By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor After more than a year of discussing and debating changes to the Burlington Area School District naming rights policy, the question of just what the School Board wants remains. The latest effort at revising the policy passed through the BASD School Board Policy Committee meeting Monday […]
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Mayor puts pool at top of capital projects list
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor In terms of priorities heard throughout the citizen budget partners and strategic planning sessions this fall, City of Burlington Mayor Bob Miller got the clear impression that the community pool was at the forefront of items that need to be addressed. It’s why a request for […]
Architect outlines list of problems facing BASD
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor As Nick Kent of Plunkett Raysich Architects presented the 125-page report of the initial Burlington Area School District facilities study, he made sure to emphasize the district had options. During Monday’s preliminary report to the Burlington Area School Board Buildings, Grounds and Transportation, he stressed, was […]
Argument leads to strangling charge
An argument between two friends went bad quickly Sunday as one Burlington man was arrested for allegedly strangling another. Colten Ketchum, 22, was charged in Racine County Circuit Court Nov. 30 with felony strangulation and suffocation with domestic abuse assessments as well as a repeater clause. He is also facing […]
Parade will kick off weekend of holiday events
Several events planned as Christmas comes to Burlington By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor For Burlington’s new City Administrator Carina Walters, Friday’s Christmas parade will be her first. Coming from Lake Forrest, Ill., she’s more used to tree-lighting ceremonies. “I’m very excited,” Walters said. “It should be fun. I saw that chalet […]
Haitian musician raises funds for devastated village
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Mona Augustin is a musician, a world traveller – and perhaps deepest in his heart, a child of God from the country of Haiti. It’s what led him on a mission to the United States last year in an attempt to raise $50,000 for 126 families […]
City OKs budget with tax levy increase
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The City of Burlington Common Council passed its 2016 budget unanimously with no discussion Tuesday night. The proposed total budget of $24.1 includes a mill rate of $9.12 per $1,000 of property value – up from last year’s number of $8.81 per $1,000. According to the […]
BHS play finishes among best in state
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor While the Burlington High School one-act play may not have walked off with a boatload of awards Friday afternoon at the Wisconsin State Theater Festival, Director Carrie Fidler left satisfied. “The students performed extremely well at state,” said Fidler, whose group – performing “Marvin’s Room” – […]
Love’s new director is experienced in agency development
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor When Barbara Howard moved from Oshkosh to southeast Wisconsin recently to support her parents, she began looking for a job. As it turns out, Love Inc. was looking for a new executive director – and the two turned out to be a perfect fit. Howard was […]
Town tax rate rises for the first time in 9 years
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor For the first time since 2006, the Town of Burlington is being forced to raise its property tax rate. Taking the small percentage allowed to them by the state, the Town of Burlington Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a tax levy of $1.67 million […]
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