A look at events around central Illinois to help raise awareness and protect our planet
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Explore all the wide worlds our libraries provide
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March 2 was Read Across America Day, the National Education Association’s ‘Read Across America’ is now the nation’s largest reading event. But developing a lifelong love of reading takes more than one day, which is why we — the library — are here to help.
Medicare Advantage enrollees can change plans this month
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Enrollees can switch plans or transfer to traditional Medicare from Jan. 1 to March 31.
The Watch: Outdoor dining in the works; Dunlap deals with confusion over social studies
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League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria observers attend and report on local government meetings.
West Peoria News: Practice parade on deck; WPFD funding on ballot
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The community’s spirit of renewal echoes, bursting forth in building projects, St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, and a palpable quickening of the communal pulse as we ponder questions on the upcoming ballot
Arts Alerts: Lots to do to begin New Year this month
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Ana V. Fleming’s ‘Until the Darkness’ exhibit at Peoria Art Guild; ‘Puff (or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic)’ at Corn Stock; Comedy at Jukebox and Cafe Santa Rosa
The Watch: County zones solar farm; City Council talking taxes; ballots will include postage
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League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria observers attend and report on local government meetings.
Public blasts WTVP
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Viewers comment on the financial crisis at public TV station
Straight Talk: Christmas sings ‘support Israel’
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More than 200 people raised their voices under the direction of the talented Lee Wenger with wife Denise Adams at the grand piano and son Christopher on guitar. That was almost double the audience’s size last year when we resurrected the community event.
Labor roundup: Unionists blast Hamas, push cease-fire
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With the Middle East war continuing, and with Israeli military entering Gaza to try to oust Hamas forces, union leaders from the AFL-CIO, the Service Employees and the Government Employees back Israeli’s response to Hamas’s attacks. Meanwhile, more than 240…