Show your Irish spirit this Saturday

The 38th annual St. Patrick’s Society Grand Parade is Saturday, March 16. The parade begins at 11:30 a.m. downtown Rock Island on the corner of 4th Avenue and 23rd Street. The nation’s only bi-state parade will feature marching bands, family clans, and more as it winds through Rock Island and crosses the Centennial Bridge into Davenport. 

Please take the Rock Island Public Library’s community survey

The Rock Island Public Library is creating a new strategic plan for 2025 to 2028, and wants to know your thoughts about library services, needs and community priorities. The community survey is open to everyone until April 1, including non-users of the library. Take the survey online at rockislandlibrary.org or pick up a paper copy at one of the three library locations. 

Free tax preparation continues at the Martin Luther King Center

Families with household incomes of $64,000 or less are eligible for FREE tax preparation at the MLK Center. Each year United Way Quad Cities helps hundreds of local families prepare their income taxes, free of charge, with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. The MLK center will be a walk in only in-person tax filing site with volunteers available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays from 5 to 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon. For more information or questions about the Volunteer Tax Assistance program, call their office at (563) 355-4310.