Chuck Fieldman

Clarendon Hills officials are hoping to have a report from an engineering consultant in about six weeks about possible solutions to deal with future flooding in the village, following recent severe storms in the area.

The Clarendon Hills Oktoberfest and a new Vintage Market are scheduled from 5 to 9 p.m. Sept. 12 at two locations in the village’s downtown.

Hinsdale will be adding a new children's activity pool to its offerings at the Hinsdale Community Pool, after the Village Board approved contracts for the new pool and for the purchase of play equipment to be used there.

A proposal that would change the village clerk position in Clarendon Hills from an elected post to one that would be appointed by the mayor will appear on the ballot Nov. 3 in the form of a referendum question.

Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181 has approved a new four-year contract for support staff.

In April 1996, a group of women who had moved to the Chicago area in the 1990s found that they had something in common.

Two months after not approving a $3.2 million downtown streetscape improvement plan, the Clarendon Hills Village Board has unanimously approved a $1.9 million version that was scaled back.

Hinsdale's annual Family Fall Festival, an event that started in 1982 and has grown over the years returns Oct. 24.

The space previously occupied by Brama la Pizza in downtown Clarendon Hills has been purchased with plans by the new owners to keep it as a restaurant.

The buzz started about three years ago, when word got out of plans for Sparrow Coffee to open in the former Starbucks space in downtown Clarendon Hills.