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March 4, 2021 • Hinsdale, Illinois • Volume XV, Issue 24 • 52 Pages • $1 on Newsstands Community Journalism the Way It Was Meant to Be Thursday, March 4, 2021 • Hinsdale, Illinois • Volume XV, Issue 24 • 52 Pages • $1 on newsstands Community journalism the way it was meant to be DECISION ★ ★ 2021 Cookies and Canvas is a perfect match — The Cookies and Canvas class held monthly at The Community House offers a chance to create a masterpiece and have a few treats along the way. Parents have the opportunity to take a class with their kids, and all participants have the opportunity to experiment with several different painting approaches. Hazel Murphy moves in for a close up while adding paint to her project. Please turn to Page 16 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff photo) DECISION ★ ★ Library2021 candidates share more Hinsdale woman ready to Writers share their favorites views in round two of charts. celebrate 100 years of living. from other women writers. Page 5 Page 9 Page 17 Page 2 • March 4, 2021 • The Hinsdalean NEWS Chicago Avenue work to last all summer By Pamela Lannom you’ll notice ComEd trucks all over March 15 and then 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. variations to some line items.” [email protected] the place,” Trustee Neale Byrnes Monday to Friday until the project Neri also was selected to com- said. is finished in mid-May. plete Phase 1 of this replacement Work to replace the 98-year-old, The utility company is construct- In addition to scheduling, the last summer. The $1 million project 12-inch water main under West ing a new supply line from their water main project likely will pres- replaced the water main from the Chicago Avenue from Washington transformer station at Symonds ent some other challenges, village plant on Symonds Drive west to Street to Stough Street will begin Drive and North Park Avenue to engineer Dan Deeter wrote in his Garfield Avenue, requiring crews to later this month. South Vine Street. The proposed memo to trustees. dig under the railroad tracks. Trustees Tuesday awarded the route is west on Symonds Drive and “These include traffic manage- The village also awarded the con- $1.7 million contract for Phase Chicago Avenue and then south on ment during construction, leaking struction observation contract for 2 of the project to John Neri Vine, ending south of the BNSF rail- underground storage tanks adjacent the 2021 project to Hr Green Inc. in Construction Co., whose bid came road tracks. to the planned route and conflicts an amount not to exceed $121,980. in $515,000 under budget. Work is ComEd has agreed to complete with an above-average number of That bid was $126,000 under bud- tentatively set to start March 15. the Chicago Avenue portion of its underground utilities already under get. Before that project begins, project by March 15, and trustees West Chicago Avenue,” Deeter Village officials acknowledged the ComEd has construction work to Tuesday granted the company per- reported. “Staff and our engineer- work will affect travel through town. complete on Chicago Avenue from mission to start work an hour earlier ing consultants have attempted to “Chicago Avenue is going to be Vine Street to Washington Street. than permitted under village code. quantify these issues in the line item pretty difficult for the upcoming “If you’ve been down Chicago Construction hours are 7 a.m. to 5 quantities. However, these chal- months,” village manager Kathleen Avenue in the last couple of days, p.m. Monday to Saturday through lenges create the potential for larger Gargano said. Slip slidin’ away Village crews did their best over the past couple of months to and Logan Albanese added the last coat just a couple weeks keep the ice in tip top shape at Burns Field. On the coldest ago. Today the rink is more like a pond, and with temperatures days, water was sprayed to create new layers of ice with a staying above freezing, it looks like ice skating season is over. perfect finish. Hinsdale Public Works employees Eric Kasperski (Jim Slonoff photo) The Hinsdalean • March 4, 2021 • Page 3 ONCE UPON A TIME RESULTS MATTER, EXPERIENCE COUNTS Green thumb – Sandy See Why Over 100 Buyers & Sellers Gave Kim 5 Stars Williams, in her book, “Images of America — Hinsdale,” writes about Englishman Fred Morris. “Morris Thinking Of Moving In 2021, established Morris Florists in 1894. CALL KIM TODAY! Shown about 1907 in the greenhouse near 630.533.8800 • [email protected] his home at Hickory KIMLOTKA.COM and Grant Streets, Morris produced shrubs, vegetables and herbs as well as flowers. 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