As surely as puffs of smoke follow exploding fireworks, a mass exodus from Hinsdale to all Midwest lakes great and small will begin soon. And that exodus means packing up stuff. For me, it seems ...

With hundreds of millions of dollars of cars on display and thousands of people attending, Rino Burdi's Father's Day Functional Art Car Show was a smashing success. One of the highlights was a 1994 ...

What can we learn about the Declaration of Independence? The Second Continental Congress - one of the provisional legislative bodies formed to govern the 13 American colonies - did not set out to cast ...

Union Church recently held a "Blessing of Bicycles, and strollers, scooters, skates ... and anything that rolls" after church on May 31. Rev. Grant Gowiak blesses Stevie Standring's scooter along with ...

The Hinsdale Police Department’s July Fourth safety campaign, with a focus on impaired and unbuckled drivers, will continue through Monday, July 6, to encompass the weekend after Independence Day. “We ...

In the first of The Hinsdalean's three-part round-up of recently graduated high school student-athletes ascending to college sports programs, the new undergrads reveal both cherished reflections on ...

I have fond memories of the nation's bicentennial. I was 9 years old and very enthusiastic about celebrating such an important birthday for our country. I remember collecting bicentennial quarters, ...

By Sandy Illian Bosch news@thehinsdalean.com The name of this year's Fourth of July celebration in Hinsdale says it all. "4th ...

Rising Hinsdale Central junior Elizabeth Zhu is an accomplished musician. But that's not what earned her a trip to Carnegie ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago, 56 men signed a 1,300-word document that would change history. “When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands ...

Hinsdale High School District 86 Among other business June 25, board members: • approved the following four goals for Superintendent Chip Pettit: Identify a league of comparable districts to establish ...

The pavilion project for Burlington Park has a new prospective builder and a blueprint to keep its costs in line. Hinsdale trustees at Tuesday’s village board meeting reviewed a contract with Dave ...