Helen J. Anderson

First things first: Enthusiastic members of the McHenry County Old House Support Group have developed a list of tips for others interested in forming groups to preserve vintage buildings in...

Motivated motorcyclists: When Harley and Honda engines rev up today for a 60-mile ride from Oakbrook Center to Sugar Grove, the proudest biker in the group will be Dr. James...

Nothing like two-wheeling: Hinsdale attorney Bob Schaller likes bikes. What he likes even better is rounding up bikes for kids who don't have the bucks to buy them. With memories...

Just a stone's throw away: When Clarendon Hills Village Manager Joseph Breinig didn't see the stepping stones in the triangle of land that splits Prospect Avenue, the main drag, into...

Biking through beauty: Bike nights have been a bonanza for Morton Arboretum in Lisle, according to Kate Desulis, membership coordinator. "They're called Members Evenings, and a lot of people have...

Hinsdale supplies the talent: Hinsdale was home to Patricia Hurd during her student days at Northwestern University, and Rick Hilsabeck grew up there, but they didn't meet until eight years...

Just wondering: If I buy a TV-advertised car, will mine be the only one on the road, as they show on the commercials?

In 1987, DuPage County residents began hearing sounds of shattering glass, tumbling bricks and splintering wood as bulldozers reduced livable houses to rubble, to be replaced by more palatial dwellings....

Traveling for treats: Of the 18 sites selected for Dinners a l'Art's 1998 fundraiser for the Hinsdale Center for the Arts (HCA), none marries menu and meeting place better than...

Working from the outside in: When Alice Mansell of Hinsdale sees a need, she has the charisma, connections and organizational skills to help out. Invited to Hinsdale's Katherine Legge Memorial...