Heaven knows how long it might be delayed, but for now a hinky plan to create a tax increment financing district at the corner of Harlem and Ogden avenues in Lyons has been shelved.

Late Monday afternoon, officials at Riverside Elementary School District 96 informed parents that they'd made an unsolicited offer to buy the Hollywood House from the Hollywood Citizens Association, which has owned the land for 100 years.

Kudos to state legislators Michael Zalewski and Celina Villanueva, who worked on behalf of Riverside and Brookfield, to bring more than $1 million combined to the villages to help fund local infrastructure projects.

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