News
By Don Grigas, dgrigas@mysuburbanlife.com
Thu Jul 02, 2009, 05:55 PM CDT
A full slate of unique vehicles, bands and individuals representing local organizations, animals and floats — more than 60 entries — are scheduled to participate in Hinsdale’s Fourth of July Parade, which kicks off at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 4 at Garfield Avenue and Sixth Street.
Wed Jul 01, 2009, 04:53 PM CDT
The skate park facility in Veeck Park will reopen at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 4, according to Village of Hinsdale officials.
By John Bachmann, jbachmann@mysuburbanlife.com
Fri Jun 26, 2009, 12:45 PM CDT
Residents who live or own a business in Lemont must get a vehicle sticker and have it displayed on their vehicle by July 1.
Wed Jun 24, 2009, 10:18 AM CDT
The Hinsdale Zoning and Public Safety Committee will wait another month before considering whether to make a recommendation to the Village Board on implementing fee-based parking along Grant Street east of Hinsdale Central High School.
By Don Grigas, dgrigas@mysuburbanlife.com
Mon Jun 22, 2009, 04:28 PM CDT
The Hinsdale Police Department will be staffing additional patrol officers through July 6 as part of an Illinois Department of Transportation initiative to crack down on drunken drivers.
By staff reports
Mon Jun 22, 2009, 04:09 PM CDT
A car crash in West Chicago closed down two lanes of traffic on eastbound Route 64 (North Avenue) for part of the afternoon Monday and seriously injured one person, according to police.
By Don Grigas, dgrigas@mysuburbanlife.com
Mon Jun 22, 2009, 11:35 AM CDT
Tricia Montgomery does not want to be portrayed as a hero, but her eleventh-hour rescue of Hinsdale’s End of the Summer Bash has brought praise from local officials.
By Don Grigas, dgrigas@mysuburbanlife.com
Thu Jun 18, 2009, 07:04 PM CDT
Hinsdale Township High School District 86 plans to introduce the two veteran educators who will replace outgoing Principal Kevin Pobst at a special “meet and greet” this summer.
By Don Grigas, dgrigas@mysuburbanlife.com
Thu Jun 18, 2009, 05:00 PM CDT
Hinsdale’s Center for the Arts lost $50,000 in funding from the village this year and could see more reductions as the Illinois Arts Council faces its own budget cuts.
By Don Grigas, dgrigas@mysuburbanlife.com
Thu Jun 18, 2009, 01:40 PM CDT
Recent rainy weather may be conducive to making gardens and lawns grow, but it is making havoc with public swimming pools serving customers.
By Don Grigas, dgrigas@mysuburbanlife.com
Thu Jun 18, 2009, 11:55 AM CDT
Students at Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South high schools who enroll in drivers education will have to shell out $350 to take the course starting in the 2010-11 school year.
By Don Grigas, dgrigas@mysuburbanlife.com
Wed Jun 17, 2009, 04:39 PM CDT
A group of 46 volunteers from the Hinsdale and Burr Ridge recently made their way through Costa Rican communities, providing medical assistance, performing construction services and ministering.
By Don Grigas, dgrigas@mysuburbanlife.com
Wed Jun 17, 2009, 02:01 PM CDT
The popular End of Summer Bash — initially dropped this year due to budget cuts by the village of Hinsdale — is back on for Aug. 28 at Burlington Park.
By Staff reports
Wed Jun 17, 2009, 01:49 PM CDT
Hinsdale Central High School and Hinsdale South High School both have been named to the “Newsweek” magazine’s annual list of top public schools nationwide.
By Don Grigas, dgrigas@mysuburbanlife.com
Fri Jun 12, 2009, 03:24 PM CDT
Ann and Bill Crilly were not sure they would drive 150 miles from Wyocena, Wis., to attend Sunday’s 20th Annual Hinsdale Humane Society Pet Walk.
By Don Grigas, dgrigas@mysuburbanlife.com
Thu Jun 11, 2009, 07:30 PM CDT
At about 9 a.m. Wednesday, Hinsdale Police Department dispatchers sent out a transmission stating Hinsdale Central High School reported a vehicle on fire in front of the building.
By Don Grigas, dgrigas@mysuburbanlife.com
Thu Jun 11, 2009, 04:21 PM CDT
Throughout the past few years, Hinsdale Village Board meetings could be easily described as often volatile, contentious and acrimonious.
By Don Grigas, dgrigas@mysuburbanlife.com
Thu Jun 11, 2009, 01:04 PM CDT
One of the first things Hinsdale Village President Tom Cauley did Thursday, June 11, was to e-mail long-time friend Kirk Dillard to congratulate him on his plans to run for governor in 2010.
By Don Grigas, dgrigas@mysuburbanlife.com
Wed Jun 10, 2009, 05:37 PM CDT
Every summer children take advantage of nice weather to ride bicycles, and every summer the emergency room receives its share of children with head injuries resulting from bicycle mishaps.
Tue Jun 09, 2009, 02:24 PM CDT
One out of every four motor vehicle crashes is the result of driver distractions ad inattentive driving, according to DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba.
By Don Grigas, dgrigas@mysuburbanlife.com
Mon Jun 08, 2009, 04:59 PM CDT
Robert A. Pawlak, 19, a former Hinsdale South High School student, died after plunging seven stories to his death in an Ames, Iowa apartment elevator shaft last weekend.