By Patricia Bogumil Editor The numbers in a budget tell a story. And while Waterford High School officials are pleased to offer a 2012-13 budget containing near-flat expenditures and a small drop in both the tax levy and mil rate, they are also pleased about offering students a quality education […]
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Belt-tightening in progress for graded schools
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Faced with a projected $612,000 reduction in state aid this school year, officials in the Waterford Graded School District are scrutinizing expenses in 2012-13 and beyond. “When we talk about strategizing and sending a message to the community, I want people to be informed,” Superintendent […]
Steady as she goes
BHS’s ACT scores remain above state average By Ed Nadolski Editor in chief Scores posted by Burlington High School students last school year on a popular college admissions test remained essentially steady for the fifth time in six years. According to information released recently by the state Department of Public […]
Car crash claims life of woman with local ties
Former Burlington resident Diane Chart died as the result of injuries suffered in a motor vehicle crash in Greenfield Saturday. According to several sources, Chart, 51 – who lived in Winchester near Minocqua – was driving with her son Dylan, 15, and Tomi, 19, an exchange student her family is […]
Plane crash erupts into fireball in Eagle Lake Manor
Pilot from Chicago dies in mid-Sunday crash A Chicago area pilot is dead after the plane he was flying crashed and burned in a residential yard near Eagle Lake in the Town of Dover about noon Sunday. The pilot, John “David” Brock, 66, was the only occupant of the plane. […]
School District moves forward with technology
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent With the dawn of another school year, officials in the Waterford Graded School District are gearing up for a number of initiatives – including opportunities to harness the latest in 21st-century technology. Members of the School Board’s Technology Committee met recently and discussed what is on […]
When it comes to treats, council finds only tricks
Setting date of annual event sparks lively discussion By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer As far as serious discussions went Tuesday night at the City of Burlington Committee of the Whole meeting, when to schedule trick or treating this year drew more eye rolling than anger. “I think it should stay […]
Buoy Busters: Who you gonna call? Call 534-5166
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Rewards for $1,000 are being offered for information about anyone intentionally damaging expensive channel buoys in the Fox River and Tichigan Lake in Waterford. So far this year, 17 lights atop channel buoys have been hit and smashed off, at a replacement cost of $162 each. […]
District poised to approve new kindergarten teachers
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer If you walked into a kindergarten classroom in the Burlington Area School District Tuesday – or for that matter, Wednesday or Thursday – you were probably wondering what the fuss was about in terms of class sizes. After all, for those first three days, there […]
New annexation project pegged at $1 million minimum
By Patricia Bogumil Editor From the public perspective, it was déjà vu all over again Sept. 4 at an informational meeting held to discuss a dormant – but recently arisen – annexation proposal by the Norway Dover Drainage District. Unlike a previous 2009 annexation effort, which was halted by a […]
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