Council debates merits of accelerating projects while financing is a bargain By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer With interest rates at an all-time low, the City of Burlington is considering accelerating its road repair program and other capital improvements over the next two years. However, with the city needing to […]
Author: Ed Nadolski
City plans to double your Independence Day fun
But even at $10,000 fireworks display is meager by comparison By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer Two weeks after discussing at length the cost for City of Burlington-sponsored fireworks on the Fourth of July, the City Council on Tuesday voted to double the amount it spends on the annual display […]
It’s never about the clothes
TLC’s Clinton Kelly says helping people look better on the outside makes them feel better on the inside By Tracy Ouellette Staff writer If there’s one thing Clinton Kelly, co-host of TLC’s “What Not to Wear,” has learned in the last nine years is that the people he and co-host […]
Top of the class: BHS’s Gerber leads All-Area hoops team
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports editor When the Burlington High School boys basketball team made it to the WIAA Division 1 sectional tournament in 2010, Eric Gerber was a wide-eyed sophomore, moved up to varsity midway through the season. When the Demons made it back this season, Gerber was a steely-eyed […]
All part of the plan
BASD officials say insurance decision was based on long-term goals By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer In the aftermath of last fall’s first annual meeting for the Burlington Area School District – with accusations against the school district of raising taxes without good reason – one simple question was raised. […]
A chance to catch up with Mother Nature
Home Expo offers seminars, fun for homeowners By Ed Nadolski Editor in chief While Mother Nature – by virtue of her record-breaking March warm spell – has gotten the jump on all of us, Burlington area residents can still find the tips and tools to catch up with her […]
Back from the brink
Emergency plan helps clinic staff save life of local man By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer In a world full of cold, hard facts, there is one that Julee Scherrer learned recently while working at Aurora Burlington Clinic. “I understood from ER personnel that only 16 percent of people survive […]
KERMIT S. CRIST
Kermit Samuel Crist, 92, Springfield, Tenn., died Jan. 10, 2012, at Arbor View Assisted Living for Dementia in Burlington, after a health decline caused by four surgeries in two years. He was born in Marquette, Kan., on May 16, 1919, to the late Alice Andrews Crist and Nathan Crist. His […]
‘Grease’ is the word
Musical revives and fun and frailties of the 50s By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer The classic Broadway musical of a good girl falling for the school’s bad boy – and the trials of teenage life in the 1950s – come to the Burlington High School stage starting tonight in the […]
Local theater to host midnight ‘Hunger Games’ premier
Fill up with exciting opening weekend “Hunger Games” activities, being held at the Plaza Theater in Burlington thanks to the special events savvy of Marie Frederick, who operated the Wildlife Refuge Tavern in Kansasville for 15 years. She is now coordinating special movie events at the Plaza and will be […]
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