By Sharon McBride The West Peoria Township annual meeting is 7:30 p.m. April 10, 2516 W. Rohmann Ave. Townships are mandated to hold an annual meetings to review the past year’s activities as well as plans for the current year. All voters are invited to attend. Yard waste landscape pickup starts Friday April 6 and …
“Toxic Impacts of Coal Tar Sealants and Positive Alternatives” will be presented by Dr. Cindy Skrukrud, Illinois Chapter Sierra Club Clean Water Advocate, for the Peoria Area League of Women Voters Public Program on Thursday, April 5, 6:00 p.m. at AMT/ Advanced Medical Transport, 1718 N. Sterling Ave., Peoria. Dr. Skrukrud will discuss toxic …
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Central Illinois Healthy Community Alliance Illinois People’s Action/IPA Heart of Illinois Group Sierra Club For Immediate Release WHAT: “Lift Up Our Businesses” Future Energy Jobs Act Town Hall Program WHEN: Thursday, March 22, 2018, at 6:15 p.m. WHERE: The Carver Center, 710 W. Percy Baker Jr. Ave., Peoria This free public event features speakers …
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This letter is in support of Martha Ross, the current president of Peoria Public School District. We feel that Martha has earned our vote because she has been an ardent advocate for the children, parents and teachers in the district. For the past 16 years some of her hard fought battles have been for the …
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Following the massacre of 17 at a Florida high school last month, thousands of frustrated students across the country walked out of school for a 17-minute protest Wednesday morning. At Eureka High School, more than a dozen students emerged from the school to a round of applause from about 50 community members who had gathered …
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Editor’s Note: The City of Peoria has indefinitely postponed the Saturday March 10 opening of the clean syringe exchange program at 1411 NE Adams Street. An official stated the building cannot be occupied until there is further clarification of the zoning use and the city has inspected the space for building and fire code compliance. …
For more information: Constance Romanus, 309-264-9113, cromanus1249@yahoo.com LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF GREATER PEORIA EVENT DRINKS & DIALOGUE, Wednesday, March 21, 2018, 5:30 – 6:30 pm Lariat Steakhouse, 2232 W. Glen Avenue, Peoria The League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria will present a program on Civility, at its Drinks & Dialogue series on Wed., …
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Are you curious about what your senator, congressman or congresswoman has accepted in political contributions from the National Rifle Association, America’s leading advocate for irrational public policy on guns? Thank Everytown for Gun Safety for this two-page ad in The New York Times. The ad includes a list: “These Members of Congress Take NRA Money, …
Community newspaper The Weekly Post celebrates its fifth anniversary with free tickets for first 100 people attending the Oscar-nominated movie “The Post” at 2:30 p.m. Sunday Feb. 25 at the Palace Theater on Main Street in Elmwood