Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!
We’re launching our annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in town jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s. If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home to our contest page from Nov. 26 to Dec. 16. Starting Monday, enter the contest at http://deckthehouse.patch.com/hinsdale. Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school …
Friday, October 28, 2011
What is wrong with you people? Please allow me to suggest five simple rules that will make all of our pumpkin fests more pleasurable.
As my lovely wife and I were enjoying a lovely evening stroll, I caught a bright orange glow out of the corner of my left eye. Turning to face the abomination, I sneered, “Would you look at that! Some overzealous Genevan already has their blanking Christmas lights up! Why, there oughtta be a law ... ” But before I could finish my inspired rant, my sainted spouse interrupted it with something even more terrifying than Christmas in October. When she said, “Those aren’t Christmas lights, you idiot. Those are Halloween lights,” I almost ran home to hide in the crawlspace. “Halloween lights!?” I exclaimed. “They can’t be Halloween lights because there’s no such thing as Halloween lights. Why, when I was a carefree young lad in Evanston, no one…
Friday, December 31, 2010
Hinsdale homes are all decked out for the holidays.
If you're looking for something to do this weekend, one fun activity might be to take a holiday light tour of the village. Hinsdale homes are sparkling with lights for the season, and we're sharing a few with you in this photo gallery. Feel free to tell us about homes you come across that we might have missed, or better yet, send us photos. For help capturing these lights at night, we have a handy Christmas-light photo tutorial here. If your photo is chosen to be added to this gallery, we will not only feature it, but you'll receive a Patch goodie bag as a prize. For more lovely homes, you can take a look at our Clarendon Hills Christmas light tour, here.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Patch wants to take you on a light tour of the town — but we need your help. Tell us about your light display, or take a photo and upload it yourself. Here's how.
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Monday, December 13, 2010
We know you spent hours wrapping your home in lights. Now it's showtime! Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Patch wants to help you show off your masterpiece of holiday lighting. Send an email to sabrina@patch.com, and let us know about your light display. Or, take your own photo and add it to this gallery (click "add" under the photos below). We're working on a light tour map of our villages for the holiday season. Need help photographing your light show? Click on the images below for some expert advice.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Pointsettias, decorations stolen from basement of building on the 10 Block of South Washington Street.
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
As the snow falls and decorations go up outside homes and in public buildings around Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills, it's a good idea to keep an eye on your Christmas decorations. "It's kind of seasonal. People are putting out decorations and lights. It's for the community, but it provides people with the opportunity to take them," said Hinsdale Deputy Police Chief Kevin Simpson. Simpson said this is not prevalent in Hinsdale, but it does happen on occasion. Sometime between 3 p.m. on Nov. 15 and 3:20 p.m. on Nov. 22, someone stole 12 red fake poinsettias, 21 sets of Christmas Lights and Christmas decorations from the basement of a building on the 10 Block of South Washington Street. Hinsdale Police say that the decorations were in a common…
Bob McQuillan
7:33 pm on Friday, October 28, 2011
Jeff I can't believe you did it. You got 33 comments on a Halloween opinion column. How many did you think you would get? Fifty is in reach but you won't reach your record from the fire pit tirade. more ›