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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.
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
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 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 Catherine Leyden, cleyden@mysuburbanlife.com
Fri Jun 12, 2009, 01:40 PM CDT
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.
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, 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.
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.
By Staff reports
Mon Jun 08, 2009, 04:16 PM CDT
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.
By Don Grigas, dgrigas@mysuburbanlife.com
Mon Jun 08, 2009, 12:30 PM CDT
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.
By Don Grigas, dgrigas@mysuburbanlife.com
Thu Jun 04, 2009, 10:11 PM CDT
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.
By Don Grigas, dgrigas@mysuburbanlife.com
Thu Jun 04, 2009, 05:35 PM CDT
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.
By Don Grigas, dgrigas@mysuburbanlife.com
Thu Jun 04, 2009, 03:10 PM CDT
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.
By Don Grigas, dgrigas@mysuburbanlife.com
Thu Jun 04, 2009, 07:19 AM CDT
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.
By Don Grigas, dgrigas@mysuburbanlife.com
Wed Jun 03, 2009, 10:50 PM CDT
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.