Saturday, December 4, 2010
The fire department says this is the third time a car has crashed into the pond in front of a Westmont apartment complex.
- POLICE & FIRE
- Sabrina Wu
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Saturday, December 4, 2010
A car lost control on 59th Street around 6 p.m. in Westmont and plunged into a pond in front of the Twin Lake Towers Apartment complex. "There was a woman inside. We got her out, and she's all right," said Westmont Deputy Fire Chief Jim Connolly. "She's refusing medical treatment and will probably be heading home soon." Connolly said that this is the third time he can remember that a car has fallen into this particular pond. With the first snowfall of the season, police are urging motorists to slow down and use caution on the roads.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Cauley makes case for Hinsdale to pass sales tax increase referendum. Residents have mixed feelings.
Hinsdale's village president is asking residents to think about the current condition of roads and sewers in the village when they step in the voting booth in November. Thomas Cauley told attendees of the village board meeting Tuesday night that the village desperately needs to make repairs to its infrastructure—repairs that are part of the village's infrastructure master plan. To make the repairs, Cauley said a one percent increase in Hinsdale's sales tax is needed. Business owners in Hinsdale have mixed feelings about the proposed sales tax increase. "Paying one percent more in sales taxes makes a difference to us, especially when you're selling a high ticket item like a fur coat," said Susie Duboe-Bryant, owner of Hinsdale Furriers, …
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
The new traffic pattern will continue until mid-November.
There is some good and bad news for people who have been looking forward to the end of the Garfield Street resurfacing project. The good news is the northbound lane has been resurfaced and is now open. The bad news is the southbound lane is now closed, so traffic will still be down to one lane on Garfield Street until mid-November. To some, however, it's all bad news. Paula Goss, owner of Fuller's Home and Hardware, said, "Business has been anywhere from 10 to 15 percent slower because people can't drive north into town from 55th street and if you can't come north, how is anyone supposed to get around?" Hinsdale resident Ellie Toomey has other concerns. "I'm worried about the slick roads we'll have come October and November," she said. "…
