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Thursday, November 28, 2024
News from the Burlington area
Humanitarian winner Berry embraced leadership roles Jack Berry, whose friends said his long record of community service is exceeded only by the size of his heart, was honored Monday by the Burlington Rotary Club with its 2015 Humanitarian Award. Berry, 87, who served stints on the Burlington City Council and […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor After listening to two different companies make their pitch to plan the future of the Burlington Community Pool, the City of Burlington Common Council came back to the heart of the matter Tuesday night in the Committee of the Whole. Alderman Tom Vos, working on the […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor When 7 p.m. Sunday rolls around, Gooseberries Catering Chef Mike Lavin will be doing what many do on Sunday nights – watching television. The fact that he’ll be watching himself, his wife and his son just makes it more interesting. Lavin and his family will be […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Five years, five winners of the Chocolate City Show Choir Showcase. Well, five titles, anyhow – all to the same school. With a performance based on the musical “Newsies,” the Mayville Cardinal Singers won their fifth straight title at the showcase Saturday at Burlington High School. […]
Members of the Mayville Cardinal Singers perform a flip during the group’s show to music from “Newsies” at the Chocolate City Showcase at Burlington High School Saturday. Mayville remained the only winner of the showcase, now in its fifth year. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor It’s not an Academy Award, but for local businesses, it’s the next best thing. A pair of Burlington businesses was recently voted as the best in their categories for the WISN 12 “A List” awards. The Coffee House at Chestnut and Pine was voted “Best Coffee […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor One Texas couple had perhaps the most divided of loyalties in Green Bay Sunday. Randy and Jennifer Blakemore, who live in Fort Worth, flew up for the playoff game. However, Randy was decked out in Dallas Cowboys’ gear and Jennifer in Green Bay Packers’ colors. Jennifer […]
Local boys Romo, Frederick both had standout seasons By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Dallas Cowboys quarterback and Burlington native Tony Romo did just about everything he could to will his team to victory Sunday at Lambeau Field. Unfortunately for the Cowboys, Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers did a little […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart EDITOR After a controversial three years, Burlington Area School District School Board member Roger Koldeway will not seek re-election. Tuesday’s 5 p.m. deadline to file election papers came and went without Koldeway turning in his. Since Koldeway also did not file papers of non-candidacy, the deadline for […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart EDITOR Joining the Racine County Sheriff’s Department in an effort to give the public more tools to deal with a growing drug problem, the Burlington Area School District Board of Education on Monday night unanimously approved a new program. The sheriff’s department announced last month that it […]
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