Peoria Public Library is encouraging everybody to read “Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard” by Douglas W. Tallamy in conjunction with Library Week
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WCBU gives you news for everyday people
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Merger between Bradley, Illinois State has allowed public radio station to provide content that is hard to find around central Illinois anymore; that includes its website
FRESH: New directions in contemporary art
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The exhibition at Peoria Riverfront Museum provides a compass for novice and seasoned art enthusiasts with the latest additions from Alice Walton’s Art Bridges Collection.
Nature Rambles: Marsh Marigold springing up
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Actually a buttercup, this early bloomer a sure sign of transition in the delicate balance of nature
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.
Library cards are available to all who want one
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If you are among the 1 million Illinois residents who do not have a local library, then you can purchase a non-resident library card from your closest public library.
Advantage, whom?
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Medicare Advantage has enticed seniors to enroll, but the healthcare provided may not pay off with the promises pitched
Op-Ed: Distillery Tax Increment Finance District must account for environmental justice
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No added air and water pollution requiring new state or federal permits should be allowed in the Southside through the TIF. Definitely no carbon dioxide pipelines or carbon capture/sequestration equipment should be allowed because those could be a direct health and safety threat to the surrounding low-income and racial-minority neighborhoods.
Op-Ed: We at Peoria Academy are working for future of our humanities
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We concur with John Hallwas, but offer hope for our future as well. We at Peoria Academy still believe, thoroughly, that “education should cultivate the individual for contributing to our democratic culture.”
Resolution for ceasefire is not city business
by Susan Katz • • Comments Off on Resolution for ceasefire is not city business
To us, this resolution made very little sense since it would have no bearing on the decisions made between Israel and Hamas, and is clearly not within the city of Peoria’s mission. Concerned citizens have ample opportunity to contact their elected officials in Washington, D.C.; these are the people who weigh in on this type of conflict.