But questions remain on grassroots level of the reorganization of the public television station
WTVP rounds out its new board
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Primary voting runs through March 19
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Presidential races top ballots that include local races, referenda; Peoria County this election has implemented a “voting center” standard for Election Day, so any registered voters can vote at any of Peoria County’s voting locations that day
All registered voters may vote by mail
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Requests made to Peoria County Elections Commission for ballots will be granted through March 14
Bill Knight: Wistful visit to Northwoods like many malls of America
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Stopping at the mall on a winter day, there were familiar sights, such as seniors enjoying a walk and a sense of community, illusion or not. … Northwoods is markedly different than years past, but there are no Illinois tumbleweeds bouncing through a virtual ghost town
Medical transport talks on Peoria pact initiated
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City officials have started discussing new deal with Advanced Medical Transport behind scenes, and beyond public eye
Bill Knight: Miss Laveine takes stock in her history
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‘Her white hair accented by black frame glasses and earrings, Birditt glows in a living room as warm as the winter weather outside is arctic.’ Longtime local educator Laveine Birditt reflects on her ‘respectable treatment,’ good trouble, and the ways we have to go for Black History Month
Arts Alerts: Cool music scene for cabin fever; nice playbill at area theaters
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Revel in Red playing Five Points; ‘Something Rotten’ at Peoria Players; ‘Significant Other’ at Corn Stock; ICC Performing Arts Center doing ‘Women Playing ‘Hamlet’; Sam Miller will go at the Jukebox Comedy Club; ‘FRESH: New Directions in Contemporary Art’ at Riverfront Museum
Friends of WTVP asking questions about our public television station
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Grassroots group is pushing for the board’s resignation, the transparent installation of new board members, and the appointment of an executive director also on the board
Enrich our Earth: Community composting ‘great’ for the health of our soil, our food, our people — our planet
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There’s a way to address the common human activities of discarding food, which results in dramatic methane emissions, especially from landfills — composting; and the Peoria area has a convenient, simple way to make a big difference: community composting.