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JULY 23, 2025
Truck influx raises traffic concerns
D91 thanks Alvarez, names Hubbird interim superintendent
Bulk Mail Center on Roosevelt Road recently renovated to handle additional services from two closed facilities
He will lead district, handle finances, too By HOPE BAKER Contributing Reporter
Trucks waiting to be loaded at the Chicago Bulk Mail Center By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
Have you driven down Roosevelt Road and noticed an increasing number of trucks parked near the Chicago Bulk Mail Center? Village Administrator Rachell Entler explained why at the village council meeting on July 14. Entler said that, earlier this month, the village discovered that two other U.S. Postal Service bulk mail facilities have recently closed, rerouting their services
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to the Chicago Bulk Mail Center — a mail processing and distribution location intended to process large volumes of standardized mail, such as catalogs and flyers. “The Forest Park facility renovated and remodeled to accommodate for the increase in postal service traffic,” Entler told the Review after the council meeting. She added that, while the village was aware of the renovations, the increase in truck traffic could pose a safety concern.
Entler said the new truck traffic recently became an issue when the Forest Park Fire Department was called for a dumpster fire near the Forest Park Plaza, and one of the mail center’s trucks was blocking a fire hydrant. “That was a red flag immediately,” Entler told the Review. Entler said the Forest Park Fire Department is working with the Bulk Mail Center to determine, after renovations,
On short notice, Forest Park’s elementary school board unanimously appointed Dr. Robert Hubbird as interim superintendent during a special board of education meeting on July 14. The meeting was held in response to Dr. Elizabeth Alvarez’s announcement that she was voluntarily stepping down from her role as District 91’s superintendent, effective immediately. Alvarez left her position at D91 to join Proviso Township High School District 209, where she was hired as deputy superintendent of operations. Shannon Wood, president of the D91 school board, said the board had “very little notice” about Alvarez’s departure. “The timing was surprising,” Wood said. “We had to schedule an emergency meeting because
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