Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
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Hinsdale-area residents can mark the nation's 250th birthday this summer and fall with a free outdoor sculpture exhibition in Glen Ellyn, a community-made flag on display in Warrenville, and a Tuesday, July 28 lecture at the Hinsdale Public Library on Illinois's role in the American Revolution.
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Hinsdale-area residents can mark the nation's 250th birthday this summer and fall with a free outdoor sculpture exhibition in Glen Ellyn, a community-made flag on display in Warrenville, and a Tuesday, July 28 lecture at the Hinsdale Public Library on Illinois's role in the American Revolution.
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Hinsdale-area residents can mark the nation's 250th birthday this summer and fall with a free outdoor sculpture exhibition in Glen Ellyn, a community-made flag on display in Warrenville, and a Tuesday, July 28 lecture at the Hinsdale Public Library on Illinois's role in the American Revolution.
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UChicago Medicine AdventHealth St. Thomas Hospice in Hinsdale launches a free six-week grief support group for adults who have lost a parent, starting Thursday, August 6, at 119 E. Ogden Ave., led by bereavement coordinator Maureen Jordan.
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Clarendon Hills' Becky Cavanagh, a 13-year Special Olympics Illinois competitor, has been named the 2026 Chicago Ducky Derby ambassador and will pull the winning duck from the Chicago River on Thursday, Aug. 6.
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Hinsdale Central head boys soccer coach Michael Wiggins will lead the Champions Reading Club at the Community House on Wednesday evenings from late August through late September, pairing District 181 parents and young readers for shared book time.
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The Hinsdale Public Library reopens Thursday, July 16 after a three-day construction shutdown, with Summer Storytime returning that morning and free family programs scheduled through late July as the $4 million renovation continues.
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The Hinsdale Public Library reopens Thursday, July 16, after a three-day full building shutdown for floor demolition and elevator upgrades, the most disruptive phase yet in its $4 million renovation funded entirely from capital reserves.
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Hinsdale broke ground on the Burlington Park Pavilion on Saturday, July 4, a $341,121.94 project funded entirely by private donations and built by Dave Knecht Homes, with a final Village Board vote scheduled for Tuesday, July 21.
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Hinsdale Central rising junior Elizabeth Zhu won one of only two American Visions Awards given nationwide at the 2026 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for her pen drawing "Fragrant Memory," created in instructor Aleksandra Zdun's Drawing and Painting 2 course.
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Hinsdale's 50th-anniversary Farmers Market runs Monday, July 7, at Burlington Park, and a free patriotic concert by the 30-member Chicago Brass Band plays Wednesday, July 8, at the McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn as part of the village's year-long America 250 commemoration.
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Hinsdale's annual Fourth of July parade begins at 10 a.m. Saturday at Sixth Street and Garfield Avenue, followed by the "4th for All" celebration at Burlington Park featuring crafts, food, and kids activities on the nation's 250th birthday.
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Two Hinsdale South High School students helped create a mobile mural marking America's 250th anniversary, now on public display at Cass Avenue and Plainfield Road in Darien.
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Hinsdale Prime Steak joins nearly 20 vendors at the free Taste of Oak Brook on Friday, July 3, which opens an hour earlier this year at 2 p.m., followed by the Taste of Westmont July 9–12 and Lombard Brewfest July 18.
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Hinsdale resident Dr. Alexis Gunartt earned her Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership from DePaul University in June 2026, completing years of evening coursework as a single mother of two young children and writing a dissertation drawn from her own experience.
