Options in five-year plan will be on display for review, comment at local meeting on March 5 By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Western Racine County residents are invited to offer their opinions on future public transportation options, including a local shared-ride taxi service and a Burlington-to-Milwaukee commuter bus. Those […]
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‘Frog and Toad’ spring to life on local stage
Haylofters family-friendly production runs next two weekends The Haylofters, again in cooperation with Plymouth Congregational UCC, begin the 2013 theater season with the family-friendly Broadway musical “A Year With Frog and Toad.” Performances are scheduled for Feb. 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, and March 1, 2, 3, at Plymouth Congregational […]
Koldeway looks to reopen discussion of BHS schedule format
Board member favors block format over current seven-period day By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer As Monday’s Burlington Area School District School Board meeting was beginning to wrap up, board member Roger Koldeway dropped a statistical analysis into everyone’s lap. The study, which is part of a larger spreadsheet he put […]
Primary results: Anderson tops Burlington School Board race
Longtime School Board member Larry Anderson emerged as the top vote-getter in Tuesday’s hotly contested primary election in the Burlington Area School District. Anderson, who had an unofficial total of 1,513 votes, advances to the April 2 election along with Julie Koldeway (1,325), Norma Miller (1,161) and Jim Bousman (1,159). […]
Planners create parking lot for fire department
But plan to close Washington Street is tabled By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer The City of Burlington Plan Commission approved the creation of a new parking lot for the city fire department Tuesday night, but took no action on a plan to close Washington Street to through traffic. The commission […]
Tuesday primary election features local and state races
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Voters in the villages of Waterford and Rochester and those in the towns of Waterford, Norway, Dover and Raymond who live in the Waterford Union High School district will vote Tuesday, Feb. 19, in a primary election. The top four vote getters in the primary election […]
Gas prices are 56 cents higher than a month ago
Average retail gasoline prices in Wisconsin have risen 11.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.74 yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,112 gas outlets in Wisconsin. This compares with the national average that has increased 11.9 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.68, according […]
Administrative contract spurs School Board debate
Changes OK’d despite opposition from two board members By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Exactly where trust stops and management begins is a blurred line right now in the Burlington Area School District – at least according to members of the School Board. At Monday night’s meeting, the School Board approved […]
School Board primary generating winter heat
Local race garners relatively high interest for February primary By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief While winter primary elections are typified by light turnout, Tuesday’s election in the Burlington Area School District has all the ingredients to buck the norm. Since the state’s passage of Act 10 two years ago, […]
Wind Lake fire complicates move
By Patricia Bogumil Editor The good news for James Axtman is that he hadn’t yet moved out of his old house in Oak Creek before moving everything into his new house in Wind Lake. On Tuesday morning, the kitchen and lower level areas of Axtman’s newly purchased property at 7612 […]
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