Clarendon Hills Middle School assistant principal gets top job at Walker School

CLARENDON HILLS — Eric Chisausky could easily walk from his current job to the position he will fill starting July 1.

The assistant principal at Clarendon Hills Middle School will take over as principal at Walker School.

“This is a great community, and I have …

Clarendon Hills Idol to make debut at Daisy Days

CLARENDON HILLS — Organizer Derek Berg hopes the first-ever Clarendon Hills Idol competition at Daisy Days will begin a tradition.

Berg, owner of Clarendon Hills Music Academy in the village’s downtown, and colleague Michele Thomas, a vocal coach, came up with the idea for a …

County officials seek new approach in the fight against mosquitos

One DuPage County township will soon be a test case in the fight against mosquitos. The Mosquito Abatement Task Force has agreed on several priorities in its effort to both combat the West Nile virus that claimed five lives last year, and also streamline and …

Hinsdale board extends liquor hours to allow Fuller’s bar and grill

HINSDALE —Doug Fuller and his partners got the later hours they wanted from the Hinsdale Village Board and plan to have a family restaurant open by the fall.

Fuller plans to convert the southern portion of Fuller’s Home & Hardware store, on Garfield and First …

Kesman and Paulsen return to Hinsdale Central as interim principals

HINSDALE — Two retired principals are returning to Hinsdale Central High School as interim leaders.

The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board approved hiring Tom Paulsen and Frank Kesman as interim principals for next school year.

Principal Michael McGrory announced last month he has accepted …

Clarendon Hills will use state to collect debts

CLARENDON HILLS — Clarendon Hills officials expect to collect unpaid parking tickets and final water bills.

Under an agreement with the state Comptroller’s Office for its Local Debt Recovery Program, the village may collect debts through deducting from checks issued by the state to those …

Clarendon Hills spa stays in style

CLARENDON HILLS — After about 27 years of cutting and styling hair, Buke Batoya is still learning.

And the owner of Bukes Salon & Spa makes certain her 35 employees continue to learn, too. In-store education and trips to professional conferences are as regular as …

New Clarendon Hills trustees call themselves fiscal conservatives

CLARENDON HILLS — The two new trustees sworn in Monday to the Clarendon Hills Village Board describe themselves as fiscal conservatives.

Both of the new trustees, Don Knoll and Eric Stach, were uncontested in the April 9 election. Incumbent Ed Reid was re-elected. The three …

Hinsdale District 86 votes to rebid summer construction projects

HINSDALE — The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board voted Monday to cancel contracts for summer construction projects.

The decision could result in cancelation fees of $17,000 to the construction firm Gilbane Inc. and $12,000 to their contractors.

The board voted 4-3 to cancel the …

3 Brookfield Zoo dolphins expecting

Chicago Zoological Society officials say three Brookfield Zoo bottlenose dolphins are pregnant. Officials say Allie, 26, Tapeko, 31, and Spree, 10, are due to give birth this summer and fall.

Hinsdale Central alumnus ordained

Hinsdale Central alumnus John Lovitsch was ordained a priest Saturday at the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet.

He anticipated the sacrament the day before.

“I enter as a deacon and I leave as a priest,” Lovitsch said.

The difference, he explains, is a …

Clarendon Hills crime briefs for May 20

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Clarendon Hills Police Department. BURGLARY Earrings valued at $2,800 and a camera valued at $200 were reported stolen at 1:38 p.m. May 14 from a home on the 500 block of Carlysle Drive. A …

Talent to shine in Clarendon Hills Middle School fundraiser

CLARENDON HILLS — Frankie Barreda isn’t worried about outdoing herself. The Clarendon Hills Middle School eighth-grader will perform Thursday in her third consecutive Donoroo, a fundraising talent show.

Winning candidates spent more than $15,000 in Hinsdale District 86

HINSDALE —The Friends for District 86 campaign fund spent more than $15,000 to defeat the incumbents on the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board.

Ed Corcoran, Victor Casini and Claudia Manley won three of the four seats up for election April 9.

Kay Gallo of …

Low ad revenue estimates force Metra to delay Wi-Fi study

Metra is delaying the second phase of a plan to get Wi-Fi on trains amid concern the rail agency wouldn’t get enough from advertising dollars and would still have to spend millions annually.