-Child soccer clinic at noon on Saturday. The clinic was followed by team scrimmage later in the afternoon.

Local physicians who provide free medical care are now protected against lawsuits by a new state law.

A 32-year-old Cicero man has been charged with molesting a 13-year-old girl in DuPage County in 2005.

The Suburban Life Newspaper welcomed Laura Castle to its news staff this week.

It was by chance Alesh Patel was outside at 7:30 p.m. July 29 to witness a man fleeing from the nearby Hinsdale Food Mart.

Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South high schools are on track to have synthetic turf fields for games and practices starting in the 2009-10 school year.

Hinsdale resident Linda Rio Reichmann has joined the Community Consolidated School District 181 School Board, filling the seat vacated by Bruce Walker until the April 2009 election.

The Clarendon Hills Police Department is working with the FBI after a man entered a local bank Aug. 12 with the intention of robbing it.
 

Join Five Seasons Sports Club for their fundraiser car wash Sat., Aug. 23rd to benefit Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago.