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Forest Park resident is one millionth rider on Flyover at Navy Pier
Mayor promotes a Forest Park stop on the O’Hare Flyer
‘I was so shocked,’ said Maddy Norton, who won free rides for life; ‘My hands were shaking. I couldn’t focus’
Site could be a villageowned parking lot north of the Eisenhower
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
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On Aug. 26, Forest Park resident Maddy Norton expected to have a Wednesday afternoon retreat with her coworkers at Navy Pier in Chicago. Instead, she was the millionth rider at the Flyover attraction, winning unlimited free rides for life. “I was so shocked. It was almost comical because this does not happen, ever,” Norton told the Review. She grew up in Berkley, went to Proviso Math and Science Academy, and has lived in Forest Park since April. While Norton didn’t previously know much about Flyover — an immersive theater attraction with moving seats and a giant screen showing drone footSee FLYOVER WINNER on page 9
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Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins is bullish about the possibility of a Forest Park stop on the route of the proposed O’Hare Flyer express train that would connect downtown Chicago with O’Hare International Airport. The train would make its way through Forest Park and neighboring communities at 80 mph every 15 minutes from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. The total travel time from downtown Chicago to the airport would be 15 minutes. Hoskins envisions an added stop in Forest Park on the north side of the Eisenhower Expressway at a village-owned parking lot that has been underutilized since the pandemic. “It’s virtually empty most days,” Hoskins said See O’HARE FLYER on page 12
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Locals petition to keep Forest Home Cemetery open later Last month, the cemetery started closing at 4 p.m. instead of dusk, citing security concerns By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
After buying a crypt for her husband in May, Jennifer Figueroa was visiting Forest Home Cemetery in August with her 11-year-old daughter when, around 3:50 p.m., a staff member came by to say the cemetery gates would be closing soon. “I was completely shocked and confused because I had never been notified that visitation hours had changed,” Figueroa told the Review in an email. When Figueroa bought her husband’s plot, she was told she could visit the cemetery from dawn to dusk — which can be as late as 8 p.m. in August. “As we gathered our belongings and walked back to our car, I remember feeling devastated that our grief suddenly seemed to have limitations and a schedule,” Figueroa said. “It was difficult to understand how families could be expected to
fit mourning and remembrance into what felt like office hours.” Figueroa started a petition on Aug. 20 against the 4 p.m. closure of Forest Home Cemetery. As of Sept. 4, the petition has over 630 signatures. Forest Home Cemetery did not respond to request for comment. “Cemetery management explained via my email request that the change was due to security concerns,” Figueroa said. There have been a recent string of thefts from cemeteries, and last month, two people were arrested for stealing brass doors from cemeteries in Forest Park and surrounding municipalities. Figueroa’s petition asks Forest Home Cemetery to consider the access of grieving loved ones in their security measures, suggesting that visiting hours are extended to at least 7 p.m., or the cemetery implements controlled access for plot owners. “Our goal is not confrontation but collab-
oration. We hope to work together toward a solution that respects both the operational needs of the cemetery and the needs of families seeking time for remembrance and reflection,” Figueroa said. “Access to our loved ones should be balanced with security concerns in a way that recognizes the realities of work, school and family life.” After Forest Home Cemetery started closing at 4 p.m. last month, “I arranged with my employer to leave work early so I could pick [my daughter] up after her first day of middle school and take her to visit her father,” Figueroa said in an email. “She wanted to tell him all about her first day. We rushed through traffic only to find the gates already closed at 4 p.m. The heartbreak on her face in that moment is something I will never forget. As a parent, not being able to give my daughter that opportunity to feel connected to her father on such an important day was devastating.”
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Third year for Oak Park’s film festival Festival opens Sept. 16 with local people, places and Tavi Gevinson By JACKIE PISANO Staff Reporter
Venice. Cannes. Toronto. Sundance. Tribeca. South by Southwest. And — Oak Park? Major film festivals have long taken center stage as vital cultural and commercial launchpads connecting visionary directors and renowned filmmakers with audiences and critics. But in 2023, a group of Oak Park creatives came together to establish the village’s very own film festival, proving masterful cinema and storytelling doesn’t just happen on global stages. Now in its third year, the Oak Park - IL Film Festival (OPILFF) has established itself as a celebration of independent cinema right in our own backyard — an annual event honoring filmmakers who share a deep-rooted bond with the community through projects spotlighting Oak Park through content, casting, crew or setting. This year’s fest kicks off Wednesday, Sept. 16, with a special Opening Night program at the Lake Theatre, 1022 Lake St., featuring a Hollywood film with a special Oak Park connection — 2013’s “Enough Said,” starring the late James Gandolfini, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Oak Park native Tavi Gevinson. Gevinson, who launched fashion blog, “Style Rookie,” at age 11 founded the iconic “Rookie Magazine” just four years later, quickly becoming a global sensation and one of the most distinctive voices of her generation. Following her 2014 graduation from Oak Park and River Forest High School, Gevinson expanded her reach into acting, landing celebrated roles on both Broadway (“This Is Our Youth,” “The Crucible”) and television (“Scream Queens,” “Gossip Girl”). Prior to screening Gevinson’s film, the film fest’s Opening Night will feature a special video interview, filmed especially for
the event. The festival continues Saturday, Sept. 19 and Sunday, Sept. 20 at Madison Street Theater, 1010 Madison St., transforming the small stage theater into a cinema venue for a jam-packed weekend of all things movies. The weekend marks the indie film-portion of the festival, where audiences will have the opportunity to enjoy 31 films from across a variety of genres, including documentaries and shorts — all with an Oak Park connection. The festival will also feature industry professionals sharing insights and experiences with attendees, along with food complimentary from Oak Park restaurants. Joyce Porter, an Oak Park resident and SAG-AFTRA actress, model and voiceover talent, is the festival’s founder and board president. For over 20 years, she served on the board of Oak Park Festival Theatre, and as someone familiar with the film festival circuit both across the U.S. and abroad, she felt that Oak Park’s reputation as a vibrant, arts-centric community gave the village the perfect potential to host a strong local film festival. “In 2023, I made a Facebook post to see who would also be interested in helping organize a film festival in Oak Park,” she said. “The right people showed up, and we created a board that was talented to bring it together.” After one year of planning, the Oak Park - IL Film Festival launched in September 2024. At first, Porter says, it was a bit of an experiment to see how many films would actually be submitted. Three years in, she says the board gets more film submissions than they can show. “Oak Park is a unique community,” she said. “There are not many other communities, other than a large city, where you could actually have all the films have connection to that community — and have enough creative people that there would be more than enough films to show.” This year, 44 films were submitted to the festival, with final selections made by the event’s 13-member board. Porter says Opening Night sets the stage
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Board members and volunteers of the Oak Park - IL Film Festival promote this year’s event at the village’s Thursday Night Out this summer. for a cinema fest with locally-focused glitz and glamour. “Opening Night is elegant,” she said. “People can have their photos taken by a professional photographer in front of a backdrop, and a lot of people dress up for the evening.” Oak Park resident Katelyn Capri Zenie, a producer and production designer in Chicago’s indie film scene, is participating in the event for the first time as the festival’s manager. While she’s worked in the Chicago-area film space for over a decade, Zenie says joining the film fest’s team has shown her even more of the artistic talents that thrive within the Oak Park community. “Since joining the hyperlocal filmmakers community within Oak Park, I’m learning that there’s more and more creative people within Oak Park,” Zenie said. “It’s been helpful to see that, and I feel like I’ve gained a lot of new friends just this year. It feels really validating and goes to show that we have so much more to offer within Oak Park and how we can contribute to the bigger picture of Chicagoland.” After the 2024 and 2025 festivals, Porter says feedback from audiences and participants about the fest has been nothing but positive. “Everyone loves it,” she said. “We do a survey to people who attend the festival
asking for their feedback, and one of the questions is, ‘Would you come back next year?’ I’ve never seen anyone say ‘no.’” Porter adds that the growing success of the film festival proves Oak Park is not just a creative hub, but a community eager to embrace new traditions and celebrate diverse arts. “The festival shows that there is so much creativity in Oak Park,” she said. “We have excellent films — and an advantage over most film festivals in that a lot of film festivals you go to, people have to fly in, and only sometimes does everyone show up. But in our case, because it is locally oriented, we have almost all the directors there for the Q&A and you get to see them, hear from them and connect with them. That makes it very special.” Zenie agrees, adding that unlike other film fests, Oak Park’s provides more flexibility for producers and their entries — notably, not having a time limit as to how long ago submitted films were produced. “A lot of the filmmakers are able to contribute their works they’ve produced over time,” she said. “Films take many years to produce, and this way, they’re still able to show their films to their local community and connect with their neighbors. This year in particular, I feel like we’ve really reached an ever deeper kind of audience within the Oak Park community itself.
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SHRED IT Saturday, September 12, 2026 from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon (NOTE: If the trucks fill-up sooner—we finish sooner!) Forest Park Bank, the locally owned and managed community bank, is pleased to continue the tradition of sponsoring the Annual FREE Sensitive Document Shredding Event in the Municipal Parking Lot located south of the Drive-Up Facility. The Bank has, again, engaged a professional shredding service to shred your documents with an industrial shredder. You may bring up to two 12” X 12” X 18” boxes of documents to be shred at no charge. Three-ring notebooks and binders with large metal rings cannot be shredded. Staples are allowed. If you have questions about this event, please contact the bank at 708.222.2800 .
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The hidden history of a local hero
25 years after 9/11, Brookfield filmmaker debuts documentary at Oak Park Film Festival about a La Grange native’s mission to combat terror By JACKIE PISANO Staff Reporter
When the events of Sept. 11, 2001 come to mind, most people picture the horrors endured by the victims of the hijacked airplanes, inside the Twin Towers and at the Pentagon. They also recall the brave first responders at Ground Zero, the lifelong trauma of both survivors and victims’ families, and the heavy toll paid by soldiers who fought overseas in the resulting war on terror. However, unseen in public memory is the story of Lt. Colonel Daniel “Nasty” Nash — an F15 fighter pilot who, on the chaotic morning of 9/11, was tasked with scrambling into action from Otis Air National Guard Base off Cape Cod, Mass. with his wingman, blasting into supersonic speed to intercept what was believed to be a hijacked commercial airliner. Although the attacks on American soil ended that day, their effects on Nash, a La Grange native and 1984 graduate of Lyons Township High School, did not. In a powerful new documentary created by Nash’s high school classmate and friend, John Scaletta, “Nasty: The Battle After the Mission” shares with audiences the story of Nash’s local background, his heroic efforts on the day of the deadliest terrorist attacks in history, and the lasting personal impacts of that day, including the struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder which ultimately cost Nash his life. After being warmly received at film festivals across the country, including the film’s screen debut at La Grange Theatre in May, “Nasty” has been selected for screening at the Oak Park - IL Film Festival, along with a nomination for best long-form documentary. Scaletta, the owner of Motion Source Film Studio in Brookfield, teamed up with his wife, Stephanie (a former staff member for outreach with Oak Park Township),
who served as executive producer, to create “Nasty,” recalling both the harrowing details of what Nash witnessed on 9/11 and stories of the man behind the uniform from those closest to him. The idea for the film came after Scaletta, a high school friend of Nash, was inspired to create a float for the annual La Grange Pet Parade in 2021 in Nash’s honor.
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Daniel Nash, a 1984 graduate of Lyons Township High School, is the focus of a poignant new film showcasing the story of a local hero and how the events of 9/11 changed his life. Initially, Scaletta was going to create a randomly themed Evel Knievel float for audiences. Instead, as Scaletta found out about Nash’s untimely passing at age 54 that June, his idea pivoted from a float of fun to one of honor, building an F15-
Forest Park Review, September 9, 2026 themed float dedicated to Nash. When Scaletta began building the float, he considered making a short documentary of the float’s creation. “When you’re doing a documentary, you’re kind of just filming everything and everybody around what’s happening, and then at the end, trying to make something out of it,” he said. “I thought, ‘Let’s just film the building of the float and see what we get.’” But when Scaletta’s good friend and Motion Source business partner, Craig Bass, suggested pivoting the film’s focus to telling Nash’s story, the wheels turned from creating a light-hearted film to one honoring the life of a local American military hero. Originally planned to be a 10-minute short film, Scaletta’s project quickly expanded into a 42-minute biographical film on Nash — an ambitious five-year undertaking which was supported by the help of over 50 people. “The intention was always to be a short documentary, but as I started to film and then interview Dan’s brother, Brendan, I realized we needed more interviews — and it just grew and grew,” he said. “Nasty” maps Nash’s life growing up in La Grange and his early military career to
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Lt. Col. Daniel “Nasty” Nash died in June 2021 due to the effects of PTSD and alcoholism. recalling the moments which led Nash to being one of two pilots scrambled on the morning of 9/11 — exploring how those events ultimately led to his death. “Some people were fine after 9/11, and some people weren’t,” Scaletta said. “Dan was one of those guys — he was never the
same after that day. He had PTSD and was never able to shake it.” Shortly after 9/11, Nash began drinking heavily. As Scaletta says, Nash’s life “quickly spiraled out of control.” While Nash eventually received an honorable discharge from the military, the effects of his service on Sept. 11 lingered. Nearly 20 years after the attack, Nash died, leaving behind three children, his mother, three siblings and countless extended family, friends and former Air Force comrades. “His brother, Brendan, was very receptive to be a part of the project to honor his brother,” Scaletta said. “We really wanted to highlight Dan as a hero, because he was for what he did for the country. Brendan said it best: over 20 years later, 9/11 took his brother. That interview was a poignant moment of the film. It was true — had 9/11 not happened, we don’t think Dan would have ever started drinking.” Upon the film’s completion, Scaletta says first sharing the film in May with local audiences in Nash’s hometown — and with a hyperlocal audience — felt like a profound, emotional homecoming. “It meant a lot to me, and I know it meant a lot to his family, to have the film premiere at the La Grange Theatre because Dan lived just down the street on La Grange Road
and used to see films at the theater when he was a little kid,” he said. “We thought it was pretty special for the film to come full circle back to the La Grange Theatre.” Scaletta says there was not a dry eye in the theater when Nash’s family, friends and even strangers first saw the film. “There were a lot of people who didn’t know Dan’s full story, including myself, until we had all these interviews from talking to different people,” he said. “To put all of that into one film was pretty powerful.” While 9/11 is still in the memory of those who were alive to remember the day’s catastrophic events and its resulting global effects, Scaletta hopes “Nasty” helps audiences both reflect on a local hero’s story from the day and give younger audiences the opportunity to learn the significance of the day, along with the story behind someone whose life was forever changed because of it. “The whole idea is to get as many people to learn about Dan and his story and the 9/11 angle,” he said. Including La Grange and Oak Park, so far, “Nasty” has been picked up by 16 film festivals across the U.S. The film will screen on Sunday, Sept. 10 at 10:30 a.m. at Madison Street Theater, 1010 Madison St.
ONLINE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH SURVEY The Forest Park SD 91 Board of Education is conducting a search for a new superintendent. The selection of a new superintendent is probably the most important decision a board of education has to make; therefore, the Board has hired the Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB) to assist in this process. The Board of Education is seeking everyone’s input in the search process. The Board requests that all board members, all staff, all parents and community members complete an online survey provided by the IASB. The results will be tallied and used by the Board and Screening Team to develop a brochure to advertise the position. All survey responses and comments will remain anonymous.
The survey link for Staff, Parents, and Community Members (English) can be accessed at:
La Junta de Educación de Forest Park SD 91 está llevando a cabo una búsqueda para un nuevo superintendente. La selección de un nuevo superintendente es probablemente la decisión más importante que una junta de educación debe tomar; por lo tanto, la Junta ha contratado a la Asociación de Juntas Escolares de Illinois (IASB) para que la ayude en este proceso. La Junta de Educación solicita la opinión de todos en el proceso de búsqueda. La Junta solicita que todos los miembros de la junta, todo el personal, todos los padres y miembros de la comunidad completen una encuesta en línea proporcionada por la IASB. Los resultados se contabilizarán y serán utilizados por la Junta y el Equipo de Selección para elaborar un folleto para anunciar el puesto. Todas las respuestas y comentarios de la encuesta permanecerán anónimos. The survey link for Staff, Parents, and Community Members (Spanish) can be accessed at:
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At Home Avenue, Oak Park plans ‘a statement’with new bridge High arches and a wider platform are featured By DAN HALEY Interim Editor
The plan to rebuild the pedestrian bridge over the Ike at Home Avenue took a major step ahead Sept. 1 when Oak Park’s village board chose one of three architectural designs and approved the broad financial obligations the project will require. In choosing Concept C, the board opted in a 6-1 vote for the design deemed the most architecturally notable with a goal of building a bridge that would be seen by the 200,000 vehicles on the Eisenhower Expressway each day as a “gateway to the village.” The architect described the bridge design as “simple and elegant” with its high arches and cable structure. The design also includes illumination of the arches, the platform and the underside of the bridge. “Rarely do we get to make a forever statement with a modest cost,” Village President Vicki Scaman said. “It is an investment.” Scaman said the expanded and more accessible pedestrian and bicycle bridge will allow for a greater connection between Oak Parkers to the north and the south of the I290 highway. She said Oak Park is known for its art, architecture, net zero buildings and Percy Julian — “And now you can say, immediately, ‘And that bridge.’” The construction timeline of the new
Rendering of the Home Avenue pedestrian bridge
bridge is “a little up in the air” but will not take place until at least 2030, said Bill McKenna, Oak Park’s village engineer, in an interview with Wednesday Journal. Still ahead are further discussions with the Illinois Department of Transportation on funding and other logistical issues, he said. The full cost of the new bridge will be just more than $15 million. In discussions with the Illinois Department of Transportation dating back to 2016, the state government agency said at that time it would pay $6 million to build a standard-issue pedestrian bridge. Oak Park and its consultants are counting on IDOT agreeing now to spend somewhere in the range of $8 million to $10 million to build the new bridge. That will leave a considerable funding gap that the village government will now seek to fill with additional grants before any final construction is approved. McKenna said the village will “aggressively TODD BANNOR pursue” new funding sources. Demonstrators protest ICE killings in Minneapolis on In approving the costthe Home Avenue pedestrian bridge over the Eisenhower liest of the three bridge Expressway on Jan. 24.
designs, trustees said the cost differential among the options was about $600,000. The public was invited to evaluate the three bridge options in July and expressed a slight preference for Concept C. The village’s plan commission also reviewed the three designs and strongly preferred the third option. Mike Sturino, chair of the commission, told the board that one commissioner summed up the feelings of the group when she said that Concept C “made her happy.” He said the new bridge would be a “unique landmark.” The new bridge would be built at a slightly different angle and stretch some 300 feet across the Eisenhower ditch. It will have a platform that is 14 feet wide, five feet wider than the 1950s structure it will replace. The added width is expected to allow two bikes and a pedestrian to comfortably pass each other. The new design also addresses the decided lack of accessibility on either end of the current bridge, which directly abuts both Harrison and Garfield streets. There will be ramps and steps on each end of the bridge. A winding bicycle ramp will be featured on both ends. That will require the acquisition of some additional land on both Harrison and Garfield. On the south end, the necessary land is currently in private hands, McKenna said. “It is definitely exciting as an engineer” to be involved in the bridge project, he added.
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McKenna said the money the village has spent so far for engineering and architectural work on the Home Avenue project is coming out of a series of three federal grants the village received a decade ago during its “Cap the Ike” discussions with the state.
Is the Ridgeland Avenue bridge next? In anticipation of eventually receiving federal funding for the “down to the dirt” rebuilding of the almost 70-year-old Eisenhower Expressway, Bill McKenna, Oak Park’s village engineer, said IDOT is gradually making plans to replace bridges over the highway, including in Oak Park. Engineers for IDOT are “actively working” on designs for a new bridge at Ridgeland Avenue, he said. Replacing that bridge could happen as soon as 2028, he said. IDOT continues to have discussions with the CTA about its plans for the Blue Line and its stations in Oak Park. That impacts planning for the bridges at Austin, Lombard, East, Oak Park Avenue and Harlem. There are no rail connections to the Ridgeland Avenue bridge.
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FLYOVER WINNER A million-to-one shot from page 1 age of Chicago — her company gave her department vouchers for the ride before an afternoon of meetings and presentations. Norton said she, about eight of her coworkers, and a few other patrons were watching a video before the ride started. Staff told them, “This is so special because this group contains the millionth rider,’” Norton said. “We all kind of looked at each other and were like, ‘Oh, that’s cool.’ We didn’t think anything of it.”
After celebrating the Flyover milestone, Norton returned to retreat programming, where she was first in the group to give a presentation. “My hands were shaking. I couldn’t focus. It obviously went completely fine and my colleagues are so wonderful,” Norton said. “This completely crazy thing just happened, and now I have to go sit down and be corporate again. …My sister keeps saying it’s like a sitcom, which is the perfect way to describe it.” Since winning Flyover rides for life late last month, Norton has already returned twice to the attraction — once with her partner, who lives out of town, and another time to celebrate with Flyover. Whenever she wants to visit any of the four Flyover locations, she just has to email the
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Maddy Norton walks into the Flyover gift shop after becoming the one millionth rider. “It’s been an exciting summer monitoring these numbers to find out who this guest will be, and today is the day,” Tracie Toney, general manager of Flyover Chicago, said in an Aug. 26 video provided by Flyover. “They’re on the ride right now. Cannot wait to surprise them!” After watching the Flyover ride, staff asked Norton to come to the front of the group to walk out into the gift shop, where she was greeted with balloons, pom poms and confetti poppers celebrating her as the millionth rider. “I was very grateful,” Norton said. She added that the Flyover team was “so wonderful and so gracious, but I also felt a little bit bad for my team. …We were on a retreat, and I was taking up all this time and threw our schedule completely off.”
company to receive two free tickets. Though Flyover also has locations in Las Vegas, Iceland and Vancouver, “Chicago is our first location to reach one million riders this fast,” Kiana DiStasi, vice president of Flyover, said in a video. “We’ve only been open in Chicago a little over two years.” “I would love to go to Iceland. I’ve never been, and I’ve also never been to Canada, so I would like to do that,” Norton said. Her partner’s parents live in Las Vegas, “so I’m sure I will be utilizing that [location] in the near future.” Norton said, even after riding Flyover three times in a week, she’s not tired of it. “It’s a very cool experience,” Norton said. “So far, I have noticed different things every time I do it.”
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The Elmcrest always helping the community celebrate The Oshana’s keep true to Biancalana hospitality By ALICIA SAMS
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Community, family, tradition and a love of parties all went into Oriana and Larsen Oshana’s decision to buy The Elmcrest Banquets from the Biancalana brothers in 2019. For second-generation owners Jim and Al Biancalana, trusting someone with the family legacy was paramount, and the Oshanas were a perfect choice. Oriana Oshana grew up in the business. Her father owned and ran The Thirteen Colonies Banquet Rooms in nearby River Grove. She remembers loving going to work with him as a young child and working events all through high school and college. Then, after graduating with a mas-
ters in biomedical engineering, she left the business and began a new career. But when her father called her to say he could use her help -- but only if she wanted -- she leapt at the chance to work with him again running Thirteen Colonies. She was there until he retired and sold the business. When the opportunity to buy Elmcrest presented itself, Oriana and her husband Larsen stepped right up. The Elmcrest has over 90 years of history in Elmwood Park -- originally started as an ice cream parlor in 1929 by Al Biancalana,
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Owners Oriana and Larsen Oshana with their daughter
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The Oshana family inside the Banquet Hall. Sr., it became a family restaurant and then in 1994 Biancalana’s Elmcrest Banquets. “The Biancalanas are an amazing family,” says Oriana, “They really created an amazing institution of a banquet hall. It’s a community center. They were very philanthropic. They were very involved in their community. They were very much a cornerstone of Elmwood Park. So we came in and it was big shoes to fill, like, how are we going to live up to this? But they really held our hands the entire way.” When Oriana and her husband took over, they kept as many of the original staff as they could as well as all the original recipes, planning to continue the already-thriving business as it was. Five months later they were shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, Oriana was pregnant with her first child, things were tenuous. But with the help of the Small Business Administration and their own perseverance they kept almost everyone on board and began hosting parties again in 2021. Since taking over they’ve added Latin cuisine to their traditional Italian menu to serve the needs of the community today. The Elmcrest seats from 50 to 500 people for a variety of events from weddings and anniversaries, bridal and baby showers to quinceañeras, fundraising galas, sports and school banquets. The business is still very community-based with many repeat customers. “I love this business because they’re life events ... everyone who has grown up in Elmwood Park knows The El-
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sions had occurred,” she said, adding the communication left her “very surprised. I would say blindsided.” In response to the communication, Maxham sent an email to Hoskins and two othfrom page 1 er village officials late Wednesday that indicated she was apparently out of the loop Thursday, adding a stop there would not on the matter. be related to a proposed “I want to be clear that CTA refurbishment plan I am not opposed to exfor the nearby Blue Line ploring economic develterminal. opment opportunities In fact, Hoskins is so for the village, and I unbullish about an O’Hare derstand this project’s Flyer stop that he sent potential significance,” out an email to residents she said in her email. Wednesday stating his “However, I learned of personal view, which the initiative the same was also posted on social way every other resimedia. dent did: through a mass In it, he noted that email on Sept. 2, 2026. “O’Hare Flyer represen“I was not consulted tatives contacted village prior to the public statehall to discuss their projment being issued, prior ect and the economic to any conversations benefits it could bring to with O’Hare Flyer repreForest Park. sentatives taking place, “Forest Park offers an ideal or prior to a planning agency location,” the statement conbeing engaged on the viltinued, “village-owned land lage’s behalf.” adjacent to the CTA Blue Line She then posed seven questerminal, providing seamless tions to Hoskins, including: connections between the air■ Who at village hall parport, the Loop and the westticipated in conversations ern suburbs. with the O’Hare Flyer repre“While many details need sentatives, and on what dates to be discussed, the potential did those conversations take benefits are clear. A station place? located in Forest Park would ■ Which elected officials, if attract investment, support any, were informed of or parlocal businesses, increase ticipated in these conversaproperty tax values and furtions prior to today’s public ther establish our village as statement? a regional transportation ■ What specific commithub.” ments, if any, were made to Additionally, the statement O’Hare Flyer representatives said the village has engaged on behalf of the village? a leading Chicago-area plan■ According to Maxham, ning agency “to explore availMARIA MAXHAM Hoskins’ response to her able technical assistance.” Village Commissioner noted that “the project ownIn an interview he would ers asked us to sign a non-disnot name that agency, though closure agreement. I signed he said there would be no cost their document. to the village for its services. “The village has not incurred any costs in communicating with the project owners. No commitments were Communication timing curious made on behalf of the village. There is no But the timing of that email was a com- specific parcel of land at issue.” He also thanked her for offering her supplete surprise to Maria Maxham, village commissioner of accounts and finance. port. “I was not informed that these discus“It seems he won’t tell me anything,”
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“I was not consulted prior to the public statement being issued, prior to any conversations with O’Hare Flyer representatives taking place, or prior to a planning agency being engaged on the village’s behalf.”
Melin-Rogovin, commissioner of streets and public improvement, also noted the possibilities for the village. “This project has a lot of moving parts and a great deal of potential, it seems, for Forest Park,” she said. “I’m committed to ensuring that this project includes public participation and engagement as the project develops.” Lundy said late Thursday that he agreed with Hoskins’ statement. “I thought it was great,” he said. “What he put out was a statement of aspiration and he wouldn’t have put that out if we hadn’t been Who was involved? talking about this. Maxham underscored “But talking isn’t the that she is “very intersame as planning and ested in the project. procuring. The first fil“I do see the potential ter is, it’s really imporfor economic benefits it tant to deliver people in could bring, but for me, 15 minutes.” it’s far too premature to He was also adamant support it or oppose it,” that no specifics about a she said. “I know that neighstop have been discussed boring towns like River Forwith the village. est are against it.” “We can’t commit to anyJessica Voogd, commisthing yet, because more sioner of public property, analysis needs to be done,” said Friday she didn’t rehe said. view Hoskins’ statement Voogd said she wants before it was sent out, but a community discussion did say she had “sat in on about the matter, either via one meeting in April” with a town hall meeting or an Hoskins and David Lundy, agenda item on an upcomO’Hare Flyer LLC co-founding board meeting. er and CEO, along with Still, Hoskins defended members of his team. the timing of his statement, “They were just sharing noting that a mayor “to their proposal for the Flysome extent speaks for the er,” Voogd said. “I think Mr. village, so it’s the benefit Lundy said he’s been reachfor the village. ing out to all stakeholders “I didn’t consult with all that could be impacted or of the commissioners,” he involved.” said. “The project is subVoogd added she was ject to confidentiality. We’ll aware that Hoskins was have public meetings.” considering distributing a RORY HOSKINS Hoskins was recently apstatement. Additionally, in Mayor pointed to the new Northher discussions with him ern Illinois Transit Auand Lundy, she emphasized thority board. The agency, the process of public outcreated by the state legislature, will take reach. “I did stress in the short meeting with on oversight of the CTA, Metra and Pace. Mr. Lundy, if their plan goes forward, com- Hoskins was chosen for a five-year term on munity engagement with Forest Park will the board by Toni Preckwinkle, president of the Cook County board. His term began be important,” she said. When reached via text Friday, Michelle on Sept. 1. Maxham said. “(Regarding) any transparency he made in his statement to the residents, how can you be transparent if you’ve already signed an NDA with the developer? “I’m an elected official and I feel like I should have this information.” She also said shortly before the statement was sent out, she had received a communication from a village resident expressing concerns about multiple things related to the project, including potential diminishment of quality of life and decrease in property values.
“While many details need to be discussed, the potential benefits are clear. A station located in Forest Park would attract investment, support local businesses, increase property tax values and further establish our village as a regional transportation hub.”
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Let’s talk about the record In response to “Commissioners voice support for police dept. amid ‘maligning’ comments,” Aug. 28: mmigrant advocates and residents have been gaslit by certain commissioners. Here’s the record: April 2024 to September 2025: federal immigration authorities had access to our license plate reader data for 17 months. The Secretary of State disclosed that, not the village, and called it a violation of state law. The village said we weren’t in any trouble, and has never said how many plate reads went out. No investigation, no discipline. April 27, 2026: off duty and outside his jurisdiction, Lt. Daniel Miller pulled a gun on an 18-year-old at a red light and dragged her from her car. Chief Gross promised the findings would be public. Four months later, nothing. Miller has 17 complaints since 2008, known only because a reporter filed FOIA. In 2021 the village paid nearly $600,000 over a man he shot and killed. May 11, 2026: the council unanimously hired a crisis PR firm regarding Miller, and an outside investigator six weeks later. Reputation management came first. We still have no findings, and Miller is paid not to work as you read this. July 30, 2026: an ICE agent was admitted past a restricted door at Village Hall. A village employee claimed the agent’s car as his own, on video, and moved it so he could get away from the teenager filming him. July 31 through Aug. 14: the village described those involved only as “police personnel,” and the mayor said the an-
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swer was more training. Only on Aug. 14, to a TV reporter, did he confirm the Chief and Deputy Chief decided it. He had known since the week it happened, and said nothing to the residents who asked at the podium on Aug. 10. Now: Gross retires with a full pension and no findings. Deputy Chief Chin, the other decision-maker, remains second in command. At the Aug. 24 meeting we were told officers acted “without any guidance from us up here.” The TRUST Act has been law since 2017, and the Attorney General reissued guidance to every Illinois department in June 2025. The law is not esoteric: police may not let immigration agents use their facilities. We are also told to gather facts first. Tough to do when the village sat on them for 15 days. Commissioners, this is not a disagreement about tone. It is a disagreement about facts. Not every commissioner took that line. Jessica Voogd said missteps need examining. Michelle Melin-Rogovin said asking questions is not disrespect. Both raised these risks a year ago and were told the problem was isolated. Thank you, both. So publish, by the next council meeting: the July 30 incident report, the security footage, the number of plate reads shared, and the Miller findings promised in April. If they show misconduct, file formal charges with the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners and stop paying him. Pass the ICE-free zone ordinance Betty Alzamora keeps requesting. The Attorney General enforces the TRUST Act on any resident’s complaint. We would rather you fix this yourselves. Sukrat Baber is a Forest Park resident and an attorney. He writes here in his personal capacity. Sources can be found online.
