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Ballet 5:8 marks a decade of storytelling through movement
At Ballet 5:8 in Orland Park, ballet is more than just technique and performance. It is a language that speaks to the soul. Since its founding in 2012, the faith-based professional ballet company has...
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Pass Health Foods: Community staple for health and wellness
Pass Health Foods has been there for 30 years keeping its customers healthy with a store stocked with shelves of carefully curated health foods, specialty teas, and top-notch supplements.For three...
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Pathlights celebrates a 50-year legacy of service
Since 1975, Pathlights has been guiding adults 60 and older, adults with disabilities, their caregivers, families and friends along their best path to aging by providing resources, advocacy, programs...
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Peotone, New Lenox PD Arrest Suspect
On Monday, January 27, detectives from the Peotone and New Lenox Police Departments apprehended Leonard R. Hunter, 27, of the 18200 block of Ravisle Terrace, Country Club Hills, in connection with a...
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Where the Sidewalk and the Budget Ends
Monday’s Peotone Village Board meeting covered a lot, primarily expenditures and improvements within the village.During the capital improvement workshop, there was a conversation regarding sidewalk...
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Sports Fields and Policies Under Review
Residents expecting answers regarding a proposed sports field project for 207-U shouldn’t expect answers anytime soon.In public comments at the January 22 school board meeting, resident Jim Bowden...
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Monee Police Blotter: January 24-25
On January 24, at approximately 7:02 a.m., Monee Officers were dispatched to the 5700 block of W. Industrial Drive to take a report of a building burglary. Upon their arrival, they met with three...
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Manhattan Gets Input on Architectural Design Options
The Village of Manhattan received input from about 35 residents and stakeholders at a design input event, which showcased various architectural design options that could be implemented into future...
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Looking Back
The Peotone Vedette: February 7, 1975Since we are thoroughly entrenched in winter, here’s some advice from 50 years ago that still is valuable today…“Warning! Don’t Be a Peephole Driver”“The Chicago...
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SRO and Water Main Breaks at Beecher Village Board
The contract for the school resource officer for Beecher School District 200-U will expire at the end of April, and the Beecher Village Board is in the infant stages of a game plan for 2025-2026.The...
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Lithuanian heritage comes to life in Balzekas exhibit
Before arriving, Dave Beleckis and his wife Joan didn’t know what to expect from their visit as they walked into the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture lobby at 6500 S. Pulaski Road.“We are very...
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William R. Ziffersky Jr., 78
William R. Ziffersky Jr., an Army veteran of the Vietnam War, died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025.He was the loving son of the late William and the late Bertha Ziffersky. He was the dear brother of Paulette...
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Evalia A. Purchase, 82
Evalia A. Purchase (née Zima), a longtime resident of Willow Springs, Illinois, died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025.She was the beloved wife of the late Ian Purchase and the loving mother of Richard Purchase...
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Kazmiera J. Jarosz, 89
Kazmiera J. Jarosz (née Knap), a resident of Chicago’s Garfield Ridge community, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, at the age of 89.She was the beloved wife of the late Marian F. Jarosz...
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Flora Sferrino, 98
Flora Sferrino (née Romano), a longtime resident of Chicago’s Clearing community, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, at the age of 98.She was the beloved wife of the late Anthony Sferrino and the...
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Vedette Sports Report
It was a big way to start the month in Beecher.The seventh running of the Josh Baumgartner State Farm Shootout once again provided a plethora of basketball from morning through night Feb. 1 at Beecher...
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South Side Tobacco and Vape Burglarized Again
Manhattan’s South Side Tobacco and Vape was burglarized for the second time in as many months as a rash of similar-style burglaries has terrorized businesses in the area.The smoke shop located at the...
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Panthers Trounce Redskins
The Manteno Panthers had a little fight on their hands against the Momence Redskins, on Wednesday, January 29, especially in the first half. By the end of the first quarter, the Panthers led by only...
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Another Eagle Scout Soars
Becoming an Eagle Scout is not easy, because it is performance-based, with some challenging requirements. Statistics show that only 4-to-6 percent of Boy Scouts achieve the rank.Even more uncommon are...
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Record Short Session for Crete Village Board
Crete Village Board’s meeting last week might be one of the shortest on record. In a session that lasted just 30 minutes, trustees approved the Consent Agenda, heard comments from the public, got some...
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