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Hinsdale District 86 continues with hybrid instruction

November 23, 2020 at 5:46 p.m.

Hinsdale High School District 86 will continue to offer students in-person instruction in a hybrid model, despite the district administrators asking for a return to fully remote classes for at...

Plymouth Place Dining Services Marketing Manager Michelle Siegfried places a turkey inside Leonel Carmona's trunk as a Thanksgiving thank you to its staff.

Turkeys, pumpkin pies and Thanksgiving fixings were Plymouth Place’s thank you to its employees

November 23, 2020 at 12:26 p.m.

Employees of Plymouth Place Senior Living in La Grange Park could get a head start on their Thanksgiving meal with the delivery Friday of frozen turkeys and pumpkin pie to...

The northwest corner of the natatorium under construction at Hinsdale Central High School in Hinsdale.

Hinsdale District 86 referendum projects are on schedule and under budget, contractors say

November 16, 2020 at 3:37 p.m.

With the walls up for the new pool facility at Hinsdale Central High School, District 86 contractors report the projects funded by last year's referendum are proceeding on time and...

Hinsdale Central teenager looks to change the world, starting with her parents’ native country

November 23, 2020 at 10:02 a.m.

Editor's note: This story and headline have been edited to refocus the story on the actions of the profile's subject. A longer editor's note at the end of the story...

Hinsdale installed rain gardens in a neighborhood near 55th and County-Line Road, in three phrases between 2012 and 2016.

Western Springs residents say no to rain gardens

November 12, 2020 at 4:06 p.m.

Western Springs has put an idea to install rain gardens in the Ridgewood subdivision on hold following resident outcry. Red "No Rain Gardens in Ridgewood" signs have sprouted throughout the...

Hinsdale School District 86 Superintendent Tammy Prentiss (from left), then School Board President Nancy Pollak and board members Kevin Camden, Erik Held and Marty Turek at a July 2019 board meeting.

Hinsdale school board, in compliance with lawsuit settlement, gets a lesson on freedom of speech

November 11, 2020 at 1:35 p.m.

To comply with the settlement agreement for a First Amendment lawsuit, the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board listened to a presentation on freedom of speech. Maryam Judar, executive director...

Hinsdale invites the community to make ornaments to decorate the live trees in Burlington Park.

Diane Dachota/for Pioneer Press, Hinsdale Christmas Walk, Nov. 30, 2018

Hinsdale invites community to make ornaments for trees in Burlington Park

November 10, 2020 at 1:36 p.m.

Hinsdale is asking the community to help decorate the trees in Burlington Park for the holidays. People have until Dec. 7 to submit a handmade ornament made of weatherproof material....

Emma Dryfoos, 7, of La Grange Park brings a jack o' lantern, carved with a cat, for recycling.

Hundreds of pumpkins diverted from landfill at pumpkin smashes in La Grange Park, Western Springs and Darien

November 9, 2020 at 3:58 p.m.

Families brought more than 900 pumpkins to La Grange Park's Pumpkin Smash Saturday, filling a dumpster. "Some families just walked up, pulling their pumpkins in a wagon behind them," said...

Patricia Evans (left) and Nancy Ziccarelli have a stronger bond than living next to each other in Darien for 34 years.

A Darien woman needed a kidney donor. Her next-door neighbor raised her hand.

November 9, 2020 at 12:16 p.m.

Patricia Evans, who recently received the Heart of Darien award, literally gave of herself to someone else. It was not her heart, but a kidney, that she donated to her...

Joe Biden easily won the vote over Donal Trump in DuPage County.

County party chairs not surprised by Biden’s success in DuPage

November 9, 2020 at 12:31 p.m.

Neither Cynthia Borbas, chair of the Democratic Party of DuPage County, nor James Zay, chairman of the DuPage County Republicans, expressed surprise Thursday about Joe Biden's success against Donald Trump...

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