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W
hat, exactly, is the point of keeping up with the news? I don’t mean being aware that things happen. I am aware that things happen. I am a grown man with a functioning internet connection and a nervous system. I understand that somewhere, at this very moment, somebody is making a terrible decision. I mean the whole ritual of keeping up. The morning news. The push notifications. The headlines. The newsletters. The podcasts. The “What You Need to Know Today” email, which is generally a list of things you did not need to know and will be unable to do anything about. And almost none of it is good. Nobody sends you a notification because something wonderful happened in Congress. Breaking: Everyone Got Along Today. You open the app and learn that there is a war, a scandal, a corruption investigation, a mass shooting, a market collapse, a politician behaving like a raccoon in a dumpster, a hurricane headed somewhere populated or a celebrity who has said something unforgivable about something you had not previously considered. You close the app feeling worse than when you opened it. Then, tomorrow, you do it again. At some point I began to wonder if this isn’t just a particularly elaborate form of self-harm. People will tell you that keeping up with the news is important. You have to know what’s going on. You have to be informed. You have to be engaged. But informed for what purpose? There is a difference between knowing something and being made miserable by
OPINION Not keeping up with the news knowing something. And there is an astonishing amount of information in the world that has no useful application beyond making you sad, angry or both. It is not even clear that we are better citizens for consuming it. A person can spend two hours learning every detail of an unfolding national catastrophe and still be completely incapable of doing anything about it. They have not become empowered. They have simply become the owner of two additional hours of anxiety. We have somehow decided that this is virtuous. We treat information consumption like exercise. You have to get your daily steps in. You have to get your news in. And there is always somebody who will make you feel slightly guilty if you don’t. “You don’t read the news?” No. “Really?” Yes. Really. The implication is that I am sitting around in a rocking chair with a blanket over my knees, blissfully unaware that the republic is experiencing some kind of emergency. Here’s the thing: If you are keeping up, what have you learned that is nice? What lovely surprise did you discover this morning? Did you read that headline and think, Well, thank God I know that now. My afternoon is improved. Or did you read it and think, “Jesus Christ!” Because I am beginning to suspect that Jesus Christ is the actual product being delivered here.
Maybe that’s why we share the news with one another. Not because the other person needs to know. Because we want company. “Oh, did you hear?” And then you tell them something horrible. They tell you something worse. You both shake your heads. “Well. That’s just great.” There is almost a communal pleasure in outrage. Not happiness, exactly. Something adjacent to it. The grim little satisfaction of having discovered that your anger is justified, and that somebody else is angry too. Maybe that’s the real reason people get annoyed when you don’t keep up. They don’t want you to be informed. They want you to be mad too. Because outrage is strangely social. It is miserable, but it is also a bonding experience. You can hate something together. You can exchange screenshots. You can send links. You can spend half an hour explaining to somebody why a person you’ve never met is an absolute disgrace. And for a few minutes, you feel connected. Which is not nothing. It is just a hell of a way to build a society. So I take another approach: Things I need to know find me. This way, I do occasionally find out what is going on. I pay attention when something actually requires my attention. I remain capable of recognizing the difference between a genuine emergency and the 47th consecutive update about somebody else’s outrage. But I am no longer convinced that I owe the world my daily dose of misery.
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And this is the part that seems to bother people. Because when you tell someone you don’t follow the news, they don’t merely hear that you have chosen a different information diet. They hear that you have declined an invitation to their little emotional disaster party. They have spent the morning getting furious, and now here you are, annoyingly cheerful, asking if they’ve been to the new restaurant that opened down the street. How dare you? They want you to know how much they care. And perhaps, underneath all that civic concern, they want something insidious: confirmation that the world is as awful as they feel it is. I understand the temptation. If I had spent an hour marinating in catastrophe, I would probably resent the person who wandered in with a nice cup of hot coffee and said, “You know, it’s actually a beautiful day.” But that is not an argument for reading the news. That’s an argument for making sure other people are as unhappy as you are. And I’m sorry, but I’m not interested. I don’t need to know the latest thing that has made you furious. I don’t need the link. I don’t need the screenshot. I don’t need your breathless account of what some politician said at 2:17 this afternoon. And I especially don’t need to prove that I am a good person by being miserable on schedule. There is plenty of misery in the world without turning it into a daily hobby. So if you ask me whether I keep up with the news, the answer is no. I keep up with my life. You should try it. You might be surprised how much of the news you can miss without missing anything at all.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, September 29, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Village Hall, 517 Desplaines Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois, the Village of Forest Park Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a Public Hearing to consider a request for a variation to reduce the minimum lot width, lot area for the following property: LOTS 23 AND 24 IN BLOCK 1 IN ADAM SCHAAF AND W.A.KREIDLER’S ADDITION TO SOUTH OAK PARK BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE WEST ½ OF THE NORTHEAST ¼ OF THE SOUTHEAST ¼ OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN COOK COUNTY ILLINOIS Commonly known as 836 Circle Ave. PIN: 15-13-405-020-0000 and 1513-405-021-0000 The petitioner is Patrick Buckley dba Cill Dara, Marsha East, Chairman Planning and Zoning Commission, Chairperson
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN tthat on Tuesday, September 29, 2026 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 517 Des Plaines Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois, the Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing to consider a request for approval for a planned development to construct 15 townhomes at the following subject location: LOTS 17,18,19,20,21 AND 22 IN BLOCK 4 IN SOUTH ADDITION TO HARLEM. BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE EAST HALF OF THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY IILLINOIS (EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION CONDEMNED FOR STREET PURPOSES IN CASE NO 96L50527 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 22, THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 13 MINUTES 02 SECONDS ASSUMED) 5.00 FEET ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT: THENCE NORTH 44 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 20 SECONDSEAST 7.07 FEET TO THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF HARLEM AVE (ILLINOIS ROUTE 43): THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 23 SECONDS EAST 5.00 FEET ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE TO SAID POINT OF BEGINNING) Commonly known as 949 Harlem Ave. Forest Park, IL. 60130 PIN(s) 15-13-415-032, 15-13-415031, 15-13-415-030, 15-13-415029 The applicant is Murad Fazal. The owner of the property is Murad Fazal. Signed: Marsha East, Chair Planning and Zoning Commission
Copies of pre-demolition inspection reports and design drawings can be emailed upon request from Carnow Conibear, thuffer@ ccaltd.com (Todd Huffer). The cut-off date for securing plans is 2:00pm, Friday, September 25, 2026. Contractor shall demonstrate experience of at least five pre-demolition asbestos abatement projects in projects with a contract value of $100,000 or greater within the last 5 years. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive irregularities in the bidding procedure, or accept the Bid that, in its opinion, will serve the best interest of West 40 ISC #2. Any such decision shall be considered final. The Owner reserves the right to set aside a Bid from a Contractor who, in the Owner’s opinion, does not exhibit past experience equal to the size and scope of this project. The bidder shall have a written sexual harassment policy in place in full compliance with Section 2-105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act. All questions shall be directed to Mr. Todd Huffer at Carnow Conibear & Associates, 600 West Van Buren, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60607, (630) 310.0352. Interested bidders are requested to be prepared to review the scope of work and to determine site conditions during the Pre-Bid Meeting. This may be the only opportunity to view and investigate work site conditions prior to submitting bids.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, September 29, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 517 Des Plaines Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois, the Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing for a preliminary and final plat of resubdivision at the following described property: LOTS 23 AND 24 IN BLOCK 1 IN ADAM SCHAAF AND W.A.KREIDLER’S ADDITION TO SOUTH OAK PARK BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE WEST ½ OF THE NORTHEAST ¼ OF THE SOUTHEAST ¼ OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN COOK COUNTY ILLINOIS Commonly known as 836/838 Circle Ave. PIN: 15-13-405-020-0000 and 1513-405-021-0000 The petitioner is Patrick Buckley dba Cill Dara, Further information can be obtained by calling the Department of Public Health and Safety at 708615-6284. Marsha East Chair Published in Forest Park Review September 9, 2026
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West 40 ISC #2 Maywood, Illinois ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID West 40 ISC #2 will receive sealed bids for the: Pre-Demolition Asbestos Abatement Projects at the former St. Joe’s High School (10900 West Cermak Road) in Westchester Illinois. The Bid Opening will be on Monday October 5, 2026, at 12:00pm at the West 40 ISC #2 Office located at 415 Lexington Street, Maywood, IL 60153. At this time sealed bids will be publicly opened and read. A Bid Security of 10% of the Bid is required with the proposal. The Contractor must pay the Prevailing Wage Rates for all work per Illinois Law. A Pre-Bid Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday September 29, 2026, at 9:30am. Pre-bid Meeting will be starting at the former St. Joe’s High School (10900 West Cermak Road). Please allow at least 1 hour for the walk through.
