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WWMD budget easily passes

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Seventy percent of the nearly 100 residents in attendance voted in favor of a 2012-13 budget of more than $400,000 at the Waterford Waterway Management District’s annual meeting Saturday. Sixty of the 86 registered voters in attendance favored the budget of $427,398.76, which will fund operations […]

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Village scratching out animal control plans

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent As Countryside Humane Society winds down its animal control contracts by year’s end with various municipalities across Racine County, Waterford village officials continue to mull how the service should be handled in 2013 and beyond. Village Administrator Rebecca Ewald recently provided the Village Board with an […]

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Signs of trouble in historic district

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent As design guidelines continue to be crafted for downtown businesses in Waterford’s Heritage District, a controversy about window signs also continues to advance. The Village Board recently reviewed a first reading of an ordinance that outlined what is permissible for window signs in the Heritage District. […]

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Waterford Graded eyes population study

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent       In an effort to gauge future, long-term enrollment trends, officials in the Waterford Graded School District will consider commissioning a population study. Waterford Graded serves all or portions of several municipalities: the towns of Waterford, Norway and Dover, and the villages of Rochester and Waterford. […]