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.

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.

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.

For the second year in a row, Downers Grove North High School student Mandy Winslow participated in the Abraham Lincoln Book Award.
But this year, she read every book in the selection.

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.
 

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.

One out of every four motor vehicle crashes is the result of driver distractions ad inattentive driving, according to DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba.

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.

Adventist Hinsdale Hospital will conduct a free program on ovarian cancer awareness and treatment from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, at the Hinsdale Community House, 415 W. State St., Hinsdale.

For the last five years, Hinsdale resident Madeline LoPresti has found a way to wedge volunteering at the Hinsdale Humane Society into her busy schedule, which includes working as an insurance agent and raising five children.

Had Lindsay Wallace been alive and living in the Hinsdale area during the Civil War, she said she would have fared all right, except for one thing.

Potato chip wrappers, notebooks, folders, sheets of loose leaf papers and textbooks littered the carpeted floor. Eight teenage students were stretched out on the ground in various poses.

About 100 Hinsdale Central High School students will take part in a police drill/crisis simulation scheduled for 8 a.m. to noon Wednesday, June 10, at Hinsdale Central High School, 55th and Grant streets, in Hinsdale.

Village officials said Hinsdale residents eventually will have an opportunity to comment on any future proposal to install cell phone antennas on the town’s water tower at 57th and Grant streets, just south of Hinsdale Central High School.

Cameron Chana’s smile could brighten the day of those around him. His volunteer work brightened the lives of those less fortunate than himself, a local educator recalled recently.