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BROADVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT ORDINANCE NO. 2026-04 SECRETARY’S CERTIFICATE I, Princess Dempsey, the duly qualified and acting Secretary of the Board of Library Trustees of the Broadview PubLic Library District, Cook County, Illinois, and the keeper of the records thereof, do hereby certify that the attached hereto is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance entitled: ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS OF THE BROADVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2026, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2027. Adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees held on AUGUST 27, 2026. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand on AUGUST 27, 2026.
ORDINANCE NO. 2026-04 ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS OF THE BROADVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2026, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2027. W HEREAS, the Board of Library Trustees of the Broadview Public Library District, Cook County, Illinois caused to be prepared in tentative form a Budget and the Secretary of this Board has made the same conveniently available for public inspection for a least thirty [30] days prior to final acting thereof, and
NOW THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Board of Library Trustees of the Broadview Public Library District, Cook County, Illinois, as follows: SECTION 1: That the fiscal year of this library district is hereby fixed to begin July 1, 2026, and end on June 30, 2027. SECTION 2: That the following Budget containing an estimate of the amount available and as the Budget and Appropriations for this Public Library District for this fiscal year and the sum of $2,034,609.00 [Two million thirty four thousand six hundred and nine dollars] or as much thereof as may be authorized by law, is hereby appropriated for the purposes of the Broadview Public Library District, hereinafter specified for said fiscal year.
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GRAND TOTAL OF BUDGET & APPROPRIATION SECTION 3: Funds in the amount of $ 2,034,609.00 [Two million thirty four thousand six hundred and nine dollars] are hereby appropriated for library district purposes.
AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING TO LEVY A TAX FOR MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS, AND ALTERATIONS OF LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT PURSUANT TO 75 ILCS 16/35-S(b)
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 35-5(b) of the Illinois Public Library District Act of 1991, 75 ILCS 16/35-S(b), the Board of Library Trustees is authorized to levy an annual tax not to exceed .02% of the value of all taxable property within the District for the purpose of maintenance, repairs, and alterations of library buildings and equipment; and WHEREAS, the District has experienced substantial building and infrastructure challenges, including multiple water intrusion and flooding events, ongoing mechanical and structural repair needs, and necessary facility improvements to ensure the continued safe operation of library services for the residents of Broadview; and
TRUSTEES OF THE BROADVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT, Cook County, Illinois, that it hereby determines to levy an additional tax of .02% of the value of all taxable property in the District, as equalized and assessed by the Department of Revenue for the maintenance, repairs, and alterations of the Library building and equipment. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that within fifteen (15) days after the adoption of this Ordinance, it shall be published in at least one or more newspapers published in the District, or if no newspaper is published therein, then in one or more newspapers with a general circulation within the District. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if no petition is filed with the Board of Library Trustees by October 9, 2026, or thirty (30) days after the aforesaid publication, the District shall then proceed with the levy of said additional tax. However, if within the thirty (30) day period, a petition is filed with the Board of Library Trustees, signed by electors of the District equal in number to 624 or more of the electors (being 10% or more of the registered voters of the Library District) in the Library District, asking that the question oflevying such a .02% tax be submitted to the electors of the District, the question shall be submitted at the end of the consolidated election. If a majority of votes cast upon the question are in favor thereof, the Board of Library Trustees may levy an additional tax. The Secretary of the District shall provide a petition form to any individual requesting one. ADOPTED and effective this 27th day of August, 2026, by the Board of Library Trustees of the Broadview Public Library District, Cook County, Illinois. AYES: 7 NAYS: ABSENT:
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK S/B/M TO TCF NATIONAL BANK Plaintiff, -v.SHONTE BURGIE A/K/A SHONTA BURGIE, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF YVONNE PERRY GIPSON, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, TODD BURGIE, SHAWN BURGIE, STATE OF ILLINOIS - DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, TODD BURGIE, AS INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF YVONNE PERRY-GIPSON Defendants 2024CH06106 324 50TH AVE BELLWOOD, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 2, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 29, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 324 50TH AVE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-08-117028-0000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Con-
dominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-24-03685 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2024CH06106 TJSC#: 46-1903 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 2024CH06106 I3293179
highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate. Commonly known as 842 MARSHALL AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-16-101-0370000 The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence. The judgment amount was $147,637.47 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 842 MARSHALL AVENUE into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four (24) hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www.auction.com prior to placing a bid. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a certificate of sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property, prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(l) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES PC (630) 794-5300 please refer to file number 14-25-06310. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 872-225-4985 You can also visit www.auction.com. Attorney File No. 14-25-06310 Case Number: 2025CH09954 NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. I3293282
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing Plaintiff, -v.Larry Lee Branch; Citizens Bank, N.A.; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Lee Garner; Julie Fox, as Special Representative for Lee Garner (deceased) Defendants. 2025CH09954 842 MARSHALL AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 6/12/2026, an agent of Auction. com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 10/5/2026 at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on October 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM subject to extension, and will sell at public sale to the
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Trustee for ABFC 2006OPT2 Trust, Asset Backed Funding Corporation Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2006-OPT2 Plaintiff, -v.Brenda Williams, as Independent Administrator of the Estate of Mattie Beatrice Williams; Brenda Williams; Andre Williams; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Mattie B. Williams a/k/a Mattie Beatrice Williams; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants Defendants. 2025CH11407 162 MAPLE AVE, HILLSIDE, IL 60162 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 7/1/2026, an agent of Auction. com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 10/5/2026 at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on October 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM subject to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate. Commonly known as 162 MAPLE AVE, HILLSIDE, IL 60162 Property Index No. 15-17-304051-0000 The real estate is improved with a Residential Property. The judgment amount was $185,250.90 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www. auction.com by entering 162 MAPLE AVE into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four (24) hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www.auction.com prior to placing a bid. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a certificate of sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property, prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(l) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: Codilis & Associates,
P.C.,15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527(630) 794-5300 please refer to file number 14-25-07186. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 - 872-225-4985 You can also visit www.auction.com. Attorney File No. 14-25-07186 Case Number: 2025CH11407 NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. I3293504
Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-26-00538 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2026CH01069 TJSC#: 46-1871 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 2026CH01069 I3293188
