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2013

Thursday, April 25, 2013

YouTube Videos of April 2013 Hinsdale/Burr Ridge Area Flooding

Check out some video documentation of the floods that swamped much of Hinsdale, Burr Ridge and surrounding towns last week.

Plenty of last week's dramatic flooding in and around towns like Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Willowbrook was captured by residents and passers-by and uploaded to YouTube, where we found a couple dozen videos documenting residents' own experiences with the storm and its fallout. From Burr Ridge up to Oak Brook and everything inbetween, check out some of what people caught on video up above!

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Add a Punchline to Our New Year Cartoon

If you've got wit, add your caption to Patch's weekly comic challenge and win a personalized print.

Are you blessed with insight and good humor? Or just bored today? Share your wit with your neighbors by entering Patch's comic caption challenge. Just add your dialogue for today's comic in the comment section of this post. Our only requirement is that you keep it clean! At week's end, we'll pick the winning punchline based on how many of us here at Patch giggle and smile at your contribution. The user who produces the winning punchline will get a personalized proof of the comic, with the winning words and a credit line, from cartoonist Chuck Ingwersen and Patch. Congratulations to Rosanne Zawisza, who provided the winning punchline to last week's Dog Gift Return cartoon: Hi There!! my eye Dr. told me I need an eye seeing dog, soooo now I …

Roy Mitchell

10:14 am on Tuesday, February 5, 2013

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