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.SHAWN RATLIFF, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF EMMERSON W. RATLIFF A/K/A EMMERSON RATLIFF, NP201, LLC, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, CASSANDRA RATLIFF OUBRE, AMIR MOHABBAT, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR EMMERSON W. RATLIFF (DECEASED) Defendants 2026CH01069 1209 S 15TH AVE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 3, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 29, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1209 S 15TH AVE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-15-211004-0000 The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and SUBJECT TO A PRIOR RECORDED 1st Mortgage and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, -v.KRYSTAL LANDFAIR A/K/A KRYSTAL JESSICA NECOLE LANDFAIR; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; MONTINI CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, Defendants. 2026CH01349 2025 HIGH STREET, BERKELEY, IL 60163 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 6/24/2026, an agent of Auction. com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 10/12/2026 at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on October 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM subject to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate. Commonly known as 2025 HIGH STREET, BERKELEY, IL 60163 Property Index No. 15-18-100003-0000
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence. The judgment amount was $295,501.02 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 2025 HIGH STREET into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four (24) hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www. auction.com prior to placing a bid. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a certificate of sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property, prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(l) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP (312) 346-9088 please refer to file number 24-17983IL. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 872-225-4985 You can also visit www.auction.com. Attorney File No. 24-17983IL Case Number: 2026CH01349 NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. I3293293
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION LAND HOME FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. Plaintiff, -v.MARK FAJKS; COOK COUNTY BUREAU OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants. 25 CH 10469 400 Geneva Avenue, Bellwood, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 6/26/2026, an agent of Auction. com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 10/5/2026 at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on October 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM subject to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate. Commonly known as 400 Geneva Avenue, Bellwood, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-08-403035-0000 The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence. The judgment amount was $185,834.55 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 400 Geneva Avenue into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four (24) hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www. auction.com prior to placing a bid. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a certificate of sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property, prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(l) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN
IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: LOGS Legal Group LLP (847) 291-1717 please refer to file number 25103892-FC01. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 - 872-225-4985 You can also visit www.auction. com. Attorney File No. 25-103892FC01 Case Number: 25 CH 10469 NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. I3293299
representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 601 E. William St., DECATUR, IL, 62523 (217) 422-1719. File No. 2073564 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 601 E. William St. DECATUR IL, 62523 217-422-1719 Fax #: 217-422-1754 E-Mail: CookPleadings@hsbattys. com Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 26 CH 01509 TJSC#: 46-1954 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 26 CH 01509 I3293365
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NEWREZ, LLC Plaintiff, -v.GERALDINE CASTREJON, SALVADOR GARFIAS Defendants 26 CH 01509 1127 HERBERT AVE BERKELEY, IL 60163 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 18, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 28, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1127 HERBERT AVE, BERKELEY, IL 60163 Property Index No. 15-06-307009-0000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $304,201.25. Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FREDDIE MAC SEASONED CREDIT RISK TRANSFER TRUST, SERIES 2021-2 Plaintiff, -v.EMILY K. ROBERTS Defendants 2025 CH 08489 1225 S. 16TH AVE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 26, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 29, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1225 S. 16TH AVE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-15-20-0100000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $112,738.00. Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial
Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact CHAD LEWIS, ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325, ROSEMONT, IL, 60018 (561) 241-6901. Please refer to file number 25-296737. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CHAD LEWIS ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325 ROSEMONT IL, 60018 561-241-6901 E-Mail: ILMAIL@RASLG.COM Attorney File No. 25-296737 Attorney ARDC No. 6306439 Attorney Code. 65582 Case Number: 2025 CH 08489 TJSC#: 46-1561 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 2025 CH 08489 I3292928
Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact CHAD LEWIS, ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325, ROSEMONT, IL, 60018 (561) 241-6901. Please refer to file number 25-306334. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CHAD LEWIS ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325 ROSEMONT IL, 60018 561-241-6901 E-Mail: ILMAIL@RASLG.COM Attorney File No. 25-306334 Attorney ARDC No. 6306439 Attorney Code. 65582 Case Number: 2025CH07087 TJSC#: 46-611 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 2025CH07087 I3292420
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee for American Home Mortgage Investment Trust 2005-1 Plaintiff, -v.Philip Fitzpatrick; Defendants. 2025CH09506 332 MARSHALL AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 6/26/2026, an agent of Auction. com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 9/28/2026 at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on September 30, 2026 at 10:00 AM subject to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate. Commonly known as 332 MARSHALL AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-09-302032-0000 The real estate is improved with a Residential Property. The judgment amount was $125,962.75 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 332 MARSHALL AVENUE into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four (24) hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www.auction.com prior to placing a bid. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a certificate of sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property, prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(l) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES PC (630) 794-5300 please refer to file number 14-25-05885. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 872-225-4985 You can also visit
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCAF ACQUISITION TRUST Plaintiff, -v.SARITA SMITH CHILDS A/K/A SARITA S CHILDS, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. Defendants 2025CH07087 7228 A WASHINGTON FOREST PARK, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 11, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 7, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7228 A WASHINGTON, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-12-436-037 The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $160,289.24. Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff, -v.ALBERTO PEREZ; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants. 2025CH10422 271 EAST DICKENS AVENUE, NORTHLAKE, IL 60164 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 7/20/2026, an agent of Auction.com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 10/19/2026 at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on October 21, 2026 at 10:00 AM subject to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate. Commonly known as 271 EAST DICKENS AVENUE, NORTHLAKE, IL 60164 Property Index No. 12-32-113-0090000 The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence. The judgment amount was $322,888.13 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction. com by entering 271 EAST DICKENS AVENUE into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four (24) hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www.auction. com prior to placing a bid. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a certificate of sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property, prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(l) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORE-
CLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP (312) 346-9088 please refer to file number 23-15387IL. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 - 872-225-4985 You can also visit www.auction.com. Attorney File No. 23-15387IL Case Number: 2025CH10422 NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff vs. ELYSIA INES MENDEZ; JOSE PALOMINO; STATE OF ILLINOIS, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; GOODLEAP, LLC; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 25 CH 11133 CALENDAR NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on September 29, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-15-117-005-0000. Commonly known as 1415 S. 19th Ave., Maywood, IL 60153. The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a common interest community unit, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection(g-1) of Section 189.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Halliday, Watkins and Mann, P.C., 376 East 400 South, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. (801) 3552886. IL21225 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3292764
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